Turkey’s big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a “Blue Homeland” that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours. Fearful of being denied a fair share of the region’s bountiful natural gas
No more catalogues in the mailbox for Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant. For this new season, the offers will be shown on the web and via digital events. It’s a small revolution for Ikea. The Swedish furniture giant has decided not to release a paper
According to the Deputy Minister for Industry, France is no longer reliant on China for the production of face masks. France will produce 100 million face masks (surgical and FFP2) per week by December and no longer relies on China, said Tuesday, August 25th the
The incident took place on the morning of Sunday, August 23rd, in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx (Landes department, south-western France). The boy began by setting a mattress on fire… On Sunday, August 23rd at around 11:15 am, 14 firefighters went out to stop a fire in a flat
Like Google, Apple and Amazon previously, Facebook announced on Monday, August 24, a tax deal with the French government. This agreement involves a €106 million corporate tax adjustment for its subsidiary Facebook France over the period 2009-2018. For the year 2019, Facebook said it had
Maïté Barsacq has fulfilled the dream of a lifetime despite the constraints of this parachute jumping and the events she has endured in her life. It is common to say that one should not be afraid to take on sporting challenges. Maïté Barsacq, 82 years
As summer nears its end, it is becoming possible to evaluate the coronavirus pandemic’s toll on European regions over nearly six months. We have analysed data from 776 subnational regions to better understand where the virus is continuing to hit hard. Data from 21 European countries
Several French supermarket chains have started to test the booking of time slots for checkout, to save time in the queue. Let’s have a look. We all have memories of more or less pleasant experiences at the supermarket checkout. Often, the queue is endless and
After an exchange of insults on the social media, two men ended up settling their dispute in the streets of Narbonne (Aude department, southern France). One of them was seriously injured by machete blows. They insulted and threatened each other on social media It all
The European Commission has proposed a plan to divvy up 81 billion euros (96 billion dollars) in loans between 15 EU member states to help top up the wages of workers on reduced hours due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Billions of Euros for EU workers