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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.

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

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 ...

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.

Police patrol La Défense earlier this month
29/05/2013 - France

Suspect admits to stabbing French soldier, prosecutor

A man has admitted to Saturday’s stabbing of a French soldier in a Paris shopping mall, prosecutors say.

Alexandria's world-famous seafront
26/05/2013 - France - Egypt

Thales wins 109-million-euro Egyptian rail contract

French electronics manufacturer Thales has won a 109-million-euro contract to update Egypt’s most used railway line, between Cairo and the port city Alexandria.

French police at the scene of Saturday's attack in Paris's La Défense district
26/05/2013 - France

French soldier stabbed in broad daylight in Paris

France's anti-terrorist prosecutors have opened an inquiry into Saturday's stabbing of a soldier on anti-terror patrol in Paris’s La Défense business district.

Une gare RER en banlieue parisienne.
19/03/2013 - France

Gang stages 'highway robbery' on Paris suburban train

Police in the Paris region have beefed up security on suburban train services after a 20-strong gang stopped a train and robbed its passengers at the weekend.

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