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France

France wants to block Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency from Europe

France's finance minister says the Libra cryptocurrency could damage "monetary sovreignty".

12/09/2019

Belgium

French minister holds out possibility of new Brexit extension

The French minister for Europe, Amelie de Montchalin, says if there were a new government or the announcement of elections, the EU could examine the request.

12/09/2019

France

Three alleged victims come forward in Epstein French investigation

French prosecutors have launched an appeal for potential victims of late financier Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after investigating three alleged victims.

12/09/2019

France

France's National Assembly leader put under investigation in graft probe

France's National Assembly leader put under investigation in graft probe

12/09/2019

France

Watch: Climate protesters on trial over Macron portraits

The activists took the portraits from town halls and carried them upside down at an anti-G7 march. Protesters removed 125 portraits of Macron to match the 125 days it took France to overtake its carbon footprint this year.

11/09/2019

France

Cardiac arrest during business trip sex considered a 'work accident'

A Frenchman who died of a cardiac arrest during sex while on a business trip was the victim of a workplace accident ruled a French court.

11/09/2019

France

Bankrupt French airline Aigle Azur receives 14 takeover offers

Crash-strapped French low-cost airline Aigle Azur has received 14 takeover offers. Meanwhile, about 13,000 people remain stranded.

11/09/2019

France

France will launch website for Britons to apply for carte de sejour

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the website would be launched sometime in October.

10/09/2019

France

Macron apologizes to Albania for wrong anthem played at football match

Macron apologizes to Albania after wrong national anthem played at football match

09/09/2019

France

Alarm cock! Rooster ruling gives rural France something to crow about

Maurice the rooster can continue his dawn crowing despite complaints from neighbours, in a case the French media has cast as a battle between the old rural way of life and modern values creeping in from the city.

05/09/2019

Yemen

France, UK & US 'may be held responsible for Yemen war crimes'

A panel of UN experts found that all sides of the Yemeni conflict have committed war crimes and said that third states providing aid or assistance could be complicit.

04/09/2019

World

French firefighters mobilised to fight fires in Amazon rainforest

The EU is sending firefighters, drones and experts to help Bolivia fight forest fires

04/09/2019

France

Watch: Protestors mark 100 domestic violence deaths in France in 2019

Protestors gathered to commemorate the 100 victims, with the 101st being announced two days later.

03/09/2019

Spain

Passenger ferry rescues 18 migrants in the Mediterranean

Corsica Linea rescued the migrants off the Balearic Islands and disembarked them in Majorca.

03/09/2019

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People write the names of women killed during a rally in Paris

People write the names of women on placards during a demonstration called by the "Nous Toutes" feminist organisation to denounce the 100th feminicide of the year, on September 1, 2019 in Paris.

02/09/2019

Sport

Inside a mythical ultratrail: Euronews at the CCC

The CCC is a unique challenge that, since its inception as the 'little sister' of the UTMB race, has grown to become one the world's most prestigious ultratrails.

01/09/2019

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Stunt planes fill skies over Chateauroux in World Aerobatic Championsh

The World Aerobatic Championships provided entertainment at Chateauroux, France, as home pilot Louis Vanel won the men's event with a wonderful display of stunts.

01/09/2019

Belgium

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

31/08/2019

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Robots take up pole dancing at French night club

Donning high heels and standing on elevated platforms at a dimly lit club, humanoid robots moved their hips as they pole danced in front of their majority male audience at Nantes' SC-Club

31/08/2019

World News

'Treat the cavity, not the toothache': Experts on G7 Amazon fire cash

The cash will be used to primarily to pay for more firefighting planes. But experts told us that was not addressing the root cause of the problem.

31/08/2019