The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'Treason!': France to sell Airbus airport to China The French government sparked anger on Friday by announcing it was selling half of the Toulouse-Blagnac airport in southwest France, the home of aircraft maker Airbus, to a Chinese-led consortium for a cool €308 million. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141205/france-to-sell-half-of-toulouses-airport-to-china Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:48:00 +0100 france-to-sell-half-of-toulouses-airport-to-china France probes Assad uncle's 'billions of euros' Prosecutors in Paris have opened a probe into whether Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, used illegal means to acquire his "extraordinary wealth," estimated to be in the billions of euros, it emerged on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130930/france-probes-assad-uncles-extraordinary-wealth Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:45:00 +0200 france-probes-assad-uncles-extraordinary-wealth Gallery: What wealth did ministers have to reveal? From a bank account containing just €12.21 to three bikes and a Renault Twingo find out what assets French ministers had to reveal this week. Their testimonies revealed eight of them are millionaires. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130415/gallery-french-politicians-reveal-their-secret-wealth Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:57:00 +0200 gallery-french-politicians-reveal-their-secret-wealth