In the Czech countryside, not far from Prague, a ghostly white train is speeding around and around a huge loop of track. Source link
Paris CNN — More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent in some areas as demonstrators voiced their fury at proposed pension reforms. Clashes between groups of protesters and police broke out after workers staged a national strike throughout Thursday, with flare-ups in Paris and regional […]
Paris/London CNN — Trains and flights were canceled in France, primary schools shut and thousands of police officers deployed as labor unions held nationwide strikes Thursday to protest the government’s plan to raise the retirement age for most workers. Protests in major French cities, including Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes and Nice, brought transport services to […]
London and Paris CNN Business — Only about half the trains on regional and intercity lines were running Tuesday in France and Eurostar canceled some services between London and Paris, as a strike by energy workers spilled over into other sectors of the economy. One in two trains were canceled on some suburban rail lines […]