DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

Could putting up with a colleague's pet make you more productive?

Will Paris follow in the furry footsteps of Nice, Grenoble or neighbouring Suresnes, and allow city employees to bring their pets to work? Will civic offices in the French capital soon be home to workers' cats, dogs, ferets, pigs or even camels?

Radio France Internationale · Oct 12, 2022

Jet2 makes major money-saving announcement ahead of winter sports getaway season

The limited time deal offers customers half price return ski carriage in a massive boost to holiday budgets

Wales Online · Sep 21, 2022

Ex-Ferrari chief gives rare Michael Schumacher update as F1 icon continues recovery

F1 legend Michael Schumacher's condition has been kept private by his family since he sustained serious head injuries in a skiing crash in Grenoble in December 2013

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

The French are obsessed with the burkini – and it’s all getting a bit embarrassing

The world is burning and France is fixated on whether women wear long sleeves to have a swim – a furore with obvious roots in the country’s deep Islamophobia, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022

A French city approved burkinis in its pools. Then the backlash came

The city of Grenoble's move to allow the full body-covering swimsuit for Islamic women has sparked a legal battle. Activists say it's a matter of civil — and women's — rights.

WEKU · Jun 19, 2022

France burkini ban challenged in country’s top court

Marine Le Pen has called the burkini the ‘clothing of Islamist propaganda’

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

GlobalFoundries-STMicro Discuss Partnering For Chip Plant In France

GlobalFoundries Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) and STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE:STM) are amid discussions to build a semiconductor factory in France with the help of government funds, Bloomberg reports. The European Commission looks to produce 20% of the world’s chips by 2030.  The European Union executive arm proposed the 43 billion euro ($45.3 billion) Chips Act earlier to…

Benzinga · Jun 13, 2022

Grenoble takes on French state as burkini legal row reaches highest court

Dispute due to go before Conseil d’Etat in municipal bid to allow people to wear any kind of swimwear

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022

French court forces Grenoble to backtrack on allowing burkini in public pools

A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow people to wear burkini in public swimming pools.

Radio France Internationale · May 26, 2022

French court scraps rule allowing burkinis in Grenoble swimming pools

A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow body-covering "burkini" bathing suits for women in municipal pools, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter feed.

Reuters · May 25, 2022