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17/05/2012 - France

Nearly 300km of traffic jams as French start long weekend

There were 291 kilometres of traffic jams on French roads on Thursday as motorists took advantage of the Ascension public holiday to take a long weekend.

Blind travel writer Giles does it his way
20/03/2012 - International report

Blind travel writer Giles does it his way

British national Tony Giles may be completely blind and 80 per cent deaf without hearing aids, but that's not stopped him travelling independently to all seven of the world's continents.

06/03/2012 - France

Angry passengers slam Eurostar after long delays in northern France

Angry rail passengers sharply criticised the cross-channel Eurostar's customer services after a cable fault in northern France caused delays of up to seven hours and forced the cancellation of ...

Artists on their travels
04/03/2012 - Culture in France

Artists on their travels

Voyage Voyage is the current exhibition at Latin America House in Paris where 16 artists have presented their vision of travelling.

11/02/2012 - France

Slideshow - France under ice as cold causes more chaos

More than half of France was on high alert for snow and ice on Sunday, as the death toll from cold across Europe went over 600.

18/12/2011 - France

French airport strike to continue

Delays and flight cancellations look set to continue in France’s airports after security personnel voted to continue their strike, which started on Friday.

17/12/2011 - France

Airport strike causes flight disruption at Paris and Lyon

Flights were delayed at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport and cancelled at Lyon’s Saint-Exupéry due to a national strike by airport security staff.

10/12/2011 - France

EasyJet faces handicapped discrimination charges in French court

Budget airline EasyJet faced a French court on Friday, accused of discrimination against handicapped people.

Montgolfiers' historic balloon flight rerun
14/06/2011 - On-the-spot France

Montgolfiers' historic balloon flight rerun

The Montgolfier brothers will be remembered in history for the world's first balloon flight with no contact to the ground in June 1783.

Buyers wary about property in post-revolution Tunisia
13/06/2011 - On-the-spot France

Buyers wary about property in post-revolution Tunisia

After starting the wave of Arab revolutions, Tunisia wants investment. Property developers are trying to sell real estate in the north African country at a trade fair in Paris and hope to ...

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