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France

France: Roads gridlocked in 'Black Saturday' holiday getaway

It is the great holiday getaway in France – or maybe that should be the great holiday standstill. Many routes have been gridlocked, as scores of

01/08/2015

France

Calais migrant crisis: France should 'compensate' UK drivers

Acting leader of the UK’s Labour Party Harriet Harman has called for compensation from the French government to be paid to British drivers affected

01/08/2015

France

Missing MH370: suspected wing debris arrives in Paris

Debris which could belong to a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is understood to have been flown into Paris. What is thought to be part of a wing was

01/08/2015

France

MH370: Plane debris heads from Reunion to Paris for analysis

Plane debris thought to belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 left Reunion island on Friday night heading for Paris. In metropolitan

31/07/2015

France

Mistral: Deal or no deal between France and Russia?

President Francois Hollande has denied Russian reports that France has agreed to pay compensation for reneging on a deal to deliver two Mistral

31/07/2015

France

France and Russia 'reach Mistral compensation deal'

France has agreed a compensation deal with Russia for going back on an order to sell it two Mistral helicopter carriers, according to Russian media

31/07/2015

France

French ferry workers burn tyres to block Calais port

The security situation around Calais due to the ongoing migrant crisis was little aided by protesting French ferry workers who again severely

31/07/2015

France

UK-France migrant crisis: Cameron pledges sniffer dogs and fencing

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged extra sniffer dogs and fencing in efforts to tackle the Channel Tunnel migrant crisis, describing

31/07/2015

Cinema

A conversation with Michel Ciment, film critic and chief editor of French film magazine "Positif"

Michel Ciment is a veteran film critic and the editor-in-chief of the highly influential French film magazine Positif. Amongst non French cine-files he is most associated with the subject of Stanley K

31/07/2015

France

Families of MH370 victims renew talk of compensation after debris find

Malaysian investigators are expected on the French island of Reunion to investigate whether washed-up debris belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines

31/07/2015

France

MH370 relatives sceptical over Reunion debris discovery

Families of those on board Flight MH370 have reacted sceptically to reports that the debris recovered from Reunion Island may be from the missing

30/07/2015

France

Migrant crisis becomes hot political issue in Britain and France

Migrants in the northern French port of Calais remain determined to reach the United Kingdom despite the deaths of nine people since June and an

30/07/2015

France

Orthodox Jew 'repeats' Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing attack

Six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride have been stabbed, reportedly by an Orthodox Jewish man who police say had launched a similar attack on

30/07/2015

France

Plane debris to be sent to France to investigate possible links to MH370

Plane debris found in Reunion is to be sent to France for investigation into possible links to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

30/07/2015

France

Migrants: UK is not a "safe haven" says Cameron

The UK Prime Minister says Britain will not become a “safe haven” for migrants. His words come as hundreds gathered at the French entrance to the

30/07/2015

France

MH370: wreckage found on island 'almost certainly' from Boeing 777

The fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is deemed one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. But now experts from Malaysia say they are

30/07/2015

France

Blame game as the migrant Calais crisis deepens

As dusk falls migrants position themselves nearer the Eurostar tunnel to try and leap onto a train or a truck to take them to the UK, but at great risk.

30/07/2015

France

Hermès investigates crocodile farm cruelty claims but denies Birkin bag link

The French fashion house Hermès is investigating claims of animal cruelty but denies that its handbags and other products are made from crocodile

30/07/2015

France

Missing MH370 flight : Plane wreckage washed up on Reunion Island is tested

Police are investigating whether a piece of plane wreckage washed up on the French-owned Reunion island in the Indian Ocean is from the missing

29/07/2015

France

More police for Channel Tunnel as UK and France pledge to tackle migrant crisis

The French and British governments have vowed to tackle the wider migrant crisis while again pledging more resources to contain the security situation around the northern French port of Calais, as mig

29/07/2015

Europe News

Disneyland Paris overcharging foreign visitors, says EU

Disney is once again under fire from European regulators – this time for overcharging visitors to its only European theme park – Disneyland Paris

29/07/2015

France

Man killed as 1,500 migrants try to enter Channel Tunnel in Calais

An estimated 1,500 migrants tried to get into the Channel Tunnel in Calais on Tuesday (July 28) night, the second night in a row that huge numbers

29/07/2015

France

Migrant killed near Tunnel amid mass attempt to cross channel

29/07/2015

France

Roads blocked and manure dumped in further French farmer protests

French farmers have dumped manure and blocked roads near the German border in a growing row over low prices for their produce and cheap imports.

28/07/2015

France

Tooth: French students find oldest human body part

Archaeology students have unearthed what is understood to be the oldest human body part ever found in France – a tooth from 560,000 years ago

28/07/2015

France

French farmers block border routes in row over 'cheap' imports

French farmers fighting what they call unfair competition have mounted blockades at the country’s borders – targeting lorries bringing in foreign

27/07/2015