http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/1298286-france-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/1298286-france-government.html http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089898-merkel-hollande-odds-europes-way-forward.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of the continent's No. 1 and 2 economies suggested they still have diverging priorities. French President Francois Hollande argued that the 17-nation eurozone should integrate more, calling for gr... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089898-merkel-hollande-odds-europes-way-forward.html 2013-05-16T17:55:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2083942-france-approves-major-labor-reform-package.html PARIS (AP) — France's parliament has passed a package of significant labor reforms Tuesday that the government hopes will help halt rising unemployment and jumpstart the country's stagnant economy. The bill is one of President Francois Hollande's signature pieces of legislation designed to overhaul the country's notoriously hidebound labor market. It incl... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2083942-france-approves-major-labor-reform-package.html 2013-05-14T16:03:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081828-mali-gunman-kills-3-aid-distribution-point.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A suspected jihadist opened fire on a crowd at an aid distribution point in a north Malian village, killing three civilians, a local official said. However, at least one local jihadist leader said the suspect was not a member of the radical groups who ruled the region for nearly 10 months until a French-led military operation was launc... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081828-mali-gunman-kills-3-aid-distribution-point.html 2013-05-13T15:38:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2081720-france-mulls-culture-tax-smartphones.html PARIS (AP) — The French government is considering creating a new tax on smartphones and tablets in a bid to raise millions to support the creation of digital cultural content inside France. The proposal, handed to President Francois Hollande Monday, outlines a 1 percent tax on the sale of Internet-compatible devices, targeting companies such as Google, Ap... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:51:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2081720-france-mulls-culture-tax-smartphones.html 2013-05-13T13:51:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076472-suicide-bombers-launch-attacks-2-mali-towns.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Five suicide bombers carried out two simultaneous attacks on soldiers in Mali on Friday in another indication of the growing coordination of operations by militants against African and French forces. The attacks only killed the bombers and wounded two Malian soldiers, but they highlighted the continued threat posed by the al-Qaida-link... Fri, 10 May 2013 17:07:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076472-suicide-bombers-launch-attacks-2-mali-towns.html 2013-05-10T17:07:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068500-al-qaida-offshoot-threatens-french-interests.html PARIS (AP) — An Algeria-based al-Qaida offshoot said in an online video on Tuesday that Muslims have an obligation to attack French interests around the world because of France's military intervention in Mali. In a message posted on YouTube, Abou Obeida Youssef Al-Annabi, a notable in the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb group, or AQIM, said the "crusade" ... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068500-al-qaida-offshoot-threatens-french-interests.html 2013-05-07T16:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2066050-france-prepares-10-year-investment-plan.html PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is defending the record of his first year in office and promising to unveil a 10-year plan to invest 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in infrastructure, digital technology and clean energy. After a special Cabinet meeting Monday, his spokeswoman clarified that some of that money would come from projects alread... Mon, 06 May 2013 14:28:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2066050-france-prepares-10-year-investment-plan.html 2013-05-06T14:28:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2055736-correction-italys-race-problem-story.html ROME (AP) — In a May 1 story about racism in Italy, datelined Rome, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that a current French minister is from the French region of Guyana. The minister is from French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Guyana is a separate country in South America. A corrected version of the story is below: Italy ... Fri, 03 May 2013 14:04:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2055736-correction-italys-race-problem-story.html 2013-05-03T14:04:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2055744-italy-race-problems-with-black-govt-minister.html ROME (AP) — It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Cecile Kyenge's appointment as Italy's first black Cabinet minister has instead exposed the nation's ugly race problem, a blight that flares regularly on the soccer pitch with racist taunts and in the diatribes of xenoph... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:46:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2055744-italy-race-problems-with-black-govt-minister.html 2013-05-01T16:46:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2054218-france-jihadist-convert-arrested-mali.html PARIS (AP) — French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video last fall, the military spokesman said Tuesday. Col. Thierry Burkhard said Gilles Le Guen was arrested this week north of Timbuktu, the fabled city in Mali's northern desert that had been his bas... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:35:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2054218-france-jihadist-convert-arrested-mali.html 2013-04-30T20:35:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2051070-bowing-pigeon-fight-france-slashes-taxes.html PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande announced on Monday a series of measures to encourage the French entrepreneurial spirit, including drastic cuts in capital gains taxes — up to 65 percent — for the sale of small companies and a plan to make France start-up friendly. Hollande, looking to stimulate flagging growth and cut into the nation's 10.6 perce... