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France

'Standing Tall' starring French icon opens Cannes Film Festival

The stars have been out in force on the red carpet, for the start of the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Filmmaker brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are

13/05/2015

France

The glitz, the glamour, the Croisette: Cannes before the storm

It’s back for another year, the 68th Cannes Film Festival opens on Wednesday. It is the calm before the storm of glitz and glamour on the red carpet

13/05/2015

Cinema

Ingrid Bergman adorns the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

The unforgettable face of Ingrid Bergman, a star of Hollywood’s Golden Era, adorns the official poster for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. More than

13/05/2015

France

French ombudsman investigates video of police crackdown on migrants in Calais

An amateur video released by a migrants’ rights group shows a crackdown by police near the French port city of Calais. The rights’ group has

12/05/2015

France

Monkey business: theft of rare primates from French zoo mystifies police

A zoo in France is appealing for the return of 17 rare monkeys stolen by suspected animal traffickers over the weekend

12/05/2015

France

6,400 Chinese employees treated to record breaking French holiday

A Chinese company has taken 6,400 employees on a four day record breaking trip to France. They rounded off the adventure by creating the world’s

09/05/2015

France

Ceremonies marking 70th anniversary of VE Day kick off across Europe

Events are being held across Europe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. In Paris, French president François Hollande kicked off

08/05/2015

France

Setback for Sarkozy presidential bid after phonetaps ruled legal

The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a potential setback to his mission to seek election again in 2017. His team are to appeal

07/05/2015

France

Germanwings pilot's 'preparations' for fatal crash went unnoticed

. Questions are being asked as to how co-pilot Andreas Lubitz could have been prevented from crashing a Germanwings Airbus into the Alps in March.

07/05/2015

France

Germanwings co-pilot 'practised fatal descent' on earlier flight'

The findings come from French investigators who said Lubitz reduced altitude on a flight from Dusseldorf to Barcelona several times.

06/05/2015

France

French UMP moves towards 'Republican' name change

After former French president Nicolas Sarkozy suggested re-naming the country’s conservative UMP party to become the Republican Party, it now seems

06/05/2015

France

France MPs approve vast new surveillance rules in 'French Patriot Act'

In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, France is moving to expand surveillance powers allowing the deployment of hidden microphones and cameras without a judicial warrant.

05/05/2015

France

French resistance fighter Jean Nallit's personal story of liberation

May 8 2015 is a time to remember across France as the country reflects on liberation from Nazi oppression seventy years ago. During World War II the

05/05/2015

France

How World War II shaped modern France

05/05/2015

France

France's Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen angry over party suspension

The founder of France’s Front National party Jean-Marie Le Pen has reacted angrily to his suspension to the party. Refering to his daughter, the

05/05/2015

France

France's Front National suspends founder Jean-Marie Le Pen

France’s Front National party (FN) has suspended founder Jean-Marie Le Pen over inflammatory remarks amid an ongoing feud with his daughter, current

04/05/2015

Cinema

'Caprice' - ménage à trois romcom à la française

A typically French ménage à trois, ‘Caprice’ tells a story that is both simple and complicated since it’s all about love. The lead character

01/05/2015

France

Femen protest disrupts Marine Le Pen's May Day rally

The Front National leader was taken aback by three topless activists who interrupted her annual speech in Paris, making Nazi salutes from a nearby balcony.

01/05/2015

France

Airbus to file complaint over US-Germany spying allegations

Airbus says it plans to complain to German authorities over reports of spying. The aviation giant claims Berlin’s foreign intelligence agency helped

01/05/2015

Culture news

Paris exhibition marks centenary of Edith Piaf's birth

An exhibition dedicated to French singer Edith Piaf, whose ballads about love and sorrow turned her into an international icon, has opened in Paris

01/05/2015

Musica

A poetic journey with "Ciboulette" at the Opéra Comique in Paris

Back on the stage of the Opéra Comique in Paris, is “Ciboulette”, an operetta Reynaldo Hahn composed in 1923. Intended as a nostalgic homage to

30/04/2015

France

France plans rehabilitation unit for returning jihadists

France is setting up a rehabilitation unit for youths returning from conflict zones such as Syria. Young French Muslims who have become radicalised

29/04/2015

France

Luz of Charlie Hebdo to stop drawing Mohammed

The Charlie Hebdo cartoonist who drew the front page of the first edition to appear after January’s massacre says he no longer intends to draw the

29/04/2015

France

France boosts defence spending over terror threat

The sight of soldiers on foot patrol is to become a long-term feature in France after the government announced it is to boost defence spending in the

29/04/2015

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French "spiderman" climbed Paris' skyscraper for Nepal

29/04/2015

Cinema

Lyon film festival shines light on North African and Middle Eastern cinema

The Cinémas du Sud festival in the French city of Lyon is a chance for European movie-goers to discover cinematic gems from North Africa and the

28/04/2015