French diplomat Fabrice Aidan is under judicial inquiry after extensive email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed, prompting official investigation despite no current evidence linking him to criminal acts.
Bernard Bajolet, ex-chief of France's DGSE, receives a suspended one-year prison sentence for his role in an attempted extortion involving DGSE agents and businessman Alain Dumenil.
Russia has presented a proposal to France regarding the imprisonment of French political scientist Laurent Vinatier, further intensifying diplomatic tensions.
French President Emmanuel Macron is actively working to secure the release of Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher detained in Russia facing espionage charges, amid recent diplomatic signals from Moscow.
The Kremlin has made a diplomatic proposal to France concerning imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier amid espionage charges, marking a critical development in France-Russia relations.
Three individuals in Paris have been charged with espionage and interference operations favoring Russia, linked to the SOS Donbass association suspected as a cover for espionage.
France's intelligence chief reports a decreased terror threat for the November 13 anniversaries but calls for sustained vigilance over evolving internal risks.
After over three years of imprisonment on espionage charges in Iran, French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have been released and are on their way back to France, announced President Macron.
French authorities arrested four men involved in a plot to assassinate Vladimir Ossetchkine, a Russian dissident protected under French security.
Tensions rise between France and Mali following the arrest of a French intelligence agent.