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Iran, three EU states to hold 1st round of expert-level talks on INSTEX in Paris soon
Feb 06, 2019 05:21Iran and its three European partners in the 2015 nuclear deal will soon begin talks in Paris, France, in an effort to work out the operational details of a newly-launched financial mechanism meant to protect Tehran-Europe trade ties against US sanctions.
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Police attack protesting trade unionists in Paris
Feb 06, 2019 04:58French police were seen detaining and dragging protesters on the streets of Paris on Tuesday as trade unionist demonstrations resumed, demanding higher wages and reforms to the tax system.
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Yellow vest protests hit bastion of Germany's car industry
Feb 03, 2019 09:13Hundreds of Germans have donned yellow vests to match protesters in France, demonstrating in the bastion of Germany's car industry in Stuttgart against a recent driving ban on older diesels.
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France: Police confront 'Yellow Vests' as protests continue
Feb 03, 2019 04:43French police were seen confronting protesters on the streets of Paris on Saturday, as 'Yellow Vest' protests resumed for a 12th consecutive weekend.
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Yellow Vest protesters rally on 12th weekend of anti-govt. demos in France
Feb 02, 2019 18:39Thousands of Yellow Vest anti-government protesters in France have marched through the capital Paris and other cities on the 12th weekend of the rallies against political elite and what they call inequality in the country.
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French police officers convicted of gang rape of tourist
Feb 01, 2019 09:39Two French policemen have been convicted of gang rape and sentenced to seven years in prison over the assault of a Canadian tourist at the Paris police headquarters, 36 Quai des Orfevres.
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European states set up payment channel with Iran to bypass US bans: German media
Jan 31, 2019 05:32The European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have finalized a much-awaited transactions channel with Iran aimed at protecting trade ties with Tehran against American sanctions, German media say.
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Macron slams Egypt’s human rights record during Cairo visit
Jan 28, 2019 07:10French President Emmanuel Macron says human rights in Egypt are perceived as worse now, under his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, than under former strongman Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled by protests in 2011.
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'Yellow Vest' protesters keep up campaign in 11th week
Jan 27, 2019 04:50With the "Yellow Vest" movement into its eleventh week, French riot police have clashed with protesters in the capital Paris as thousands of people also took to the streets in several other cities in the country, denouncing economic policies of the administration of President Emmanuel Macron.
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French ‘yellow vest’ movement to contest European Parliament vote
Jan 24, 2019 04:56Members of France’s “yellow vest” protest movement say they are to field candidates to run in the upcoming European Parliament elections, well more than two months after they began protest rallies against political elite and what they called inequality in the European country.