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France

Watch back: France marks 101st anniversary of WWI armistice signing

French President Emmanuel Macron marked the 101st anniversary of the end of World War I.

11/11/2019

France

Paris anti-Islamophobia march divides left while criticised by right

Over 13,500 people marched in Paris on Sunday against Islamophobia, in a controversial protest that created tensions on the left and attracted criticism from the French government and right-wing parties.

10/11/2019

France

French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims

French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims

09/11/2019

France

French student sets himself alight in 'despair' at financial crisis

The student was in a “highly precarious financial situation, denied financial aid and desperate," student union Solidaires Etudiant-e-s Lyon said.

09/11/2019

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Chocolatier celebrates Berlin Wall anniversary with tasty replica

French chocolate-maker Patrick Roger built a giant chocolate 'wall' in Paris to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

09/11/2019

Europe

Pesticides: a threat to public health? France's toxic debate

France plans to introduce buffer zones between crops fields and residential areas, to comply with EU rules. The debate has become toxic in many parts of the country, where tensions run high between residents worried about their health, and farmers concerned about their future.

08/11/2019

Sci-Tech

Huawei's bid to accelerate Europe's digitalisation

In partnership with Huawei

Huawei’s European Innovation Day and Eco-Connect events in Paris gather European leaders from various sectors like technology, industry, energy and healthcare to find ways to speed up the continent’s digitalisation together.

08/11/2019

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'Curious' Christmas window displays unveiled at Printemps in Paris

The window displays, which this year are dubbed "A very curious Christmas", feature animals in zany scenes.

08/11/2019

France

Paris migrant camps cleared — again — in immigration crackdown

Buses took away more than 1,600 migrants who were camped in the Porte de la Chapelle and Seine-Saint-Denis area.

07/11/2019

France

#metoo hits French cinema as actress Adele Haenel accuses director

Haenel, now 30, claims Christophe Ruggia abused her when they worked together on her debut movie, The Devils, when she was 12 to 15.

07/11/2019

France

French firm Lafarge cleared of Syria war crimes complicity charge

The industrial giant is still accused of financing terror groups including IS as it tried to keep its Syrian plant open amid the conflict.

07/11/2019

Business

French volunteers find Airbus engine fragments from mid-air explosion

A team of French volunteers have found engine fragments that fell from an Airbus A220 during a mid-air engine explosion in July.

07/11/2019

France

Catherine Deneuve, 76, in Paris hospital after 'limited' stroke

French actress Catherine Deneuve has been hospitalised in Paris after suffering a "reversible" stroke, her family told AFP.

06/11/2019

France

French Resistance member Yvette Lundy dies at 103

Born in 1916 in a small village in the northeastern department of Marne, Lundy started from 1940 to supply fake papers to Jews, men fleeing the Nazi regime's compulsory labour service (STO) or escaped prisoners of war that one of her brothers — who died after being deported — was hiding on his farm.

04/11/2019

France

Nigerian migrant, 25, dies after starting fire in tent in Calais

Conditions for migrants in northern France remain dire three years since the demolition of the so-called Calais Jungle.

03/11/2019

France

FlixBus overturns between London and Paris, 33 injured

The firm said the accident happened on November 3.

03/11/2019

France

Airbnb bans house parties after California Halloween shooting

CEO Brian Chesky has announced that the tech firm is setting up a 'rapid response team' to deal with unauthorised parties.

02/11/2019

France

Paris terrorist attack survivors call to defend the Kurds

Forty-four survivors of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris wrote in a letter published by Le Parisien to defend the Kurds in Syria against Turkish forces.

01/11/2019

France

Six injured after shooting at a bar in Marseille - police source

Police confirmed to Euronews that a shooting injured 6 people at a bar in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille.

31/10/2019

France

Europe’s eyes in space are helping business cope with climate change

From today’s wine growers in France to tomorrow’s investors in the tourism industry, Europe’s eyes in space are helping businesses navigate the challenges of climate change.

31/10/2019

France

Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot join forces to create world's No.4 carmaker

Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot's French owner PSA are to join forces through a 50-50 share swap to create the world's fourth-largest carmaker.

31/10/2019

France

Macron condemns those who use secularism to 'sow hatred and division'

Macron spoke about the French concept of "laïcité" or secularism, at the inauguration of a European Centre for Judaism.

30/10/2019

France

Watch: Models get a taste for the sweet at Paris Chocolate Fair

The fashion show celebrated chocolate-producing countries including Peru and Ivory Coast.

30/10/2019

France

Veil back in the spotlight in France as politicians debate new law

The issue is being debated in the wake of a shocking attack at a mosque in Bayonne, where two elderly worshippers were injured by gunshots.

29/10/2019

World

Appeals begin for G7 protesters accused of stealing Macron portraits

Six climate change activists are set to appear in court here in Lyon, France today, two months after they were accused of stealing portraits of the French President Emmanuel Macron. They were taken from municipality buildings ahead of the G7 Summit in France in August.

29/10/2019

France

Long-lost Cimabue masterpiece found hanging in kitchen sells for €24m

The painting "Christ Mocked", a long-lost masterpiece by Florentine Renaissance artist Cimabue, was found hanging in a woman's kitchen above her cooker.

28/10/2019