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  • Saturday, 28 August, 2021
    Work & Careers
    A Paris supermarket relied on volunteers — then the pandemic hit

    The La Louve co-operative had to overhaul its operations when members could no longer run the store

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Mozambique
    Rwanda joins Mozambican war to fight insurgents

    Regional armies step in to help Maputo counter Islamist uprising

  • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
    News in-depthFrench economy
    France’s north takes political centre stage ahead of 2022 polls

    Presidential rivals seek credit for projects to revive region that has seen three decades of decline

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Rail
    French night trains head towards a new dawn

    Climate change is prompting a revitalisation of the country’s rail sector

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Nuclear energy
    Macron dithers on nuclear power investment as issue divides France

    Debate over whether to add new reactors to Europe’s largest atomic fleet intensifies ahead of election

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    French politics
    France’s justice minister investigated over alleged conflicts of interest

    Lawyers acting for Eric Dupond-Moretti say they will contest the decision and that he has no plans to resign

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Capricorn Energy
    Cairn Energy freezes Indian state-owned properties in Paris

    Scottish oil group escalates legal battle over $1.7bn tax arbitration award

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    French politics
    Macron looks at relaunch of pension reform plans

    Unions and business leaders in France warn against rushing changes as economy grapples with pandemic fallout

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    European companies
    Carson Blocked over Solutions 30

    French finance professional organisation postpones event with Muddy Waters founder following legal threat.

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    News in-depthFrench presidential election
    ‘She’s a bit stuck’: Marine Le Pen looks for momentum after election flop

    French far-right leader defends ‘detoxifying’ strategy to make presidential run-off round in 2022

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Stellantis to make electric vans in UK, protecting Ellesmere Port

    Low hundreds of millions of pounds of investment to be unveiled as early as Tuesday

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC takes $3bn hit to exit French retail business

    Bank sells the operations to US private equity firm Cerberus as it steps up focus on Asia

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Nuclear energy
    EDF seeks data review on report of possible China radiation leak

    French utility group calls for board meeting as Chinese partner says reactors are operating normally

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Northern Africa
    France to cut back military operations in Sahel

    Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Scor and Covéa agree peace deal after bitter takeover fight

    French insurers seek to bury hatchet with end to legal battles and agreement on cutting stakes

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    Inside BusinessEDF
    Reforming EDF shows messy political reality of energy transition

    Proposals for shake-up of French national champion face resistance from Brussels

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    European banks
    Why Europe’s banks want to end US dominance in payments

    Lenders say plan to rival groups such as Visa and Mastercard will safeguard sovereignty

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Liberty Steel Group Holdings UK Ltd.
    ArcelorMittal among bidders for Gupta’s French steel plants

    Germany’s Saarstahl and Italy’s Beltrame also in running to buy tycoon’s factories

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Belarus
    Two airlines cancel Moscow flights over Belarus dispute

    Russian aviation authorities fail to approve Air France and Austrian Airlines’ routes avoiding Belarus airspace

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    France finally gets its Covid vaccination act together

    The country’s inoculation drive has picked up speed after a slow start

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Total and Chevron suspend gasfield dividends to Myanmar junta

    Western oil majors are under increasing pressure to stop payments to state-owned group

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    News in-depthFrench economy
    Macron weighs economics versus politics in French reopening

    With a year until elections, calls for more stimulus vie with the need to be prudent

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
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    EssilorLuxottica ends 3-year governance battle

    Francesco Milleri confirmed as chief as public fight over who runs European eyewear group finally put to rest

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Eurostar International Ltd
    Eurostar lands bailout from investors and French state

    Cross-Channel passenger train operator secures £250m as UK sits on sidelines

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Engie
    Engie boosts asset sales as it targets ‘doing less stuff’

    French utility’s new chief Catherine MacGregor to increase investment in renewables

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