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 Yazidi women who survived rape and slavery at the hands of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have applied to join in a court case against French multinational cement giant Lafarge, accused of paying millions to jihadist groups including Islamic State (Isis), the women's lawyers said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181201/yazidi-women-want-to-join-court-case-against-french-cement-giant Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:45:19 +0100 yazidi-women-want-to-join-court-case-against-french-cement-giant French cement giant Lafarge was charged Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing a terrorist organisation for paying millions to jihadist groups, including Isis, to keep a factory in Syria open during the war. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180628/french-firm-lafarge-charged-with-complicity-in-crimes-against-humanity-in-syria Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:55:18 +0200 french-firm-lafarge-charged-with-complicity-in-crimes-against-humanity-in-syria A former human resources manager of cement giant Lafarge has been charged in France for "endangering the lives of others" during operations in war-torn Syria, sources told AFP on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180415/ex-lafarge-boss-charged-with-endangering-lives-in-syria Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:54:01 +0200 ex-lafarge-boss-charged-with-endangering-lives-in-syria Two senior executives at French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim, including its former CEO, were charged on Friday over claims that top management turned a blind eye to payments to jihadists in Syria, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171209/switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding Sat, 09 Dec 2017 10:31:28 +0100 switzerland-france-lafarge-bosses-in-french-court-over-jihadist-funding The Swiss-French cement company LafargeHolcim should have stopped its operations in war-torn Syria before it did, its chairman said in an interview published Sunday, after three executives were charged with indirectly financing jihadists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171204/lafarge-chairman-says-company-made-unacceptable-errors-after-top-officials-charged-with-financing-jihadists Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:23:13 +0100 lafarge-chairman-says-company-made-unacceptable-errors-after-top-officials-charged-with-financing-jihadists Three top officials of Swiss-French cement-maker Lafarge were charged on Friday with indirectly financing jihadists through the company's activities in war-torn Syria, one of their lawyers and judicial sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171202/top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:34:30 +0100 top-officials-french-swiss-cement-maker-financing-jihadists-lafarge The French CEO who successfully oversaw his company merger with a Swiss firm has been granted a "scandalous" €2.5 million bonus just as his company announced a raft of job cuts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150520/french-ceo-gets-25m-bonus-despite-job-cuts Wed, 20 May 2015 16:09:57 +0200 french-ceo-gets-25m-bonus-despite-job-cuts