France

PARIS, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The highly pathogenic bird flu, avian influenza, has been detected in a duck farm in France's eastern department of Ain, causing a total of 10,600 ducks culled, French daily news Le Figaro reported on Sunday.

The State services (departmental directorate for the protection of populations) of Ain have highlighted an outbreak of avian influenza due to a strain of the H5N1 virus in a duck farm located in Saint-Nizier-le-Desert, Le Figaro reported, citing the prefecture of the Ain department.

27 August 2022; MEMO: French President, Emmanuel Macron, said on Friday the ball was in Iran's court to revive a nuclear deal with world powers, and that the offer on the table, even if it would not resolve all differences, was better than no offer at all, Reuters reports.

Iran received Washington's response to an EU-drafted final offer for salvaging the 2015 deal, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said on Wednesday, giving no firm indication of how close remaining gaps were to being narrowed.

27 August 2022; MEMO: The announcement of French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday that Algerian gas constitutes a small amount of French energy sources refutes reports that a large portion of Algerian gas goes to France, Algerian newspaper Echorouk reported.

PARIS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he wanted to build the future of Franco-Algerian relations by confronting a painful colonial past but also by focusing on future challenges.

"We have a complex, painful common past. And it has at times prevented us from looking at the future," Macron said after meeting with Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the first of a three-day visit to the North African country. 

PARIS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- High temperatures and drought have deepened the energy crisis in Europe this summer, affecting electricity production at a time when the European economies are already facing unprecedentedly high oil and gas prices.

In France, Europe's largest producer of nuclear power, several plants along the Rhone and Garonne were forced to reduce output because river temperatures were too high to cool the plants. This further reduced the power supply after the shutdown of a dozen of the country's 56 nuclear plants for planned maintenance.

PARIS, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Extreme weather is wreaking havoc upon virtually all of the world’s largest cotton suppliers.

In India, the top-producing country, heavy rains and pests have cut into cotton crops so much that the nation is importing supplies. A heat wave in China is raising concerns about the upcoming harvest there.

PARIS, Aug 20(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27.

Macron accepted an invitation by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, his office said. It will be Macron's second official visit to the North African country which holds close business ties with Paris.

PARIS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - More French employees than ever quit their jobs at the end of 2021 and start of 2022, as the balance of bargaining power shifts away from employers, a labour ministry study showed on Thursday.

Over one million quit between October and March, the study by the ministry's Dares research body showed, 90% of whom had coveted permanent labour contracts offering some of the highest level of job protection in the world.

17 August 2022; MEMO: Turkiye's Communications Directorate held a panel in Paris to emphasise the critical need for a UN Security Council reform, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Many officials from Turkiye, including Deputy Director of Communications, Cagatay Ozdemir, attended the panel, along with diplomats from the Turkish Embassy in Paris.

15 August 2022; MEMO: Four Israelis were arrested yesterday morning for scamming the French Treasury out of millions of Euros, using digital currencies in order to conceal their movements.

According to The Jerusalem Post, the four suspects, a couple from Haifa and two brothers from Petah, received funds after declaring to the tax authorities that they had been put on unpaid leave due to COVID-19.