After part of the Louvre Museum staff went on strike and gathered at the entrance, the Louvre Museum shut its doors. Several tourists were booing towards the strikers. However, the museum said tickets bought for the day would be reimbursed.

Pension reform strikes shut Louvre Museum in Paris

January 18 in history: WW-1 peace conference, recognition of Vietnam, and a lot more!

The partnership between Renault and Nissan is "not dead", the alliance's president has insisted, after reports of a potential split in the wake of the Carlos Ghosn scandal.

Renault-Nissan president denies reports of potential split

Alain Robert, the so-called French Spiderman who scales the world's tallest buildings, climbed Total's skyscraper in Paris' La Défense district on Monday to call attention on the retirement protests.

French Spiderman backs pension protesters

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through eastern Paris on Saturday against the French government's overhaul of the pension system, which aims to replace France's myriad of sector-specific pension schemes with a single points-based scheme. #WION #France #EmmanuelMacron

France: March against pension reform, Macron govt temporarily withdraws pivotal age limit

January 12 in history: Transmission of first long-distance radio message from Eiffel Tower and more

A man went on a rampage with a knife in a park near Paris on January 3, killing one person and wounding two. French investigators said that they had not dismissed possible links to terrorism. #WION #Paris #ParisKnifeAttack

Paris Villejuif Stabbing: Attack could be an act of terror

French anti-terrorist investigators said Saturday they have taken over the probe into an attack by a knife-wielding man who killed one person walking with his wife in a park south of Paris before being shot dead by police.

Paris knife attack to be treated as terrorist act: Official

Police on Saturday fired tear gas at demonstrators in Paris's busy Gare du Nord station, used by tourists taking the Eurostar service, and at the Gare de l'Est, during demonstrations against plans to reform France's pension system. #France #Paris #EmmanuelMacron #WION

France: Mass demonstration break out at Paris protest against pension reform

Thousands of labour unionists and 'yellow vests' marched together in Paris on Saturday against the French government's planned pension reform as nationwide strikes entered the 24th consecutive day. #FranceProtest #EmmanuelMacron #MacronPensionReforms

France continues to be on boil against Macron's pension reform

For the first time in over two centuries, Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral was unable to hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve, as reconstruction work continues after the April fire that ravaged ancient structure. #WION #Notre-Dam #Chistmas

No Christmas mass at Notre-Dame for the first time in 200 years

Protests continue to soar in France as demonstrators today got into a scuffle with the police. The events unfolded at the Gare de Lyon station in Paris. People have been protesting against the plans by French President Emmanuel Macron to change the country's pension system.

France: Protests against pension reform continue, scuffle breaks out at Gare de Lyon station

Holiday travellers across France scrambled for alternatives Sunday as an 18-day-old transport strike over pension reform saw train services slashed yet again. President Emmanuel Macron issued an appeal on Saturday for a truce over the holidays but talks between the government and unions this week have failed to ease the standoff and labour leaders called for further mobilisation.

Strike makes for not-so-merry Christmas travel in France

Protests in France against government's new pension plans

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe defied striking workers on Wednesday with plans for a long-anticipated overhaul of France's byzantine pension system that he said would be fairer and encourage people to work longer.

France's prime minister defies unions with pension overhaul

When tens of thousands of French workers downed tools and took to the streets in protest against pension reform last Thursday, in their midst was a seemingly unlikely group of aggrieved picketers: ballet dancers from the Paris Opera.

Paris Opera ballet dancers hang up shoes in pension-reform protest

Anais raped by an Uber driver in 2016 in Paris. More than 200 women reported being assaulted by the drive.

Paris: Uber can't fix safety issues

Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday met Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time ever at a Paris summit aimed at agreeing to measures to help end five years of conflict in the east of Ukraine.

Putin, Zelensky meet at Paris Summit amid push to end Ukraine war

Turkey has sent 11 French relatives of suspected "terrorist fighters" back home, the Turkish interior ministry said Monday, the latest in the country's renewed push to deport foreign jihadist insurgents.

Turkey deports 11 French relatives of 'terrorist' suspects

Protests in France enter day 2, Protesters and Police clash across Paris

Protests in France enter day 2

French police on Thursday (December 5) deployed tear gas and used pepper spray on protesters and black blocs as a pensions reform protest in Paris turned rowdy.

Fires, tear gas and clashes in Paris protests against pension reforms

Fineprint: Workers to gather on streets of Paris

Thousands march on streets against pension reforms.

WION Dispatch: Workers to gather in streets of Paris

Ukrainian and Russian leaders will try to seal a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and agree on prisoner swaps when they meet next week, but with Kiev politically constrained and Moscow unlikely to bend, the prospects for peace remain bleak, diplomats said.

Ukraine, Russia leaders set to meet for Paris talks with bleak prospects of peace

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