Tag: France

• Monday, May 11th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Netherlands aligns with “protectionist” French policy in trade deals conditions

  

  France and the Netherlands have joined forces to urge the European Union to enforce environmental and labor standards more forcefully with countries the bloc signs trade deals with, according to a document anticipated by the Financial Times.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Macron extends lockdown to curb coronavirus until May 11

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced he was extending a lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak until May 11, adding that progress had been made but the battle not yet won.

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 12:45 UTC

  Europe's largest coffin maker plant in France working overtime

  

  At a factory belonging to Europe's largest coffin maker, OGF, in eastern France, workers are doing overtime to meet demand from families parting with their loved ones. “Due to the epidemic, we decided to manufacture just four models of coffins that are top sellers with families” compared to the 15 types usually on offer, said factory director Emmanuel Garret.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 11:18 UTC

  France, Spain join Italy in imposing lockdowns for the next two weeks

  

  France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people, Australia ordered self-isolation of arriving foreigners and other countries extended entry bans as the world sought to contain the spreading coronavirus.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Montreal joins France and Germany “In 2020 there will be no more scooters on the street”

  

  Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally. The Canadian city launched a pilot project in June with 680 scooters and electric bikes, but authorities judged that the test period had been a “failure.”

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Investigation into French connection of killing of Maltese journalist

  

  French justice officials have opened an investigation in connection with the 2017 killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to determine if there was a French connection, they said on Wednesday.

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  France, Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and an Amazon invasion?

  

  France is expected to be Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and could invade the Amazon in 2035, according to a secret report published by Brazilian media on Friday. Although the French embassy jokingly “saluted” its “limitless imagination”, the military document is aimed at redefining the country's foreign policy strategy and could add yet another chapter to its troubled relations with France.

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Apple fined in France for deliberately slowing down older iPhone model, unaware to customers

  

  Apple has been fined 25 million Euros (US$ 27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was imposed by France's competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  How we recruited albatrosses to patrol the high seas for illegal fishers

  

  By Samantha Patrick (*) – Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometers during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than ten times. Their three-and-a-half-meter wing span is the same length as a small car and they can weigh as much as 24 puffins. Their body shape means they can effortlessly glide over the ocean waves, flying in some of the strongest winds on Earth. Now research led by the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé in France has found that these seabirds may have promising careers in the fight against overfishing.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  “We must stand up for Europe, otherwise at some point we won’t have it any more”

  

  Britain’s departure from the European Union shows the bloc must deliver for its citizens and its leaders must stand up for the project or else risk it failing, the head of the European Union’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday.