As part of a new economic plan, one European leader has proposed eliminating two of his country's national holidays, and surprisingly, the idea is not going over well.

Benazzi thanked the Prime Minister for the opportunity to meet and acknowledges Fiji’s remarkable rugby ethos that have ...

FRANCE’S prime minister proposed on Tuesday that two public holidays should be removed from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou presented a severe €43.8 billion in budget cuts on Tuesday, including a proposal to ...

Parisians on Wednesday (July 16) roundly rejected French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's idea that the country scrap two public holidays to boost economic growth.

France's proposal has stirred outcry in the European Union's second-largest economy, and resurfaced memories of a toppled ...

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of the country's 11 public holidays as part of a deeply unpopular ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar to save money in next year’s budget.

Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.

As France's prime minister suggests scrapping two public holidays as part of his budget plan, we take a look at how France compares to other EU nations when it comes to bank holidays and paid ...

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's proposal to scrap two public holidays sparks national debate amid deficit-reduction efforts.

Here is an overview of public holidays around the world: Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 days annually. Other countries with a high number of public holidays ...