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CERN plans giant underground site between France and Switzerland
on 17 Ottobre 2024 at 14:09
The world-leading scientific institute CERN is planning to create a giant underground experiment site situated between France and Switzerland.
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Why is Germany’s economy so sluggish and what does it mean for you?
on 17 Ottobre 2024 at 9:59
Germany is the world’s third-largest economy after the US and China – but in the last few years, it’s been sluggish at best or even in recession. Why is it in the doldrums right now?
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PODCAST: How painful will cuts be in France and why’s Macron fretting about Emily in Paris?
on 17 Ottobre 2024 at 6:44
The Talking France podcast is back dissecting the ‘violent’ new budget and (another) planned immigration law, plus French party invitations, Doliprane fever and the international row over Emily in Paris.
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Fraud on the rise in Sweden while sex crimes and bike thefts decrease
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 12:07
Fewer people said they were exposed to sexual crimes, threats and bike thefts last year, but there were some categories of crime that increased, according to a new report by The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå).
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Northvolt confirms layoffs of more than 400 white-collar workers
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 11:11
More than 400 white-collar workers will be laid off from Northvolt, split across the battery manufacturer’s sites in Skellefteå, Stockholm and Västerås.
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Why does France make so many films?
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 9:47
France has a thriving film industry which receives generous state funding due to the ‘exception culturelle française’ – here’s how film funding works and how film-makers can get state aid.
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France brings in new rules for snow tyres for winter 2024
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 8:49
From November 1st, new rules will be in place for drivers in France.
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Switzerland warned the EU is not an ‘a la carte menu’
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 7:29
EU ministers have rejected a push by non-member Switzerland to add a clause to bilateral agreements under negotiation that would allow it to place limits on immigration from the bloc.
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OPINION: Le Pen is adopting the ‘Donald Trump defence’ at her embezzlement trial
on 16 Ottobre 2024 at 7:22
Marine Le Pen was briefly a lawyer before she entered the family business and became a politician, writes John Lichfield. At her trial in Paris for stealing up to €7 million of public money, she is said by colleagues to have reverted enthusiastically to her old career.
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What’s Switzerland’s problem with EU free movement?
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 13:56
Talks between Switzerland and the European Union have hit a wall over immigration. But why is Switzerland seeking to limit free movement?
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Politics in Sweden: The opposition failed to land a killer blow on tax cuts for the rich
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 13:53
Sunday was the first party leader debate since the announcement of a budget that rewards well-off voters with sizeable tax cuts. But after an autumn of scandals, the opposition failed to cut through, writes The Local’s Nordic Editor Richard Orange.
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Police break up French-Italian wine fraud ring
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 12:47
French and Italian police have broken up a wine fraud network operating between both countries that made €2 million selling wine with fake labels, French prosecutors have said.
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‘We pay our taxes’: Foreigners in Switzerland troubled by rise in hostility
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 11:36
Negative attitudes towards foreigners have risen in Switzerland, with new proposals to limit, or even severely restrict, the number of new arrivals. Many foreign residents in Switzerland tell us they are extremely concerned.
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Valencia to swap megaphones for headsets to keep tour groups quiet
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 9:36
Authorities in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia want to make tour groups in the city centre less noisy by paying guides up to €500 each to buy headsets in order for them to not have to shout or use megaphones to be heard by tourists.
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Free movement wrangle leaves EU – Swiss talks with mountain to climb
on 15 Ottobre 2024 at 7:37
Switzerland and the European Union want to seal an agreement by the end of the year that would reset relations — but the tortuous negotiations still seem far from the finish line. And it’s free movement that is causing the stumbling block.