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
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a nascent recovery in Europe, as the EU warned that the economy would not return to pre-virus normality before 2023. “The rebound has been interrupted,” the EU’s economic affairs commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told reporters Thursday as
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
A shooting rampage by an Islamic State supporter in Vienna that killed four people is the latest in a spate of such atrocities in Europe. Here is a recap of the deadliest attacks since 2015: Austria On Monday evening, hours before Austria re-imposed a lockdown,
Are children a major source of contagion for Covid-19? Ten months into a pandemic that has claimed 1.2 million lives experts are still divided on the question, even as governments must decide whether to keep classrooms open or shut. During the first wave of infection,
Britain has missed a one-month deadline to respond to a European Commission warning over an alleged breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, a spokesperson for the EU executive arm said on Tuesday. Next steps are to be considered by the EU The commission is now
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
Two years after the EU launched its landmark GDPR data rights charter, there are signs Ireland is faltering in its outsized role as regulator of many of the most powerful digital giants. Hailed as a potent weapon to bring tech titans to heel, the General
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