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Ransomware for €100 - how hidden stores are making online crime easier

Buying guns, stolen credit cards or even suicide kits is getting easier as hidden online stores become more sophisticated, it’s been claimed.

France

Macron - the hard work starts now

France's 39-year-old president was unknown to the wider public three years ago and remains outside any of the traditional political groupings.

France

Hollande: "I leave France in a better state than I found it"

Having handed the keys of the Elysee to his successor Emmanuel Macron, former president Francois Hollande headed straight for the headquarters of the French Socialist Party.

France

Emmanuel Macron is sworn in as French president

Central Paris came to a standstill on Sunday for the inauguration of Emmanuel Macron as president of France.

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World News

Will WannaCry strike again?

Businesses around the world are preparing for a further cyber attack amid fears that a lull in the computer bug that halted production at car factories, operations at hospitals and work at schools and

France

Paris slips on Sunday best for Macron inauguration

The French Republic's youngest-ever president, Emmanuel Macron, takes office today in a handover ceremony in Paris.

World News

Global cyberattack holds Britain's NHS and businesses worldwide hostage

One of the biggest cyberattacks yet using ransomware to extort money from businesses and government organisations has spread like wildfire around the world.

Economy

French private sector employment increases

It comes too late for outgoing president Francois Hollande, but France's economy added 49,400 private sector jobs between January and March.

Economy

Interview: EU's Moscovici hails Macron win

Efi koutsokosta, euronews: On Sunday (May 14), President Hollande is officially handing power to Emmanuel Macron, so what Brussels does expect from this new President, as we have seen that his victory

France

Legend or luxury - which car will France's new president choose for his investiture?

It is a strategic choice and not a question of personal preference for Emmanuel Macron.

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French philosopher Levy gets pied in Belgrade

A Serbian activist threw a cream pie in the face of French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy at a showing of his film ‘Peshmerga’ in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Wednesday (10…

France

Macron's election team announced; parity and probity

France's President-elect Emmanuel Macron has presented 428 candidates to fight the June parliamentary elections, a list that's strictly 50-50 men-women, with a majority having never held elected offic

France

Euroviews. Will Macron introduce France to the Sixth Republic?

France

Hollande warns Macron as France heads for political shake-up

"Lots remains to be done," the outgoing president told his successor ahead of Sunday's formal handover of power.

France

Euroviews. Macron's France aims to challenge Germany

France

Euroviews. What Macron’s victory means for Europe and the world?

In many ways, France was primed for a right-wing populist to win power: beyond having been hit hard by the eurozone crises of the past decade, voters have lately faced a wave of terrorist attacks. But the French displayed a level of political maturity and intelligence that others might rightly envy.

France

'Party divisions' as far-right Marechal-Le Pen says she's quitting politics

Marion Marechal-Le Pen – niece of Marine, who lost out in the race to become France’s next president – is to quit politics.

France

Macron's battle for the National Assembly

France's president-elect faces an uphill task to win a majority in next month's parliamentary elections

Economy

EU warns Macron over French budget deficit

EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says incoming president Emmanuel Macron must work on permanently reducing France's budget deficit.

France

Police clear 1,600 migrants from Paris tent camp

Police cleared a makeshift migrant camp in Paris early on Tuesday, in which more than 1,600 people had been living in squalid conditions for weeks.