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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: WWI: commemorating 'Taxis of the Marne'
A WWI-era taxi in Paris commemorating the 'Taxis de la Marne'Sarah Elzas/RFITaxis drove slowly through the streets of Paris on Sunday, but not for any kind of protest. They were following eight...
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FRANCE: Paris taxis to stage drive-slow protest against Uber Monday
0 Taxi drivers plan to clog up roads into Paris on Monday morning in ongoing protests against Uber and the threat of other car-rental company companies. A court on Friday rejected an attempt to ban...
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FRANCE: Paris taxi drivers protest against Uber
0 Dozens of taxi drivers held a go-slow in the French capital on Monday to protest against Uber's latest service called UberPOP. Paris taxi drivers aren't happy with Uber's latest service UberPOP...
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: French press review 16 December 2014
0 Immigration, retirement, austerity and taxis are the main items on this morning's front page menu. Standard
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: French press review 16 February 2015
0 Saturday's attacks in Copenhagen dominate the front pages of Libération and Le Figaro. Le Monde looks at how hunting threatens the survival of the tiger. Le Parisien reads a Paris taxi driver’s...
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KENYA: Taxi war looms in Nairobi as startups take on Uber
0 A taxi war is looming in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, where startups are hoping to outdo Uber, the global transportation network. They believe their smartphone apps are more in line with the taxi...
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FRANCE-UNITED STATES: War between French taxis and Uber deepens, unlimited...
0 Tourists are bracing themselves for a nightmarish gridlock on roads from Thursday, as French taxi drivers prepare for unlimited strike action in protest against Uber. The Californian ride-sharing...
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FRANCE: French taxi drivers block roads in strike against Uber
0 Main roads into Paris's airports and train stations had been cleared by 9.00am Thursday morning after a protest by taxi drivers caused major traffic disruption. French cab drivers staged a one-day...
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FRANCE - UNITED STATES: French taxi drivers' protest turns violent, upsetting...
0 French taxi unions refused to go to a meeting at the office of Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday as their strike against the Uber company saw roads blockaded and cars attacked. Rock star...
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FRANCE - UNITED STATES: French president calls for crackdown on Uber service
0 French President Francois Hollande has condemned violent protests against online driver-booking service Uber but says its ride-sharing app UberPop should be banned. Vehicles were damaged in clashes...
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FRANCE - UNITED STATES: Paris deploys 200 extra police to target UberPop
0 Paris will deploy 200 special police to crack down on illegal taxi activities after cab drivers held violent protests last week against unfair competition from the ride-booking app UberPop....
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FRANCE - UNITED STATES: Uber France, top executives to go to trial in September
0 French prosecutors have ordered Uber France and two of its top executives to go on trial in September on charges the company enabled "illegal" taxi services. Thibaud Simphal, director general of...
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: French press review 4 July 2015
0 The countdown to decision day in Greece continues, with analyses and counter-analyses aplenty. Let's just hope Greek voters understand the text they will vote on better than some of the commentators...
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FRANCE: French economy stagnates as investment falls away
0 France’s economy has stagnated in the second quarter with investment falling away and consumer spending slowing sharply. French Finance Minister Michel Sapin Reuters/Eric Vidal Standard
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FRANCE: French appeal court raises fine on UberPop app
0 A French court has rejected an appeal by car-hire firm Uber and upped the fine on its UberPop app, declaring it a deceptive marketing practise. A lower court fined Uber 100,000 euros but the Paris...
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FRANCE: French taxis to strike from Tuesday
0 French taxis are due to start a new strike on Tuesday with major disruption expected in Paris, especially around Charles De Gaulle and Orly airports. Unions and employers are joining forces to...
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FRANCE: Transport chaos in France as air traffic controllers, taxis, public...
0 Striking taxi drivers blockaded Paris's airports and its ring road on Tuesday morning and one in five flights were cancelled as disgruntled air traffic controllers and taxi drivers went on strike...
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FRANCE: Taxis, air traffic, civil servants, teachers ... what are the French...
0 Twenty striking taxi drivers were arrested on Tuesday and another injured, as France was hit by work stoppages and protests that also involved air traffic controllers, civil servants, teachers and...
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: Commuters face more travel disruption as taxi strike continues
0 As protests by striking French taxi drivers ran into a second day on Wednesday, app-based taxi firm Uber has been ordered to pay 1.2 million euros to a French taxi group by a Paris court. Paris taxi...
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