Economy of France

Major tourism project at Palairos, western Greece

By the end of the year, the development of the luxury Varko Bay resort is expected to have begun at Palairos in western Greece.

A hotel unit of the Accor group's Banyan Tree chain will be built on the Varko Peninsula, as seen in this photo projection, while 30% of the area will host 45 branded residences that will be available for sale.

Renault’s Slovenia plant to keep output at 2022 levels

Revoz, the Slovenian subsidiary of the French car maker Renault, expects this year's output to be on a par with last year's. The Novo Mesto plant scaled down production and staff in March of 2022 in response to disruption in supply and the general crisis related to the post-Covid transformation of the automotive industry.

FIHR head: Mandating Covid digital certificate at hotel check-in, inevitable if 4th wave gains steam

The authorities' mandating the check of the Covid digital certificate at hotel reception desks will be inevitable if the 4th pandemic wave escalates, the president of the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation (FIHR) Calin Ile told AGERPRES on Thursday.

Road motor vehicle registrations jump in March

The number of vehicles registered in Turkey surged 81% in March compared to the same month last year, according to the country's statistics authority on April 20. 

A total of 130,420 new and old vehicles were registered last month, according to TÜİK. 

The overall number of registered vehicles traveling on Turkish roads neared 24.5 million as of this March.

French billionaire MP Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash

French billionaire Olivier Dassault, a politician and scion of the Dassault aircraft-making family, was killed in a helicopter crash on March 7.

Dassault, 69 and a father-of-three, died around 6 pm (1700 GMT) when his helicopter crashed near the upmarket coastal resort of Deauville in northwest France, parliamentary and investigation sources told AFP.

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