8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (501+ words) Much of Western Europe was baking in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, shattering temperature records. France was hit hard, forcing hundreds of schools to tweak their timetables to cope....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (124+ words) The Local Europe Eight decades on, Switzerland clears French Resistance fighters Eight decades after World War II, Switzerland on Monday repealed sentences that were handed out to 466 Swiss citizens who fought in the French Resistance. Because of that rule, Swiss…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (302+ words) Two women have filed new complaints of sexual abuse against French pop icon Patrick Bruel, prosecutors and their lawyer said Saturday, in the latest accusations against the singer under investigation. The 67-year-old, a major figure in French popular culture with…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (326+ words) Airlines will be banned from charging parents to get seats next to their children under an EU reform of passenger rights agreed on Friday that stopped short of more divisive changes, diplomats said. EU countries had wanted to trim the…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (440+ words) The Local Com - Do Not Process My Personal Information I want to allow Google to enable storage related to security, including authentication functionality and fraud prevention, and other user protection. A total of 154 airlines are banned in the European Union…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (697+ words) France and Switzerland are imposing tight security for a looming G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, with a demonstration to be held Sunday in Geneva serving as their first test. Memories endure of a 2003 summit in the well-heeled spa town on the French…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (384+ words) Only three countries have passed into national legislation new EU pay transparency rules by the June 7th deadline, MEPs and trade unions have denounced. The pay transparency directive, adopted in 2023, seeks to reduce the gender pay gap, the difference in salaries…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (686+ words) Growing numbers of Europeans no longer see the US as an ally, with a significant minority viewing the superpower as an adversary, a new survey has revealed. The findings are from a a wide-ranging report commissioned by the European Council…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (477+ words) A German serial killer already in prison for the murders of three children was found guilty by a French court on Thursday for the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old boy during a school trip in 2004. Martin Ney, dubbed "the…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (365+ words) Concerns are mounting at a controversial revision of Europe's air passenger rights, as crunch talks between European Parliament and Council negotiators are expected to continue next week ahead of a June 15th deadline. Talks at the beginning of this week stalled…...