Europeans have long accepted lower per capita output in return for having a better work-life balance. However, weak growth ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday proposed to cut two public holidays to drive economic growth as part of a ...

The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which ...

France’s prime minister has proposed scrapping the country’s public holiday for VE Day as he tries to get a debt-strapped ...

The proposal is among a raft of spending cuts laid out by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou in a sweeping, and potentially ...

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A proposal by France's prime minister to get rid of two public holidays has prompted a discussion as to where in Europe ...

Speaking to the media at the hospital, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described VS as a "unique communist" and said the two ...

France's proposal has stirred outcry in the European Union's second-largest economy, and resurfaced memories of a toppled ...

Former Kerala chief minister and veteran CPI (M) leader Vellikakath Sankaran Achuthanandan passed away in Thiruvananthapuram ...