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Two missing and hundreds of homes flooded in southern France

Two missing people, at least two injured and hundreds of homes flooded: heavy rain and storms hit the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var, in southeast France. The regions were put on red alert for storms and flooding on Saturday, and downgraded to orange alert on Sunday morning.

23/11/2019

France

Christmas market reopens in defiance of terror attack

Christmas markets around Europe are open for business — including in Strasbourg, which refuses to be cowed by last year’s Islamist gun rampage.

23/11/2019

France

Protesters in France condemn violence against women

The International Day for Violence against Women is on November 25.

23/11/2019

France

Quelle horreur! 'Franglais' is a threat to French, academy says

L'Academie Francaise said it is 'seriously concerned' at mixing French with English — a common phenomenon in an age of social media and global marketing.

22/11/2019

France

Wave of polar air threatens Europe-wide cold snap

Along with the arrival of December could be the arrival of a fresh wave of cold polar air, according to weather experts.

22/11/2019

France

Winegrowers release Beaujolais amid challenges at home and abroad

Some growers had their production hit by an untimely frost on the vineyards this year, while Donald Trump's wine tax has complicated the export market

21/11/2019

France

Court acquits mountain guide charged with helping asylum seekers

The volunteer faced a three-month suspended sentence if the court had upheld his conviction for “facilitating irregular entry”

20/11/2019

France

France and Germany vie for leadership of 'brain dead' NATO

French President Emmanuel Macron branded NATO "brain dead". Now the defence alliance has met for the first time since those controversial remarks.

20/11/2019

France

#MovieMoney: French police warn of fake bank notes in circulation

Fake bank notes create filmic furore. Made to be used in films, the shonky sheets have been circulated in eastern France and beyond

20/11/2019

France

Pregnant woman, 29, mauled to death by dogs in northern France

Police have launched a manslaughter investigation after a pregnant woman was mauled to death by dogs while she was out walking near her home in northern France.

20/11/2019

France

Women in France work to raise awareness about domestic violence

Reporting doesn't always work in preventing the worse from happening: at least one-third of the women killed in 2018 had previously filed a complaint with the police, according to a report by Le Monde newspaper.

19/11/2019

France

French nannies strike against government 'coercive' reform

The strike is a "big shot of anger" at "purely budgetary logics which should not apply to childcare," a spokesperson for the movement told Euronews.

19/11/2019

France

Insufficiencies in French justice system on violence against women

As France has a national conversation on violence against women, a new report looks at the country's efforts to better their legal system.

19/11/2019

France

Watch: Beaujolais Nouveau ready for release amid US tariff tension

Beaujolais Nouveau is always released on the third Thursday in November, at 12.01am.

18/11/2019

France

Gilets Jaunes one year on: Roadside 'big family' faces a crossroads

Protesters near Lyon tell Euronews not just of their anger but also the friendly atmosphere in which Gilets Jaunes have grown to know each other.

17/11/2019

France

'J'accuse' screenings cancelled after anti-Polanski protest

The movie retraces the events leading to the Dreyfus affair — an antisemitic political scandal in 1894 France known for having led to a grave miscarriage of justice.

17/11/2019

France

'Non' to Dry January in France, says President Emmanuel Macron

'Non' to Dry January in France, says President Emmanuel Macron

16/11/2019

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'Yellow vests' back on the streets to mark movement's anniversary

Rubbish bins and cars were set on fire as 'yellow vest' ('gilets jaunes') protesters hit the streets again to mark the movement's one-year anniversary.

16/11/2019

France

Violence as 'yellow vest' protesters mark one-year anniversary

Did you forget about France's fluorescently-clad protesters? Well, on Saturday, they were back to show their frustrations haven't gone away.

16/11/2019

France

France to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel

France's parliament on Friday voted to remove tax breaks for the use of palm oil as a biofuel, a day after a ruling in favour of maintaining the advantage led to howls of protests from environmentalists.

15/11/2019

France

A year on, is the future bright for France's 'yellow vest' protesters?

“It would just take one mistake from the government for the fire to resume," says Jerome Rodrigues, who said he lost his sight in one eye in clashes with police.

15/11/2019

Ocean

When it comes to cleaning up the Oceans, technology may be good but education is even better

In partnership with the European Commission

EU sponsors clean-up operations, but a change in mentalities is the key to success

15/11/2019

Ocean

Are ocean cleanup campaigns effective?

In partnership with the European Commission

Images of rubbish piling up in the ocean can be a depressing sight. But the good news is that there are signs that cleanup campaigns are having an impact.

15/11/2019

France

Thousands of French hospital workers protest years of cutbacks

"Exhausted caregivers = endangered patients", "Public hospitals in life-threatening emergency" were some of the protesters' mottos.

14/11/2019

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'French Spider-Man' Alain Robert scales Paris skyscraper

Urban climber Alain Robert, also known as the "French Spider-Man", scaled a skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday.

13/11/2019

France

'I understand that life must go on but...it doesn’t': Paris remembered

On the fourth anniversary of the November 13, 2015 terror attacks, French government officials will commemorate the victims of the deadliest day witnessed in the French capital since World War II.

13/11/2019