


Are French pension strikes over?
Periodic strikes have been causing disruption in France since January, while anti-pension reform demos have repeatedly flared into violence in the big cities - but is the battle over pension reform finally over?

Eurostar ends London to Disneyland Paris service
After 26 years of providing direct services between London and Disneyland Paris, the high-speed rail operator Eurostar sent its final train from the UK capital to the theme park on Monday.

OPINION: There is no chance of a sensible debate on the French government's immigration bill
Immigration - like pensions - is a subject which in France anaesthetises balance and common-sense, writes John Lichfield, which explains why the government's new immigration bill is becoming virtually the new definition of a mountain out of a molehill.