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EU should give Ukraine candidate status now - Lithuania

EU leaders should have given Ukraine candidate status at a summit in Versailles, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday, voicing his disappointment that a joint declaration did not go that far.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2022

Ukraine and Russia overshadow EU leaders' gathering in Versailles

European Union leaders met on Thursday night at the Chateau de Versailles just outside Paris for the first round in a series of strategic talks about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 10, 2022

Europe's moment of truth? Russian invasion of Ukraine tests EU's resolve

What a difference an invasion makes. As EU leaders gathered for an emergency summit in the Paris suburb of Versailles, gone were the dissenting voices willing to cosy up to the Kremlin. From the far right to the far left, the excuses of 2014 – when Russia annexed Crimea –…

France 24 · Mar 10, 2022

Angola gives two 18th century French masterpieces to Chateau of Versailles

Two 18th century French sculptures commissioned by kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, which had been lost for decades, have returned to their place of origin thanks to Angola.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 7, 2022