New car registrations in France rose by 3.92% in July. The recovery trend continues as dealerships resumed their activities after closing their doors because of the lockdown measures imposed in response to the coronavirus Covid-19. There were 178,981 new car registrations in France last month,
The number of automatic teller machines (ATM) is constantly falling in France. In 2019, this decrease of slightly over 4% hit the most densely populated areas of the country, according to Banque de France figures. There are fewer and fewer automatic teller machines (ATM) in
Andy Fila, an Operation Barkhane refrigeration engineer, was deadly hit by a gas cylinder explosion in Chad on Friday. He was brigadier-chief (sergeant) and belonged to the 14th Infantry and Parachute Logistic Support Regiment in Toulouse. A French soldier died in a maintenance accident on
A study suggests that many French people still consider the roads as garbage dumps. Naturally, they always have a good reason and point out the responsibility of others! The number is impressive. Every day, 25 tons of litter are collected along the highways. On this
Prime Minister Jean Castex introduced this plan. The aim is to protect the investment capacities of the regions after the sanitary crisis. “We will tone down all our quarrels, all our legitimate differences (…) to show that we know how to act in the same
The EDF Group will undertake major asset disposal, after a net loss of €700 million related to the health crisis. With a net loss of €700 million, Électricité de France (EDF) announced, on Thursday, July 30, a vast savings and divestment plan to offset the
Despite the performance of a few French releases, cinemas are only attended by one in three spectators compared to the pre-coronavirus Covid-19 average. Once again below one million weekly admissions, French cinemas recorded a 79% drop in attendance at the end of July, according to
Renault registered a record loss of over 7 billion euros in the first half of 2020. The diamond-shaped brand has been plumbed by the coronavirus and by Nissan. Renault has just announced the heaviest net loss in its history. In the first half of 2020,
The case of Jacqueline Sauvage had aroused intense mobilisation in France. Jacqueline Sauvage, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of her violent husband and pardoned by President François Hollande, died at 72. Jacqueline Sauvage, who had become a symbolic figure
Nicolas Sarkozy urged a proactive approach to the economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 while warning against any form of arrogance in a televised speech on Monday. “When the President of the Republic, whoever he is, in this case, Emmanuel Macron, goes to the end