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Visitors at the 50th Paris Air Show, Le Bourget near Paris
17/06/2013 - France

Airbus and Boeing wide-body planes dominate Paris Air Show

The US aircraft-leasing group ILFC has ordered 50 more Airbus A320neo airliners, the two companies announced on the first day of the Paris Air Show on Monday.

US Air and Marine agents detain undocumented immigrants near the US-Mexico border
14/06/2013 - France - European Union

Immigrants contribute more than they cost, OECD reports finds

Immigrants contribute more than they cost to most countries' public finances, a report by the Paris-based OECD revealed on Thursday.

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at the Airbus factory in Toulouse
14/06/2013 - France - Europe

Airbus A350 takes off on first flight with high sales hopes

Airbus's new A350 airliner took off from Toulouse airport, near the factory where it was built, on Friday morning.

13/06/2013 - France - EU

France will veto EU-US trade talks if culture is included

France will veto the opening of negotiations on new trade accords with the United States, if culture and the cultural industries are not excluded from discussion, says Prime Minister Jean-Marc ...

A TGV train in station
12/06/2013 - France

Rail strike to hit TGV, French regional transport Thursday

Four out of 10 high-speed trains will not run in France on Thursday, the state rail network SNCF predicts, and Paris region transport will be disrupted.

A board shows cancelled flights at Nice International airport on Tuesday
12/06/2013 - France - European Union

More French flights cancelled Wednesday, air traffic strike ends Thursday

Nearly 2,000 flights in and out of France are expected to be cancelled on Wednesday

Passengers wait for their flight at Nice International airport on Tuesday
11/06/2013 - France

Fifth of French flights cancelled as air traffic controllers strike

Nearly 2,000 flights have been cancelled at French airports on Tuesday.

A Renault worker in Douai - the recession-hit car industry picked up in April
10/06/2013 - France

French industrial production rises in April

Industrial production in France rose by 2.2 per cent in April, bringing some rare good news to the depressed French economy.

Production at Michelin's factory at Le Mans
10/06/2013 - France - Algeria

Michelin to shed 700 jobs in France, sell Algeria operation

Tyre-maker Michelin is to shed 700 jobs at one of its French factories and sell its Algerian operation.

Air France planes at Roissy/Charles de Gaulle airport
10/06/2013 - France - European Union

Half of French flights to be cancelled in European air traffic controllers' strike

Up to 50 per cent of flights from French airports are likely to be cancelled this week due to a strike by air traffic controllers opposed to a European Commission proposal to open the sector to ...

Orange boss Stéphane Richard has to answer questions about his work with Christine Lagarde
10/06/2013 - Franc

Orange boss Richard detained in Tapie payout case

The boss of telecoms company Orange, Stéphane Richard, has been taken into police custody in the ongoing investigation into alleged abuse of influence that has seen IMF chief Christine ...

UBS's offices in Zurich
07/06/2013 - France - Switzerland

Switzerland's UBS probed by France over tax-dodgers' accounts

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Swiss bank UBS for helping rich French citizens launder money and dodge taxes.

Chinese wine-lovers taste Côtes de Bourg wine at a fair in Beijing
05/06/2013 - European Union - China - France

China threatens European wine imports in solar panels row

China has launched an inquiry into dumping and subsidies of European wine exports in response to the European Union’s decision to slap duties on its solar panels.

François Hollande has promised to bring down unemployment by the end of this year
04/06/2013 - France

IMF downgrades French economy forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its forecast for the French economy this year and the next and says it will be difficult to reverse the rise in unemployment by the end of the ...

04/06/2013 - France

Hollande in Marseille for launch of world's largest container ship

French President François Hollande was in Marseille Tuesday for the launch of the world's largest-capacity container ship.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Eurocopter factory in Marignane, south-east France
02/06/2013 - France - Asia-Pacific

French defence minister pitches for Asia-Pacific arms market at Singapore forum

France hopes to sell more weapons to Asia-Pacific countries and step up military cooperation with them, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a regional security forum in Singapore this ...

UBS's premises in Zurich
01/06/2013 - France - Switzerland

UBS France under investigation in secret bank accounts inquiry

The French branch of Swiss bank UBS is under formal investigation for allegedly touting for rich French clients who opened secret accounts in Switzerland.

Up in smoke - an e-cigarette user
31/05/2013 - France

France to ban e-cigarettes in public

France is to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public, Health Minister Marisol Touraine announced on Friday, the World Health Organisation’s World No Tobacco Day.

Chateau Pétrus 1982 and 1990
31/05/2013 - France

French presidential wine auction raises 300,000 euros on first day

The auction of wine from the French president’s cellar raised even more than expected on its first day, Thursday, with a total take of 295,663 euros.

The 1990 Pétrus bottles
30/05/2013 - France

French presidential cellar auction under fire for selling off wine heritage

A top French wine-collector has slammed President François Hollande for selling off part of the presidential wine collection.

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