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07/03/2013 - France - Saudi Arabia

Saudi princess's French property to be seized over debts for cars, cleaning, chocolate

A French court has ordered the property of a Saudi princess to be seized to pay off millions of euros-worth of unpaid bills for goods and services that included luxury hire-cars, chauffeurs, ...

30/11/2012 - France - United States

Strauss-Kahn settles with Diallo for six million dollars, report

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has agreed to pay New York hotel chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo six million dollars (4.64 million euros) in an out-of-court settlement of the attempted rape case ...

29/11/2012 - France

Paris world's most Facebook-liked city

Paris is the most liked city in the world … in the Facebook sense.

28/11/2012 - France

French court puts off decision on Strauss-Kahn pimping trial

A French court is to rule on Wednesday on whether former International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face trial on pimping charges.

20/10/2012 - France

Hundreds of Lourdes pilgrims evacuated due to floods

Hotels lodging several hundred pilgrims were evacuated in the south-western French city of Lourdes as torrential rains caused flooding in parts of the town and the sanctuaries they aimed to ...

28/08/2012 - France - Middle East

End of Ramadan saves France's tourist industry from wet summer blues

The end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan looks set to have saved France’s tourist industry from a miserable year, thanks to rich Middle Eastern tourists descending on luxury hotels in ...

18/07/2012 - France

Record number of foreign tourists visit France in 2011

A record number of tourists visited France last year with the greatest increase coming from Russia, China and Brazil.

23/06/2012 - France - Qatar

Qatar buys four French luxury hotels and Le Figaro's offices

Qatari business interests are in the process of buying four of France’s swishest hotels, including Paris’s Concorde Lafayette and the famous Hôtel Martinez in Cannes.

14/06/2012 - France

Nadal's 300,000-euro watch found near railway line after hotel thief confesses

A watch worth 300,000 euros which was on loan to tennis star Rafael Nadal, has been found by a railway track in the Paris suburbs.

03/06/2012 - France - Saudi Arabia

Saudi princess tries to sneak out of Paris hotel owing six million euros

A Saudi princess was stopped by police as she tried to sneak out of a Paris luxury along with her 60-strong entourage, leaving unpaid bills worth six million euros.

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