Tag: France

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising

  

  BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online ad auction house, to the detriment of rivals. In addition to the fine, Google promised to remedy the situation by improving the interoperability of its Google Ad Manager services for third parties.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  Humpback whale found dead in a beach in southern France

  

  Suprise in the Mediterranean, a humpback whale was found dead on Wednesday on a beach in southern France, in what experts said was a rare incident. The seven-meter-long animal was evacuated from the beach at Carnon, near the seaside town of La Grande-Motte, and was to undergo an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Ecofriendly fuel mixture of waste and cooking oil used in commercial flight from France to Canada

  

  French carrier Air France filled the tanks of an Airbus A-350 bound for Canada with a mixture of kerosene with 16 per cent biomass which should significantly reduce CO2 emissions, the airline announced.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  French President Macron supports Argentina regarding IMF, Paris Club talks

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday expressed his gratitude to his French colleague Emmanuel Macron for the latter's support with regards to debt renegotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez lands in Spain before heading for France, where military officers claim “a civil war is brewing”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and his entourage arrived late Monday in Madrid, where he is due to meet with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Warlike tensions between UK, France over Jersey fisheries subside, for now

  

  The Royal Navy late Thursday withdrew two vessels off Jersey Island, thus easing tensions with France over fishing rights and a demonstration by trawlers in demand of access to waters under a different legal status since Brexit.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  France to return to Argentina Tehuelche remains seized in 1896 and displayed at Paris museums

  

  The French government has, at last, agreed to return the skeleton of a Liempichún Sakamata which ended up in a Paris museum after being seized in 1896 by Count Henry de la Vaulx, who desecrated his grave and took it away with all of its adornments in Argentina.

• Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Argentine Navy takes delivery of brand new patrol vessel in France

  

  The Argentine Navy last week took delivery in Concarneau, France, of the brand new Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) 87 ARA Piedrabuena which is expected to arrive at its future home base in Mar del Plata to start operating along with her sister ship of the Gowind class, the ARA Bouchard, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 17:29 UTC

  France to impose € 1,500 fine to South American travelers who skip quarantine

  

  A ten-day mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving into France from South America, namely from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and French Guiana as well as from South Africa, shall be effective as of this coming Saturday, said French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 16:59 UTC

  To curb spread of Manaus coronavirus strain, France bans flights to Brazil

  

  France's government has banned all flights to/from Brazil effective following the increase of covid-19 cases of the Manaus strain detected in the European nation.