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Max Franz leaves Svindal in the shade at Val Gardena

Austrian wins first World Cup rave

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Paris gets its skates on!

Inspired by vintage scenes of Paris and Moscow in winter, the ice skating rink in Paris’ Grand Palais has opened its gates to holiday revellers.

Cinema

The European Festival of Arcs screens the richness of European cinema

The European Festival of Arcs celebrates its eighth edition and has over the years become an unmissable event on the map of those festivals that matter in…

USA

UN Security Council meeting on Syria: France calls on Russia not to veto 'humanitarian' resolution

France’s President François Hollande has expressed hope a UN Security Council meeting on Syria will achieve concrete results.

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World News

2016, literally: the words that have defined this year

The year 2016 is days away from ending and with it, many people throughout the world hope next year will bring less uncertainty and conflict

Business Series

Fininvest and Vivendi face off over Italian broadcaster Mediaset

Mediaset's top shareholder Fininvest and Vivendi have both raised their stakes in the Italian broadcaster leading to talk of a hostile takeover bid.

Sci-Tech

Methane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change

Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change.

France

From speed restrictions to bans on older cars - how France is battling pollution wave

Last week air pollution took centre stage in France, as Paris and other cities including Lyon, took measures to combat hazardous air quality.

World News

11 arrested in France over Nice attack

11 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation into last summer's terrorist attack in the Riviera city of Nice.

Sport

Kristoffersen and Shiffrin claim slalom victories as Stoch ends ski jumping title drought

After missing the opening slalom last month in Levi due to a sponsorship issue, Henrik Kristoffersen celebrated his 11th career World Cup victory by winning at the iconic French resort of Val…

Sport

Pinturault giant slalom win ups pressure on Hirscher

Frenchman Alexis Pinturault snatched another World Cup giant slalom victory on Saturday, and his second win of the season.

Sport

Tessa Worley wins second straight World Cup giant slalom

It was a French triumph in Italy.

France

360 video: Experience the "Festival of lights" of Lyon

You’re at the Fete des Lumieres, the ‘festival of lights’ in Lyon France, an event that attracts millions of visitors from around the globe.

France

Paris wages war on exploding rat population

First it was pollution, now Paris has a major rat problem to contend with.

Economy

Lyon's light festival gives business big boost

Lyon’s festival of light is not only an important economic barometer for France’s second city, it is also a useful gauge for the whole country.

Cult

Light in Lyon. The "Fête des Lumières" returns to France's second city

Let there be light.

France

Lyon's "spaceship" shines for the city's Festival of lights

For the first time ever, the Confluence Museum in Lyon has been used as a canvas for a lightshow as part of the city’s famed Festival of Lights.

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Thousands watch Lyon light show amid high security

Thousands of people have attended Lyon’s famous Festival of Lights amid high security.

Cinema

Ungersheim - an Alsace village in transition and on the silver screen

How many times have you heard, when you suggested a new idea, “that’s impossible, it is Utopia”?

France

Outrage at Le Pen call for free school ban for migrant children in France

The French Front National leader's call for an end to free education for the children of illegal immigrants has been roundly condemned in France.