France

French finance minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday it would be a total catastrophe for Greece if Athens left the eurozone but that France was doing all it could to find a deal.

"We will fight till the end to find an agreement with Greece," Sapin said on France Info radio.

Vandals have sprayed yellow paint on a controversial sculpture on display in the gardens of France's famed Palace of Versailles that has become known as the "queen's vagina".
 
"Damage to the work 'Dirty Corner' was discovered June 17 morning. It was lightly sprayed with paint. The work is being cleaned," the estate's management said.
 

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that his marriage is hanging on negotiations with international creditors, says the Times.

Everything must be done to quickly find a solution on Greece, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday.

"In the coming hours, in the coming days, we will do everything, and France will do everything, to find a solution to respond both to certain aspirations of the Greek people and to Europe's financial and budgetary issues," Valls told French lawmakers.

The election of the next president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers has been delayed until July because of the Greek crisis, current head and candidate Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Wednesday.

The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, a global security report said on June 17. 

France?s European commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, said requests being asked of Greece were far from ?crazy,? amid the direst warnings yet from the Greek central bank chief about the consequences of failure to reach an accord.

The winners of the 32nd Ayd?n Do?an International Cartoon Contest, organized by the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation and considered the Oscars of the cartoon world, were announced yesterday. Albanian cartoonist Agim Sulaj was named the winner of this year?s contest. 

No less than 109 brand name Greek products were honored in 2015 during the 11th annual taste and quality award ceremony organized by International Taste & Quality Institute (ITQI), up from 40 in 2014.

The Turkish women's national basketball team has advanced to the second group round of the 2015 European Championships and will take on Montenegro on June 17 in its first match of the new group.