Pierre Lannier creates the most French of watches
The Alsatian family business has just launched the 1977 brand, certified Origine France garantie. Do you know Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne? This adorable village just a stone’s throw from the blue line of the Vosges mountains is a long way from the Jura watchmaking arc. Yet Pierre Lannier produces 220,000 watches here every year, for a population of […]
Civil service unions call for strike after meeting with Minister Guillaume Kasbarian
By LD with AFP Published 1 hour ago, updated at 6:52 pm ” data-script=”https://static.lefigaro.fr/widget-video/short-ttl/video/index.js” > “We’re going to take the Minister’s game at his word: three days’ sick leave, three days’ strike,” said Christian Grolier, General Secretary of the UIAFP-FO, who wants to work with the “broadest possible” inter-union group. Two of the main civil […]
The confrontation between the Minister of the Interior and the Keeper of the Seals, a classic of the Fifth Republic
Meeting in Marseille to announce a plan to combat drug trafficking, Bruno Retailleau and Didier Migaud will attempt to iron out their differences. For ideological or jurisdictional reasons, tug-of-war between Beauvau and Place Vendôme is a feature of almost every government. The time when Bruno Retailleau and Didier Migaud used to clash via the media? […]
“a call for peace between peoples”, says the CUP, which clears PSG’s name.
The Collectif Ultras Paris issued a statement the day after the PSG-Atlético match, which was marked by a tarpaulin that caused controversy in the stands. “The club is not behind this tifo”.. Contacted by Le FigaroPSG remain Wednesday night’s linedisassociating itself from the tarpaulin that caused such controversy before match against Atlético Madrid (1-2)and said […]
Olivier Norek, Prix Jean Giono 2024
In contention for the major autumn prizes, the available detective novelist has just been awarded the Prix Jean Giono. Winter Warriors (Michel Lafon). He was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and Renaudot. It is still shortlisted for the Interallié, to be announced on November 13, and the Goncourt des lycéens, to be awarded on November […]
ArcelorMittal tops the CAC 40, Air France-KLM falls, penalized by the Olympic Games
The markets spent the session digesting Donald Trump’s election. After initial volatile trading, the Paris Bourse decided to move in a positive direction. The CAC 40 was particularly buoyed by the luxury goods sector, led by Kering. Market trends The Paris Bourse rallied this session after Donald Trump’s election. Yesterday, investors had gotten carried away […]
two French gendarmes arrested by Israeli police on the Eleona, a French-owned estate
By Le Figaro with AFP Published 1 hour ago, updated at 5:48 pm ” data-script=”https://static.lefigaro.fr/widget-video/short-ttl/video/index.js” > French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot’s visit to Jerusalem was marked by a diplomatic incident on Thursday. The two gendarmes were subsequently released. The visit to Jerusalem from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot was marked on Thursday […]
two Dax players taken into custody
Jope Naseara and Ratu Nacika, who play for the Landes club, behaved inappropriately last Saturday during an evening of heavy drinking. The information, revealed by Sud Ouest, will do little to improve rugby’s already tarnished reputation in recent months. Two players from US Dax, which plays in Pro D2, behaved inappropriately last Saturday, the day […]
Bertrand Cantat and his band announce an album for December 2024
Detroit, the band formed by the former lead singer of Noir Désir, had not recorded an album since 2013. Eleven years after their debut album, Détroit, Bertrand Cantat’s band will release a second album on December 6. In February 2024, the band had already unveiled an unreleased song: L’Angle, at the same time as a […]
Canada closes TikTok offices on its territory in the name of “national security
Following an audit by Canadian authorities in September, the government has ordered the closure of Tik Tok’s local branch. Canadians will, however, be able to log on to the application. Believing that the presence of Chinese social network TikTok in Canada presented “specific risks to national security”on Wednesday, the Canadian federal government ordered the banning […]