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FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire looks on during a meeting with his Greek counterpart Christos Staikouras (not pictured) at the Finance Ministry in Athens, Greece, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File PhotoPARIS (Reuters) - France will not hesitate to take further steps to protect its citizens from the…

PARIS (Reuters) - Steps taken on the Franco-German frontier as a result of the coronavirus outbreak are not border closures, but a strengthening of controls, France’s presidency said on Sunday. Without citing a source, Bild reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister had agreed closures with the…

PARIS (Reuters) - The participation rate at lunchtime for local elections in France was down 5 percent from 2014, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Participation was at 18.3 pct compared to 23.1 pct in 2014 at 1200 (1100 GMT). Polls begin closing from 1800 local time.…

France will shut most shops, restaurants, and entertainment facilities to encourage people to stay home as much as possible during the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that the ban on "non-indispensable" shops and entertainment centers would take effect at midnight on March 14. Exceptions to the ban will include food…

PARIS (Reuters) - France will close from Monday all nurseries, schools and universities to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address, calling the outbreak the nation’s worst public health crisis in a century. To prevent the economy from nosediving during the…

“Frog” is a derogatory epithet for a French person, originating in the World War I era and based on the French penchant for eating frog legs. But those who started using the term likely had never eaten frog legs before. Perhaps if they’d tried the dish, they would’ve realized that…

Photo: Getty ImagesA maintenance worker at Disneyland Paris in France has tested positive for the new coronavirus that has sickened over 111,000 and killed at least 3,800 people globally, according to a new report from Reuters and France’s Le Parisien.The Disney worker has not had any direct contact with visitors…

(PARIS) — One of France’s vaunted high-speed trains derailed Thursday morning on a trip to Paris, seriously injuring the driver, who managed to slam on the emergency brakes and bring the train to a halt, officials said. Two other people were slightly injured — the conductor and one of the…

Uber Drivers' Self-Employed Status 'Fictitious', France Rules (bloomberg.com) Posted by msmash on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @07:21PM from the how-about-that dept. France's top court ruling opens the way for Uber drivers to be reclassified as employees, the country's highest court ruled on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of rulings…

PARIS (Reuters) - France has 285 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the head of the public health service, Jerome Salomon, said on Wednesday, which in an increase of 73 compared to a day earlier. During a press briefing, he added the death toll from the disease was still at four and…