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09/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy vows to keep Fessenheim nuclear plant running

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told cheering workers at France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim that he will keep it running and slammed his Socialist opponent François Hollande ...

29/12/2011 - France

Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners

Activists in France’s eastern Jura region have accused Ryanair of “flirting with fraud” after the regional council agreed to subsidise the budget airline in the hope of creating ...

28/12/2011 - Afghanistan - China

China signs Afghanistan's first oil extraction deal

China has signed Afghanistan’s first major oil exploration contract, a deal that could earn the wartorn country five billion euros over 25 years.

04/12/2011 - France

SNCF says Christmas train strike unlikely

The state-owned French railway operator SNCF says it is confident a strike by workers over the busy Christmas period will not go ahead.

 

A new generation of Concierge
10/11/2011 - On-the-spot France

A new generation of Concierge

France's first school for training "concierges" or caretakers has opened in Paris.

19/10/2011 - France

Paris's Ritz hotel to fire 450+ during renovation

Paris’s world-famous Ritz hotel is set to fire over 450 employees and close for more than two years for renovation.

15/10/2011 - Oman

Oman's Majlis Al-Shura election fails to excite voters

Oman’s consultative council, the Majlis Al-Shura, is to be reelected today but the public seems largely indifferent, after the failure of Omani leader Sultan Qaboos to deliver on promises to ...

09/09/2011 - United States-Economy

Obama job plan faces rough ride from Republicans

Republican members of the US House of Representative sat in silence on Thurday as US President Barack Obama outlined a 321-billion-euro job creation plan aimed at boosting the stalled American ...

05/08/2011 - World economy

Panic on world's stock markets

Stock exchanges around the world took their biggest tumbles since the 2008 financial crisis, reacting to fears of a US recession and lack of faith in Europe’s efforts to deal with ...

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