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The Department of Health and Social Care confirms the UK's death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 20,000. It joins the United States, Italy, Spain and France as the fifth nation to reach this total.
2020-04-25

France withdraws its ambassador to Italy, for the first time since the Second World War, amid an ongoing verbal row and Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio’s decision to meet with members of the French yellow vest movement.
2019-02-7

Bolivian president Evo Morales calls the Eurozone for a violation of international law and threatens to close down the U.S. embassy in Bolivia after the episode of having his official airplane being refused to land "en route" to Vienna, amid suspicions of having former NSA employee Edward Snowden on board. Ambassadors of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal are summoned to give full explanations.
2013-07-5

The Eurozone records its sixth straight quarter of recession with France, Italy and Spain all recording negative growth and Germany growing weakly.
2013-05-15

Moody's Investors Service downgrades the credit ratings of several European Union members including Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain and issues a negative outlook for the ratings of Austria, France and the United Kingdom.
2012-02-13

French dairy group Groupe Lactalis launches a 3.4 billion euro bid for Italian dairy group Parmalat.
2011-04-26

France condemns as "unacceptable" remarks made by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro expressing sympathy with the Romani migrants it is trying to rid itself of.
2010-09-11

France's government begins to deport thousands of Romani people, who are mainly from Romania and Bulgaria; Romania fears this will lead to xenophobic tensions.
2010-08-19

The United Nations condemns France's crackdown on 40 gypsy camps.
2010-08-12

French police dismantle Romani camps in Saint-Étienne by order of the president.
2010-08-6