The four unions at the French railway company SNCF have called for “a day of anger” next Thursday. They announced this on Saturday in response to the official announcement of the controversial pension reform. “The nightly promulgation of the law does not change our fight. We will not proceed until […]
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Monday’s meeting between Russian and French political leaders is “very important” in easing tensions over Ukraine, the Kremlin said, but no major breakthrough is expected. A spokesperson says that the situation is too complex for that. Russian President Vladimir Putin receives his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow. The […]
The assize trial over the terror attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, will not resume until January 25, after one of the accused, Ali El Haddad Asufi, passed a positive corona test last weekend. This is reported by the French news agency AFP, based on sources close to the […]
In the southern French region of Var, thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after fierce forest fires broke out last night. Tourists on campsites have also had to look for safer places. 750 firefighters have been deployed to extinguish the fire. Last night, heavy forest […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that his government is “indebted” to French Polynesia for nuclear tests France conducted on the islands from 1966 to 1996. There has been no formal apology. Macron is on a four-day state visit to the Pacific archipelago. It belongs to France but does […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is “very shocked” by the images of the police in Paris beating a black man. The French channel BFMTV quotes from a response from the Elysée because Macron has not yet spoken publicly about the images. The French news site Loopsider published a video of […]
Not every knife is a daily use product that people use as an everyday item. Laguiole knife is one such unique item that is second to none and has nowadays become a status symbol for the rich. Many people believe that Laguiole is a century-old tradition that has improved over the years. […]
French bars and restaurants may remain closed until mid-January as the government tries to stop the resurgent coronavirus outbreak, radio station France Info reported Tuesday. The French government closed all non-essential businesses at the end of October as the number of virus cases increased rapidly again. The national restrictions […]
French authorities have arrested a 47-year-old man for the attack in Nice. He is said to have been in contact with the man who killed three people in that southern coastal city, and French media report based on anonymous sources. The forty-something has been arrested so that he can […]
Saudi Arabia and Many Arab Governments are With French Boycotts. Unlike Turkey, the Saudis and other Arab governments seem to want to spare the cabbage and the goat. They condemn cartoons of their Prophet Mohammed, but at the same time also terrorism and thus the murder of the French […]
