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Femen protest in Paris on Women's Day

Campaigners from the Femen feminist group staged a topless protest in the centre of Paris on Sunday to mark International Women's Day

08/03/2020

France

Gender equality: Sharing the mental burden of household work

Shopping, laundry, cooking, picking up the kids: many people say their personal list is contributing to a “mental load”.

08/03/2020

Europe

Losing face: French mask maker scraps NHS order amid COVID-19 shortage

Paris is keeping French-made protective masks inside the country amid a coronavirus-inspired shortage. But it's proving awkward for its loyalist customers.

06/03/2020

France

'My kids exhaust me more than COVID-19,' says doctor under quarantine

"I am maybe a little tired because I don't sleep a lot because I have four kids ... they exhaust me more than the virus I think," says a French doctor with COVID-19.

05/03/2020

France

Mask shortages leave doctors 'dangerously ill-equipped' for COVID-19

The WHO says hoarding and misuse of masks is leaving doctors and nurses “dangerously ill-equipped” to deal with COVID-19.

03/03/2020

France

Macron government survives no-confidence votes over use of '49.3'

After surviving two no-confidence votes, the French government can now go ahead with reforms to pensions and retirement ages.

03/03/2020

France

Louvre museum closes over workers' coronavirus fears

France's Louvre museum in Paris closed its doors to the public on Sunday as workers demanded more precautions against the spread of COVID-19

01/03/2020

France

French government passes retirement reform without vote

French prime minister Édouard Philippe used special powers in the National Assembly to end debate on the controversial retirement reform program.

29/02/2020

France

Exiled Catalan separatist leader holds rally in France

Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont addressed more than 100,000 supporters in Perpignan near the Spanish border.

29/02/2020

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Carles Puigdemont takes in rugby game ahead of Perpignan rally

It is the nearest MEP Puigdemont has come to returning to Catalonia since fleeing in 2017.

29/02/2020

France

Critics slam Puigdemont rally near Catalonia amid COVID-19 outbreak

This is the closest Carles Puigdemont has come to return to Spain since fleeing more than two years ago.

29/02/2020

France

French actress storms out after controversial Polanski wins award

It was the fifth time Polanski had won the prize and it sparked an angry backlash.

28/02/2020

France

Huge plumes of smoke seen in Paris amid 'unacceptable abuses'

The police said there was unacceptable violence occurring near the Gare de Lyon on the margins of a concert.

28/02/2020

France

Two suspects questioned after Strasbourg fire kills 5, injures 7

Prosecutors have been given more time to question two suspects over a horrific fire at a building in Strasbourg that left five dead and seven injured.

28/02/2020

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First TGV train 'Patrick' says goodbye to the rails in France

The very first TGV was built in June 1978 and quickly reached a speed of 260km/h during tests on the SNCF network.

26/02/2020

France

COVID-19: Driver of bus stopped in Lyon tests negative for virus

French health authorities say that none of the passengers on the bus had any symptoms.

25/02/2020

France

Mona Lisa made from Rubik's Cubes sells for €480,000

The work, made with 330 Rubik's Cubes, is by the French artist Invader.

24/02/2020

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Is cheese France's hard limit when it comes to veganism?

There's no such word as 'vegan' in French, but few are willing to give its equivalent 'végétalien' a try.

24/02/2020

France

French ex-presidential favourite François Fillon on trial for fraud

The 2017 scandal sank the career of the then favourite for the Elysée and opened the door for Emmanuel Macron to win the French presidency.

24/02/2020

France

Louvre pulls an all-nighter for last weekend of Da Vinci exhibition

The Louvre Museum in Paris has announced it will be open day and night, on Saturday and Sunday, to mark the end of its Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition.

22/02/2020

France

Macron tells farmers he opposes cuts to agricultural subsidies

France is the main beneficiary of EU agricultural subsidies. After Brexit there's a large hole in the EU's budget but the French president says he'll oppose any subsidy cuts.

22/02/2020

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Macron defends EU agricultural policy at Paris showcase

French President Emmanuel Macron spent the day shaking hands with farmers and tasting regional specialities

22/02/2020

France

France's oldest nuclear plant Fessenheim turns off one reactor

France has begun reducing its reliance on nuclear energy by closing a reactor at its oldest plant Fessenheim

22/02/2020

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Activists break into French nuclear plant to call for its closure

They allege the nuclear plant is in a dilapidated condition and should be shut down.

21/02/2020

France

How ski resorts are looking to the past to fight future climate change

Amid one of France's mildest-ever Februarys, ski resorts are worried about how global warming is going to hit their future profits.

21/02/2020

France

France's Macron announces 'crack down' on 'Islamist separatism'

The French president spoke of what he described as the fight against "separatism" in a speech given in Mulhouse, eastern France.

18/02/2020