Two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion, the French presidency announced. President Emmanuel Macron “learnt with great sadness” of the deaths of Sergeant Yvonne Huynh
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For the better part of two decades, the French port city of Calais has enjoyed a steady stream of Brits making a quick stopover with one mission in mind: to stock up on wine and other alcohol at a steep discount and haul the goods
This new job cut by the French bank Société Générale is part of the vast €450 million savings plan announced in August. The areas of activity involved Société Générale is undertaking a further reduction in its workforce. The bank plans to cut between 650 and
With a half-empty office floor and a whole team in quarantine, the new norm at one company in Paris illustrates the reality weighing on Europe’s biggest business district. Normally a hive of activity and teeming with workers, shoppers and tourists, La Defense, on the French
These fast screening tests for coronavirus will concern all passengers arriving from abroad except those from European countries. “Mandatory” and fast tests The news was announced on Monday, November 2nd, by the Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili. According to information relayed by the newspaper
The mayor of the village of Morez, in the Jura department of eastern France, bought a house in which he discovered a treasure. Discovery of a treasure estimated at 500,000 euros A veritable treasure, worth 500,000 euros, was discovered in a village in the department
London Heathrow has said Paris Charles de Gaulle had overtaken it to become Europe’s top airport in terms of passenger numbers, blaming delayed coronavirus testing and travel restrictions. “For the first time, Paris Charles de Gaulle has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s largest airport, with Amsterdam
The extra steps taken to support economic activity in the face of the new lockdown in France will worsen the public debt, said the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien. Debt forecast rises The new confinement in
France was preparing to begin a new month-long national lockdown as Germany imposed drastic new curbs, with European leaders set to meet Thursday to discuss the explosive spikes in coronavirus infections on the continent. The pandemic is surging worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of new
Given the worsening epidemic situation in France, the country is once again on lockdown. On Thursday, October 29th, the Minister of Labour stressed the importance of working from home in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. “Working from home will be widespread wherever