Sources: BBC
Armenia and the European Union agree on a landmark deal to support the Armenian economy over the next four years following high-level talks in Brussels. The €270m support package is designed to help Armenia become less dependent on Russia. 2024-04-5
The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour. 2022-06-5
A knifeman attacks a policeman in Cannes, France, shouting that it was "in the name of the Prophet". The officer is not seriously wounded; the perpetrator is shot by other officers and is in critical condition. 2021-11-8
The French film "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" wins the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 2013-05-26
A million dollars worth of jewelry meant for use by celebrities at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is stolen from a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. 2013-05-17
The Cannes Film Festival board of directors announce that Steven Spielberg will head the 2013 Cannes Film Festival jury. 2013-02-28
China Three Gorges Corp. wins a bid for its 21% stake in EDP-Energias de Portugal SA with an offer of €2.69 billion ($3.51 billion), in the first of a series of sales of state-owned assets under Portugal's austerity program. This is the first time a mainland Chinese firm has acquired a significant stake in a southern European company. 2011-12-23
The 2011 G-20 summit gets underway in the French city of Cannes, with discussions expected to focus on the continuing Eurozone debt crisis. 2011-11-3
The European Union aims to complete Portugal's bailout of approximately €80 billion in exchange for cuts before a new government is elected in June, with the previous government having fallen at the loss of a parliamentary vote on imposing similar austerity measures. 2011-04-8
Hundreds of people protest in Cannes over "Hors-la-loi", a Rachid Bouchareb directed film about Algeria's struggle for independence against France. 2010-05-21