ECONOMY: Greece has approved the purchase of 18 French-made Rafale Aircraft costing over 2 billion euros Greek lawmakers in a vote on Thursday approved a defence procurement program to purchase 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, part of an armaments plan announced by the government in September. Greece has earmarked 11.5 billion euros ($14 billion) for […]
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HEALTH: The government announced this Thursday at a press conference new measures to limit the circulation of the coronavirus “Do everything to prevent the British variant from circulating in France”. Prime Minister Jean Castex, surrounded by six ministers announced this Thursday at a press conference new restrictive measures to try to slow the circulation of the coronavirus while the […]
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ECONOMY: Impacted by the health crisis, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announces that it delivered 566 aircraft last year, far from its record of 863 aircraft in 2019 Despite the health crisis that slowed down its factories in March, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced on Friday that it had delivered 566 aircraft, or 34% less than in 2019. A figure far from […]
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NEW YEAR: The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron has sent from the Elysee his traditional wishes to the French on the occasion of “a December 31st unlike any other” After a year turned upside down by the epidemic, Emmanuel Macron presented his wishes to the French and his hopes for the year 2021. He first paid tribute […]
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RESTRUCTURING: According to the CGT, the management of the group has promised to reclassify the 240 employees concerned After the takeover, time for restructuring. The German distribution group Aldi has announced the closure of 31 stores under its Leader Price banner and has promised to reclassify their 240 employees, we learned from CGT Commerce on Tuesday . The management for its part indicated that […]
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VIRTUAL CURRENCY: The most famous cryptocurrency, Bitcoin broke its record this Wednesday Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency decentralized, exceeded the $ 20,000 threshold for the first time in its history Wednesday, taking advantage of an appetite for risk markets that has almost tripled its value in a year. At around 3:20 p.m. PST, bitcoin cost $ 20,612.40 and saw its value […]
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Beverage wholesalers in Hauts-de-France have lost “at least 90% of their customers” with the closure of restaurants and bars Beverage distributors are hit hard by the economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic with the closure of bars and restaurants. As beverage distributors are still working a little by delivering certain customers such as communities, […]
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RESTRUCTURING: The Société Générale bank group assures this Monday that there will be no forced departures With the economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the French banking landscape is restructuring. The banking group Société Générale formalised on Monday the plan to merge its two retail networks in France Societe Generale and Crédit du Nord. This project will involve the closure of […]
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CRYPTOCURRENCY: This initiative by the French central bank, for a “digital euro”, is a first in the eurozone An “e-euro” to counter Facebook’s Libra. This is the ambition of the Banque de France, which will launch experiments next year to develop a “central bank digital currency” (MDBC). It will be dedicated to “wholesale” transactions, that is to say very […]
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CRISIS: U2P, the leading French employers’ organisation, fears a “wave of closures” in 2021 in the Pays-de-la-Loire region U2P is the employers’ union for VSEs and SMEs in the trade, craft and liberal professions sectors. Its new president in Pays-de-la-Loire is worried about the consequences of the crisis in 2021. “There is a lot of suffering, […]
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