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Sarkozy acts on bank bonuses
NICOLAS Sarkozy has confronted the chief executives of the major French banks and announced a crackdown on inflated bonuses and excessive risk-taking.
In his first major engagement since returning fr…
0 Read MoreWoman throws thong at judge
A WOMAN who threw her thong at a judge in court has been arrested and taken into police custody.
The woman, aged in her thirties, was sitting in the public gallery at Perpignan magistrates court when…
0 Read MoreAnother driver hit with smoking fine
A DRIVER in Paris who was fined for smoking at the wheel has accused police of ?an abuse of power?.
The man was stopped on Sunday after he moved his car a few metres past a red light in the middle …
0 Read MoreCost of university continues to rise
STUDENT unions have warned that the rising cost of starting university is forcing some people to think twice ? especially in the capital.
France?s two biggest student unions have both published dat…
0 Read MoreThe good times have rolled
FRANCE’S ‘national happiness quota’ peaked in 2001 according to a Canadian study.
The measure, ( Bonheur intérieur net ) seen as an alternative to gross domestic product, takes into account several …
0 Read MoreFrance hits new peak for births
THE number of births in France is on the increase and hit 828,400 in 2008 ? up 1.2% from 2007.
National statistics body Insee said there had been 796,000 infants born in metropolitan France and 32,4…
0 Read MoreAll Paris job centres closed
ALL job centres in the Paris area have closed to prepare for a flood of job seekers in September.
Around 250 Pôle emploi offices have shut their doors today to process a backlog of cases.
Pôle emp…
0 Read MoreFrench fishing zone for Med
FRANCE is planning an exclusive French fishing zone up to 70 nautical miles off the Mediterranean coast.
Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said the measure was necessary to ?protect French fish…
0 Read MoreTourist sleeps in hôtel de ville
A BRITISH tourist spent a night locked inside a town hall after she mistook the hôtel de ville for a hotel.
The woman, aged in her thirties, who has not been named, was travelling alone in Alsace an…
0 Read MorePresident enters bank bonus row
THE president is expected to demand tighter limits on traders? bonuses when he meets bank leaders tomorrow.
It is expected Sarkozy will call for limits such as setting ceilings or spreading bonuses …
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