Paris

PARIS (Reuters) - There’s nothing Jean-Remi Galinon enjoys more than bouncing along cobbled streets and showing off Paris to foreign tourists, usually Americans, in his most iconic of French vintage cars. A Citroen 2CV car of the Paris company 2CVParisTour.com is seen parked in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica of…

Employees of Nokia demonstrate during a strike called by unions in front of the Nokia Paris-Saclay campus in Nozay, near Paris, France, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred workers at French firm Alcatel-Lucent International on Tuesday protested against plans by parent company Nokia Oyj (NOKIA.HE) to cut…

LYON, France (Reuters) - The coronavirus lockdown persuaded retired speech therapist Anne-Marie Arnaud a better future could be had, one with emptier skies, fresher air and quieter streets rid of diesel-belching cars. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the deserted Eiffel tower in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow…

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool/FilesPARIS (Reuters) - The French government aims to hive off from the state balance sheet extra debt linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, lodging it in a special…

A view of artwork called "World in progress" by French artist Saype, made with an ecological mixture of chalk and charcoal and depicting two children kneeling in a circle as they draw a tree together to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on the lawn…

FILE PHOTO: An employee, wearing a protective face mask, serves customers during the reopening of the hall of the Mesturet restaurant amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauPARIS (Reuters) - French consumer confidence rebounded more than expected in June although households’ fears about unemployment…

Airbus is, of course, one of the world’s two major aircraft manufacturers, the other being the US-based Boeing. But, even now, it’s not clear that any quantity of cash will be enough to see flying return to the levels seen in 2019. Whatever we were used to, in terms of cost,…

PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi (SASY.PA) is considering cutting hundreds of jobs and will discuss potential steps with staff representatives over the coming days, five sources said on Thursday, the latest move by the French drugmaker’s chief executive Paul Hudson to cut costs. FILE PHOTO: Paul Hudson, Chief Executive Officer of…

VILLENEUVE-LE-ROI, France (Reuters) - French student Yanis Darras is savouring the sound of birdsong around his home, because it may be the last time he hears it for a while. He lives next to Paris’s Orly airport, and since the COVID-19 outbreak forced it to shut, he and fellow residents…

Germany, Brazil and the United States are among the nations grappling with a recent spike in coronavirus cases as the World Health Organization reported the highest one-day increase in cases globally on Sunday.Despite a successful streak in containing the spread of the virus in Germany, an outbreak among workers at…