The eleven men were arrested on Friday prior to a demonstration in Nantes calling for the reunification of Britanny. The coastal town has been at the centre of anti-government protests for several ...

The new tax could bring in some $200 million that would be used to support modes of travel that pollute less — such as trains. France plans to put an "ecotax" on nearly all airline flights starting in ...

The government of Spain’s Balearic Islands has approved a bill to tax tourists for every night they stay in Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza or Formentera. Although the islands are currently the number one ...

France’s Socialist government bowed to public pressure yesterday by suspending plans for an environmental tax on trucks, in its latest climbdown on a controversial tax hike. Prime Minister Jean-Marc ...

Rome, December 17 - A proposed 'ecotax' on the purchase of new cars on the basis of the emissions they generate will only apply to some SUVs and luxury cars, Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry ...

Leaders of the movement, which assembled thousands of opponents of the ecotax in Brittany, western France, on Saturday, demanded that it be scrapped for their region by midday Wednesday before going ...