U.S. Secretary of State urged France in a meeting with his French counterpart not to approve a digital services tax, saying it would hurt U.S. technology firms, the U.S. State Department said. France and Britain as well as Italy and Spain are pushing ahead with plans for such taxes after EU countries failed to reach an agreement for the bloc as a whole. Source Reuters Source: Reuters
A patrol of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) was attacked by about twenty individuals during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne) . Five suspects were arrested. Source Actu17
About thirty individuals attacked the Sarcelles police station located on avenue du 8 mai 1945 around 7:30 p.m. The attackers fired fireworks mortars at the building. They also threw projectiles.
Other police stations have suffered the same type of attack in recent months. In particular that of Grand-Quevilly , near Rouen (Seine-Maritime) last month, or that of Cahors (Lot), attacked with Molotov cocktails in November. In Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), the Hautepierre police station was also attacked at the end of last year. Source Actu17
Greece is ready to welcome British tourists this summer regardless of whether they have had a coronavirus vaccine, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis was quoted as saying on Thursday. Source Ekathimerini
