French President Emmanuel Macron has defended France’s decision to impose a 3% tax on the local revenues of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
The tax was nicknamed a GAFA tax after the initial letters of the main companies targeted…
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Manchester United players are reportedly worried about Paul Pogba being unsettled as the transfer window is yet to close for the rest of Europe. The France international has been repeatedly linked...
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may be at the center of attacks by British press for chartering a private plane for their recent vacation to the south of France. However, the negative press doesn’t seem to be stopping the...
Eoin Higgins, staff writer"We do not need authorities deciding about who is a 'hero' and who is 'illegal.'"
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A mayor in northwest France is to appear in court on Thursday after banning the use of pesticides near homes in his village in a case that is seen as emblematic of rising opposition to chemical pollution in rural areas.
The as-yet-unconfirmed rumours emerged days before the G7 summit in France, where US president Donald Trump will meet UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Trump administration has placed travel restrictions on residents of Somali and Somaliland, and...
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Country leaders from the Group of Seven, known as G7, which includes the United States, Japan, Germany, and other advanced countries, will all gather in Biarritz, France, this weekend and attempt to tackle virtually every vexing problem facing...
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The importance of the G7 annual summit about to take place in France this weekend is often missed. Initially founded as an informal meeting to address the oil crisis of 1973, the G7 (with members Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United...
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Here we go again.
In what sounds like a repeat of the soundbites from early this year, the French government has once again declared that the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement is now its 'base case' scenario.
That's according to an...
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With the start of the new academic year in France next month the annual tuition fee for non-European students in public universities will be 16 times higher than the previous year.
Natasha Oakley is enjoying her last day in Greece, and she couldn’t let this go day unnoticed. After spending several weeks touring different Mediterranean countries, including France and Italy, the Australian model has continuously shared...
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Apple Music will be available to stream on German Echo devices via Alexa from today, reports regional tech blog ifun.de.
We've not received official confirmation, but if Germany's Alexa rollout follows a similar pattern to other countries, it...
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly has hope of beating Barcelona to the transfer of Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar by the end of this week. According to Diario Gol, Neymar is now...
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In November 2015, when terrorists armed with firearms and explosives killed 130 people in Paris, France, a number of companies responded to the horror with compassion. A variety of cellphone carriers lifted service fees and waived charges to enable...
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Amazon said it is going to raise fees for its third-party sellers in France by 3% after being hit by the new digital services tax in the country.
The new tax was approved by the French Senate in July. It requires tech firms with global revenue of...
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Paris Saint-Germain reportedly don’t want to sell Neymar to Barcelona or Real Madrid until they have a replacement – and that could be bad news for Manchester United. According to Don...
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Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron held talks on Monday, 19 August, at Fort Bregancon near Toulon just days before Macron is set to host a G7 summit in Biarritz in the south of the country. And France is counting on Russia's help to resolve a...
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The two countries' presidents met in southern France on 19 August to discuss a variety of matters, including Iran, Syria, Ukraine, as well as Russia's relations with European states.
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The restorations of the gothic masterpiece that was nearly destroyed by the fire that erupted on the Notre-Dame de Paris’s roof on 15 April 2019 were underway following Emmanuel Macron’s promise to conclude the reconstruction within five years,...
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U.S. tech giants and an array of their trade groups slammed France over its new digital taxes law during a public hearing on Monday, arguing the legislation unfairly targets U.S. technology companies and could hobble their...
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