Tag: paris

• Thursday, December 6th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  French government suspends fuel tax, but protests continued across the country

  

  The French government's decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes on Tuesday did little to appease protesters, who called the move a “first step” and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:06 UTC

  Fuel price strikers clash in Paris with police; Macron will address the nation on Tuesday

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has lashed out at demonstrators who clashed with police in Paris during the latest protests sparked by rising fuel prices. “Shame on those who attacked” officers he tweeted... “There is no place for violence in the [French] Republic.”

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Macron calls on leaders for a “true European Army” to protect EU from China, Russia...and US

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Europeans cannot be protected without a “true, European army”, as he marks the centenary of the World War One Armistice.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  France planning new aircraft carrier to replace the Charles de Gaulle

  

  France's government launched plans on Tuesday for a new aircraft carrier, saying it will make a decision on how to build the multi-billion-euro warship in 2020. France currently has one carrier, the Charles-de-Gaulle, but is seeking to develop a replacement that would serve until 2080 and be adapted for next-generation combat jets.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Paris charm offensive to attract City of London workers with English schools

  

  The woman tasked with attracting City workers to Paris as Brexit rolls on is stepping up her charm offensive, with plans for a new private English school to cater for the wealthy. Marie-Celie Guillaume, the chief executive of La Defense – the business district in the west of Paris – is banking on family life being the key that unlocks a raft of new relocations from Britain to France.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:49 UTC

  The Guernsey house where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables will be recovered by art collector

  

  A millionaire businessman has donated 3m Euros to save the home where French author Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. The celebrated writer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame lived at Hauteville House in Guernsey from 1856 to 1870.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Minister Faurie in France addresses bilateral relations and Mercosur/EU talks

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie met on Tuesday in Paris with his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian to address current political and economic bilateral relations, as well as the latest advances in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Ex-president Sarkozy, arrested for supposed illegal financing

  

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been arrested on Tuesday at west of Paris as part of an investigation that revealed he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2007.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:00 UTC

  Five European countries have become a top travel destination for the US

  

  Europe is once again a top travel destination for Americans. Five European countries, Italy, Ireland, France, Iceland and the United Kingdom, comprised half of the top 10 spots for vacation plans in 2018.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  London looses European Banking Authority to Paris and European Medical Agency to Amsterdam

  

  Paris has won a battle to host the European Banking Authority (EBA), which will relocate from London after the UK leaves the European Union. The French capital's victory follows a win earlier for Amsterdam, which will host the London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA).