Tag: France

Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Huge national strike challenges Macron's pension system overhaul

Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on Tuesday for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to President Emmanuel Macron's sweeping reform drive.
Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 08:52 UTC
US react to French digital services tax threatening with duties on champagne and cheese

The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100% on US$2.4 billion in imports from France of Champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France’s new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies.
Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:20 UTC
French winemakers' lobby convince Macron to forget about a 'Dry January'

The French government has quietly abandoned a campaign urging people to refrain from drinking alcohol in January after winemakers pushed President Emmanuel Macron to drop a plan they say promotes “total abstinence”.
Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:08 UTC
French hotel industry furious at the Olympic Committee partnership with Airbnb

French hotel owners assailed Airbnb on Wednesday over its new partnership with the International Olympic Committee, warning they would stop working on the planning for the Paris 2024 summer Games to protest against what they call an unfair competitor.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
French minister meets northeast Brazil states governors to discuss sustainable development

French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met on Tuesday in Paris with the Brazilian governors of the nine states of the consortium for sustainable development in the northeast of the country.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 07:25 UTC
One for the French ducks: court rules they can carry on quacking

The ducks on a small French smallholding may carry on quacking, a French court ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a neighbor's complaint that the birds' racket was making their life a misery.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.
Monday, November 11th 2019 - 18:01 UTC
Macron invited Alberto Fernandez to Paris, sometime before 10 December

Sometime before 10 December, when Argentine elected president Alberto Fernandez takes office, and agendas permitting, he will be travelling to France to meet with Emmanuel Macron, with whom he had an hour long conversation, according to Argentine sources.
Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:02 UTC
A US$ 840.000 Swiss watch nabbing in Paris; 71 such robberies this year

A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his US$840,000 Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said on Tuesday.
Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Johnson puts pressure on EU leaders and insists on no request delay for Brexit beyond October 31

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the European Union on Sunday he will not delay Brexit beyond Oct 31, underlining that his latest proposals are the last chance to reach a deal.