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Unions tighten screws as French government to unveil pension plan
AFP, Published on 11/12/2019
» PARIS - French unions tightened the screws Wednesday with a seventh day of transport strike as the government prepared to unveil the details of a pension reform plan workers fear will leave them poorer.
Tensions mount over French transport strike
AFP, Published on 15/12/2019
» PARIS: Tensions between the French government and unions opposed to pension reforms mounted Sunday as a crippling transport strike entered its 11th day.
France's pensions chief resigns as strike hits 12th day
AFP, Published on 16/12/2019
» PARIS - The French official leading a controversial pensions overhaul stepped down on Monday over a scandal involving undeclared payments, as a crippling transport strike against the proposals entered its 12th day, imperilling the holiday plans of thousands.
French crowds march as government stands firm on pension reform
AFP, Published on 17/12/2019
» PARIS - Tens of thousands of protesters hit French streets on Tuesday in a pensions reform standoff that has sparked nearly two weeks of crippling transport strikes, raising the spectre of mass travel chaos over the Christmas holiday.
Grim Christmas on the menu for Paris restaurants as strike bites
AFP, Published on 19/12/2019
» PARIS - The clock has just struck noon and Guillaume Join, who has finished setting tables at his bistrot in the shadow of the Sorbonne, wonders how many will be filled as a pensions strike has paralysed much of Paris for two weeks.
Argentina set to approve economic measures aimed at ending crisis
AFP, Published on 24/12/2019
» BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's center-left government is due to approve on Monday a package of emergency measures aimed at lifting the South American country out of its worst economic crisis in years.
French pension talks resume as govt seeks to end standoff
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» PARIS - French officials prepared to restart talks with unions Tuesday over a pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest transport strikes in decades, which labour leaders say could force millions of people to retire later than they thought.
French pension talks resume as govt seeks to end standoff
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» PARIS - The French government and unions are to resume talks Tuesday over a pensions overhaul that has unleashed the longest transport strike in decades, with the premier saying both sides need to "budge a little".
What is in the Brexit deal?
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» LONDON - The Brexit deal approved by MPs on Thursday addresses the most immediate separation issues arising from Britain's decision to end almost half a century of European Union membership.
French govt offers compromise to end transport strike
AFP, Published on 12/01/2020
» PARIS - France's government Saturday extended a hand to unions waging a crippling, weeks-long transport strike against pension reform, offering to withdraw the most contested proposal that would in effect have raised the retirement age by two years to 64.