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France backs down over Nordstream II gas pipe

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:14:33 +0100

France and Germany have struck a compromise allowing Berlin to remain the lead negotiator with Russia on the Nord Stream II gas pipeline to Europe, a proposed deal showed on Friday.

Price hikes: How life in France will get a little more expensive in 2018

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:29:40 +0100

A new year means new prices, so life in France is going to get a little more expensive in 2018. Here are the fee changes to look out for, and what they mean for your wallet.

French lawmakers back plans to ban oil and gas production

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:05:24 +0200

France's lower house of parliament gave its overwhelming backing Tuesday to a ban on producing oil and gas on French territory by 2040.

Three charged over makeshift gas canister bomb in Paris

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:16:02 +0200

French prosecutors have charged three men in connection with a makeshift explosive device made of gas canisters placed inside an apartment block in western Paris, a judicial source told AFP on Saturday.

First woman charged over failed Paris attack

Sun, 11 Sep 2016 10:26:03 +0200

French anti-terror judges charged a woman Saturday over a failed jihadist attack near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, where a car full of gas canisters was found last weekend.

Frenchman dies after taking 'laughing gas'

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:37:45 +0100

A 26-year-old man in eastern France has died after inhaling laughing gas, according to reports.

'Thieves gas' British family in their campervan

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:20:00 +0200

A British family have said they were robbed by thieves who pumped noxious exhaust fumes into their campervan as they slept in a rest area by the side of a motorway in France.

France bids to cut EU's reliance on Russian gas

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:09:00 +0200

As the Ukraine crisis intensifes and threatens to divide Russia from the West, France and Poland made a joint call for a European-wide energy union that would help reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies.

Plan to arm French village with tear gas

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:49:00 +0100

Fearful village folk wanting to arm themselves with guns might sound like an image pulled from a forgotten corner of the US, but it's exactly what's happening in a French village after a recent violent robbery. But Town Hall chiefs have an alternative plan to avoid any shoot-outs.

French firm to lay world's deepest gas pipeline

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:51:00 +0200

French firm Technip will lay the world's deepest gas pipeline for energy giant Shell in the US Gulf of Mexico, the oil services company said in a statement on Friday.

Inquiry launched into causes of 'French stench'

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:36:00 +0100

Police in northern France have launched an official probe into the gas leak at a Rouen factory which that caused a stink as far away as Paris and the UK.

Pong from French gas leak reaches UK

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:54:00 +0100

France insisted Tuesday that a major gas leak - whose stench hit millions, reached the shores of England and caused a major soccer match to be cancelled - was entirely harmless.

Investors unhappy with GDF Suez plans

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:14:53 +0100

Shares in GDF Suez plunged by over 14 percent on Thursday after the French-based energy group announced a vast restructuring plan that aims to cut its debt by a third in the next two years.

Total announces major gas find in Caspian

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:50:00 +0200

French oil giant Total said on Friday it had found a major gas field in the Caspian sea off the coast of Azerbaijan.