77th Cannes Film Festival begins. Know about its #MeToo moment and workers warningGreta Gerwig has been elected president of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. She will be joined by Lily Gladstone, French actor Eva Green, Spa...
15 May, 2024, 09.51 PM IST
French central bank trims economic outlookThe French economy will rebound next year as coronavirus restrictions are lifted although not as fast as previously expected, the central b...
14 Dec, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
French Q3 unemployment rate rises to 9.0% from 7.1% in Q2INSEE had already warned earlier this year that France's unemployment data for the first two quarters of 2020 was skewed because of the mid...
10 Nov, 2020, 12.30 PM IST
Lockdown pushes French unemployment to 11-year low in first quarterThe jobless rate fell to 7.8% from 8.1% in the fourth quarter, hitting its lowest since late 2008, INSEE's quarterly unemployment survey fo...
14 May, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
French president Francois Hollande declares economic emergencyFrancois Hollande has declared what he called ``a state of economic emergency'' and says it's time to redefine France's economic and social...
18 Jan, 2016, 04.57 PM IST
French President Francois Hollande says there’s no alternative to a 'Strong Europe'He listed recent recessions, youth unemployment, refugees, and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as events that raised fears in Europe.
07 Oct, 2015, 09.01 PM IST
JD(U) urges Centre to release special package for industrialisation in PuducherryJD(U) today requested the Centre to release a special package to industrial entrepreneurs setting up units ere to adequately rehabilitate u...
13 Sep, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
Italy's youth unemployment just hit a new record high - here's what's going wrongItalian unemployment overall is higher than eurozone unemployment, at 12.7 per cent - the figure for the whole bloc is 11.1 per cent.
01 Aug, 2015, 03.29 PM IST
France and Germany agree on 'full-time' euro group chiefThey agreed that EU meetings "should take place more frequently, with a full-time president for the euro group," Hollande said after their ...
31 May, 2013, 02.05 PM IST
- Bharti AXA General Insurance mulling to launch unemployment insurance product
Bharti AXA General Insurance, is likely to come up with a 'unemployment insurance' product in the current fiscal as the domestic economy wi...
13 Aug, 2012, 04.13 PM IST
- Police arrest Frenchman who hacked Obama Twitter page
French police have arrested a hacker who sabotaged the account of US President Barack Obama in one of his attacks on the Twitter online soc...
25 Mar, 2010, 02.17 AM IST
- World unemployment up despite economic recovery
Unemployment data typically lags other indicators of economic health as companies hold off adding staff in the early stages of a rebound. T...
06 Nov, 2009, 12.52 PM IST
- Euro jobless rate climbs to 9.5 pc
The jobless rate in the 16 nations that use the euro climbed to a new 10-year high of 9.5 per cent in July despite other signs that the eco...
01 Sep, 2009, 03.10 PM IST
- France expected to slide into recession in 2009
France will follow Germany, the US and Japan into recession by early next year as rising unemployment and the fallout of the financial cris...
19 Dec, 2008, 01.04 PM IST
- France plunging into recession: Official forecast
France will fall into recession next year for the first time since 1993 and faces a steep rise in unemployment, the state statistics agency...
19 Dec, 2008, 03.35 AM IST
- French economy shrinks in second quarter
The French economy shrunk by 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, the government confirmed Friday as it prepared to present an annua...
26 Sep, 2008, 01.39 PM IST
- French unions, bosses seek deal on labour market reform
French unions and bosses are to launch a final push on Wednesday to reach agreement on labour market reform, a central plank in President N...
09 Jan, 2008, 09.30 AM IST