PARIS (AP) – As French President Emmanuel Macron rides a coronavirus in solitary confinement at Versailles, critics on Friday called for slip-ups in their virus-prevention behavior, for a handful of repeated large group meals in nearby quarters. Last week. Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovich, a fellow European leader who spent …
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The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said it was “absurd” to be fined for employing too many women in senior positions in the city. Hidalgo’s remarks came after a request for a fine of 90,000 euros (,000 110,000) from the French Ministry of Public Services, which said more female employees …
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ROME (AP) – After the health care system again failed to protect the elderly – Europe’s highest coronavirus death – and delays in imposing new sanctions by the government, Italy could soon reclaim a record that no one wants. That was not to be. Italy was the first country in …
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As the virus re-emerges, mental health is at stake in France
RUNE, France (AP) – A frightened 22-year-old man is being led to Consultation Room No. 2, his simple-mop floor and hive grille over the window. Behind it, the heavy double doors of the mental emergency ward – open only with the key of a staff member – closed trunk. With …
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