Author: Charlot Renaud

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France & LYON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: AFYREN (Paris:ALAFY), a greentech company that offers manufacturers low-carbon, bio-based products through its unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model, announced the appointment of three new members to its management team as well as new hires to support its development in France and abroad and to step up its R&D activities. Three strategic appointments Ursula Feulner – Director for Industrial Project Management Ursula joins AFYREN’s operations team and will lead the upstream phases of industrial projects, including the construction of new plants. AFYREN benefits from her long experience with the SUEZ…

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to unveil on Tuesday a highly sensitive pension overhaul aimed at pushing up the retirement age that has already prompted vigorous criticism and calls for protests from leftist opponents and worker unions. The minimum retirement age to be entitled to a full pension is expected to be gradually increased from 62 to 64 or 65, in line with a longstanding pledge by President Emmanuel Macron. Details are to be released by Borne at a news conference. The government argues that French people live longer than they used to and therefore need…

Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN International and its Turkey-based subsidiary Bayegan Group, was once considered an instrumental member of the petrochemical industry in Turkey. However, as of at least October 2022, Bayegan and her husband, Ercüment Bayegan, have been under investigation by Turkish authorities on allegations of fraud, document forgeries and tax evasion as a result of their role in the disastrous Yurtgas scandal. The recent contract between BGN International with the Indonesian state owned oil and gas company Pertamina raises…

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna. Wang Yi said that the past year has witnessed the intertwined forces of changes and turbulence in the international situation, with geopolitical tensions on the rise and the global economy under mounting downward pressure. Thanks to the strategic guidance of the two heads of state and the joint efforts of both sides, China-France relations have withstood the test of changes and turbulence, maintained overall stability, and showed positive growth…