Sport 2018 Tour de France Grand Depart announced The opening few stages of the 2018 Tour de France were unveiled on Tuesday with the Grand Depart including two road tests in the central west region of Vendée. 28/02/2017
Cult Landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer at the Louvre A landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer has opened. 28/02/2017
France French Greens embrace Socialists and start joint presidential campaign French electors have no environmental presidential candidate to vote for for the first time since the 1960s, with the Greens' man now campaigning alongside the Socialists. 27/02/2017
No Comment France: Carnival in Dunkirk Segolène Royal, the French environment minister, participated in traditional ‘herring throwning’, the main event at Dunkirk Carnival in northern France. 27/02/2017
France Le Pen lashes out at rivals as Macron tops latest polls French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has gone on the attack slamming her opponents in the race for the presidency. 27/02/2017
France French campaigners want Barack Obama as their next president It began as a joke but now its gone viral. 27/02/2017
France France election: clashes in Nantes ahead of Le Pen rally There have been clashes in the western French city of Nantes, as two-thousand people gathered to demonstrate against Marine Le Pen. 26/02/2017
France France: Le Pen aide charged in party financing probe A close aide to French Front National leader Marine Le Pen has been charged amid an inquiry into the party’s financing. 25/02/2017
France Paris: Cesar Awards honour best in film It was a night to remember at the Cesar Awards in Paris for Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. 25/02/2017
France Investigation into French presidential candidate Francois Fillon steps up a gear The investigation into French presidential candidate Francois Fillon steps up a gear as prosecutors appoint a magistrate to investigate allegations of payment for bogus jobs. 24/02/2017
France What do we know about Francois Fillon's policies? Francois Fillon remains a serious contender for the Elysee despite being hit by a financial scandal. What do we know about the conservative candidate's politics, his policies and his vision? 24/02/2017
Business Series PSA Peugeot Citroen boss reassures over future of Vauxhall plants PSA Peugeot Citroen head Carlos Tavares has reassured politicians and union leaders in the UK about GM's Europe's Vauxhall plants re takeover plans. 24/02/2017
Economy French consumer confidence remains at near 10 year high French consumer confidence remained at its best level in more than nine years in February for the second month in a row. 24/02/2017
France France: has alliance boosted Macron's presidential chances? Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron appears to be getting a boost amid his new alliance with influential centrist Francois Bayrou. 24/02/2017
France Topless Femen activist heckles French far-right's Marine Le Pen France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen has been heckled by a topless Femen activist at a news conference intended to outline her views on foreign policy ahead of the presidential… 23/02/2017
Musica Offenbach revival sees "Fantasio" take the Paris stage A work thought lost by Offenbach, "Fantasio" has been lovingly restored and performed for the first time onstage in Paris. 23/02/2017
France Scuffles in Paris after demo for Theo Hundreds of French high-school students have staged a protest against the police in Paris. There were sporadic outbreaks of violence after the protest broke up. Protesters blocked the entrances to a d 23/02/2017
France Europe baffled by "recent release" of radioactive Iodine-131 Trace amounts of radioactive Iodine-131 have been detected in seven countries ranging from Norway to Spain, which has baffled European authorities 23/02/2017
France Wheelchair basketball in 360 video For this 360-degree report we were at the Palais des Sports in Gerland, Lyon, where the local wheelchair basketball team had a very important game. 23/02/2017
France Le Pen's chief of staff under formal investigation Judicial sources say Catherine Griset had been questioned in connection with a fraud inquiry along with Le Pen's bodyguard, Thierry Legier, who was later released. 22/02/2017
France Bayrou and Macron seal a deal in France One of France's most influential politicians has dropped out of the presidential race to form an alliance with the independent candidate, Emmanual Macron. 22/02/2017
France One hard act to follow - French artist Abraham Poincheval entombed in a rock for a week You may think it is a cracking story, or the man at the centre of it is just cracked, but it is definitely one hard act to follow. 22/02/2017
France "Scandals and dirty tricks": two close Le Pen aides are arrested French police have detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's bodyguarda and chief of staff in custody. Le Pen's lawyer says they are being questioned over alleged misuse of EU funds to 22/02/2017
Business Series Airbus profits hit by A400M costs Airbus has announced even more costs from its much delayed A400M military transport plane, which pulled down profits by 63 percent last year. 22/02/2017
France France announces a further cull of ducks in battle against bird flu France is to cull a further 360,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus. 22/02/2017