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:04:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2051070-bowing-pigeon-fight-france-slashes-taxes.html 2013-04-29T19:04:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2050634-france-to-slash-24k-military-jobs-seeking-savings.html PARIS (AP) — France will cut a further 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it faces up to its decades of deficit spending while still trying to maintain a force ready to deal with global threats, the government said Monday. Uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, France's war in Mali and the civil war in Syria are among the events shaping France's defe... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:45:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2050634-france-to-slash-24k-military-jobs-seeking-savings.html 2013-04-29T15:45:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2049896-french-forces-leaving-malian-town-timbuktu.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Dozens of French forces have left the northern Malian town of Timbuktu several months after their military operation largely ousted radical Islamic fighters from the area, a French military official said Sunday. The reallocation of about 100 French soldiers to the northeastern town of Gao will pose a critical test as to whether Malian ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:44:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2049896-french-forces-leaving-malian-town-timbuktu.html 2013-04-28T18:44:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2049458-lonely-year-french-president-time-crisis.html PARIS (AP) — The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe. Francois Hollande, among the most unpopular French leaders in modern history, remains calm. Lacking the early-career charisma of Pres... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:26:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2049458-lonely-year-french-president-time-crisis.html 2013-04-28T06:26:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2047372-ex-french-president-top-gift-giver-to-obama-family.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, Carla Bruni, were clearly taken with President Barack Obama and his family back in 2011. The Sarkozys gave the Obamas more than $41,000 worth of presents that year, becoming the most prolific foreign gift-givers to the first family, documents released Friday show. The gifts... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:14:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2047372-ex-french-president-top-gift-giver-to-obama-family.html 2013-04-27T05:14:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046164-french-government-cuts-eads-stake.html PARIS (AP) — The French state has cut its stake in Airbus parent company EADS to 12 percent following the latest sale of shares, the second this month. France's finance ministry says in a statement Friday that it raised 707 million euros ($925 million) through the sale of 17.6 million EADS N.V. shares on Thursday. Together with the 12 million shares it so... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:21:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046164-french-government-cuts-eads-stake.html 2013-04-26T08:21:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2044156-un-approves-peacekeeping-force-mali.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half of the country, which was controlled by Islamist jihadists until a France-led military operation ousted them three months ago. The resolution authorizes the deployment of a U.N. force ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:42:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2044156-un-approves-peacekeeping-force-mali.html 2013-04-25T18:42:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043540-china-france-vow-to-promote-multipolar-world.html BEIJING (AP) — China's President Xi Jinping and France's President Francois Hollande pledged to push for a world free of domination by any superpower Thursday as the French leader visited the Chinese capital on a mission to boost trade amid his country's worsening economic woes. Both leaders stressed their desire for a "multipolar" world that would dilute... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043540-china-france-vow-to-promote-multipolar-world.html 2013-04-25T16:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2038628-french-protest-gay-marriage-turns-violent.html PARIS (AP) — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government. Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police. Legions of officers stayed late into ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2038628-french-protest-gay-marriage-turns-violent.html 2013-04-23T22:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2040008-car-bomb-french-embassy-libya-wounds-3.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst attack on a diplomatic mission in the North African nation since the U.S. ambassador was killed last year. The attack in the heart of the capital put new pressure on the Libya's new leaders ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:21:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2040008-car-bomb-french-embassy-libya-wounds-3.html 2013-04-23T20:21:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2039422-century-wwi-dead-soldier-unites.html BULLECOURT, France (AP) — When Didier Guerle fulfilled his grandfather's dying wish and had the fields of his farm searched, he set off a chain of events that brought people together across continents, and one family across generations. The farmer called in his friend Moise Dilly, an expert in metal detection. Soon enough, Dilly came across something hidd... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:30:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2039422-century-wwi-dead-soldier-unites.html 2013-04-23T16:30:40Z