Author: Corey Marc Mendoza

When she walked out on Picasso, he destroyed her art and waged war on her career – while France cast her out. Now that this great painter has died, says the woman writing her biography, it is time for this shameful treatment to cease ‘As long as I am breathing,” Françoise Gilot once said, “I am painting.” It is no surprise then that the artist, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, has left behind a remarkable body of work: paintings, collages, ceramics, drawings and lithographs as well as poetry and prose – the fruits of a…

The head of France’s financial watchdog slammed anti-corruption efforts in Germany and among European partners at hearings held by a parliamentary committee in France. Recently released documents reveal that France’s financial intelligence chief Guillaume Valette-Valla deemed the risk of corruption among French MPs, ministers and elected officials to be “incomparably much lower” than elsewhere, “including in neighboring countries.” Valette-Valla was answering questions from MPs at a hearing of a parliamentary committee investigating foreign interference in France in February. The head of Tracfin, an anti-money laundering unit of the French finance ministry, expressed frustration at the lack of cooperation with Germany’s…

President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a telephone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, discussed Beijing’s involvement in Ukraine’s peace initiatives and stressed the need to support our country’s sovereignty. According to the correspondent of “European Truth”, he said this at a press conference in Kyiv. “We had an important conversation. As for the future meeting, we didn’t talk about it. As for the important things that we talked about, they first of all concerned security. It is very important for us to involve as much as possible in our format, our peace formula. countries that could then put pressure on the…

French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe. Demonstrators pelted Paris police with Molotov cocktails and fireworks, torched building materials and smashed up bus stops. Protesters marching peacefully booed the police as they responded with tear gas and baton charges. Emergency services used water canon to put out a fire which blackened the windows of nearby flats. One officer was badly injured when he was struck by a fiery projectile. Violence also erupted in Lyon…

The 14h Edition of the French-American Entrepreneurship Award (FAEA) Will Recognize High Potential Early-Stage Startups Led by French Entrepreneurs in the United States Since 2008, the FAEA (an initiative of Club 600) has been committed to fostering the awareness and development of high potential early-stage startups founded and/or led by French entrepreneurs in the United States. Whether they are France-based startups developing their business presence in the U.S., or U.S.-based startups founded/or led by French entrepreneurs, the FAEA will empower the winners with a unique opportunity to reach their next level of development with: – exposure and networking opportunities in the…

If French president Emmanuel Macron is serious about ending the crisis he sparked by ramming through unpopular pension reforms, there is one person he should have on speed dial: union leader Laurent Berger. The 54-year old, soft-spoken Berger heads the CFDT, the country’s biggest union and also its most reform-minded. Unlike hardline unions or the radical anti-capitalist fringe, Berger holds a more nuanced position that France does need to fix its costly and complex pensions system. The pair have known each other since 2012 when Macron was a young staffer on François Hollande’s presidential campaign. They still address each other…

UKRAINE — On the deserted edge of a town near the front line in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier kneels in a firing position, a gloved finger on the trigger of his high-powered rifle. “The Russians want to control this road,” says his commander, who goes by the call sign “Virus,” looking up and down a snow-covered residential street. Dogs bark behind the garden walls and beyond as small-arms fire crackles in the near distance, in between the muffled sound of artillery shelling. As the anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches Friday, expectations are high that the fighting will intensify in Ukraine.…