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Tech News

Facebook agrees to pay French media publishers over copyright

The social media giant reached an agreement with some French dailies just weeks after signing an agreement with newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro.

21/10/2021

Art

Paris contemporary art fair springs back to life after COVID pause

Exhibits include works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, as well as creations of the COVID-19 era, including 'New photo d'identite,' a bust of French President Emmanuel Macron with a surgical mask-shaped void carved into his face.

21/10/2021

France

Strong winds cause damage, disruptions in western Europe

A quarter of a million French homes were without electricity on Thursday and trains were also halted in Netherlands and Germany after powerful winds swept through Western Europe.

21/10/2021

Green News

Total has known about climate threat since 1971, say scientists

A study published today shows the company knowingly downplayed its role in the climate crisis.

20/10/2021

France

Sex tape trial involving French footballers Benzema & Valbuena opens

Benzema, 33, is accused of blackmailing Valbuena alongside four others and faces a five-year prison sentence and a €75,000 fine if found guilty.

20/10/2021

Money

French daily newspaper sold as an NFT

French newspaper “20 Minutes” has documented all the stages of this digital epic through a series of articles entitled "Diary of an NFT" and was sold at a charity auction on Tuesday evening.

20/10/2021

Cinema

New Zealand's Jane Campion wins top French cinema award

New Zealand Director Jane Campion awarded 13th Prix Lumière - one of French cinema’s top honours.

19/10/2021

France

Former aides of Sarkozy on trial for misusing public money

Sarkozy is not targeted in this case but has already been convicted of campaign finance violations and corruption verdicts. He's now appealing.

19/10/2021

France

French teacher receives death threat with photo of slain Samuel Paty

Prosecutors in Marseille say they are investigating but add that there is no evidence the teacher was deliberately targeted.

19/10/2021

Sport

Day 2 of the 50th Paris Judo Grand Slam 2021

Japan, France, and Russia receive gold medals on the second day of the Paris Grand Slam.

18/10/2021

France

March commemorates massacre of Algerians in Paris

Demonstrators in Paris marked 60 years since the police killed dozens of Algerian protesters.

17/10/2021

Sport

The 50th Paris Judo Grand Slam 2021

The iconic Paris Grand Slam triumphantly returned, much to the joy of the international Judo public and a star-studded lineup was on hand for the opening ceremony of its 50th edition.

17/10/2021

France

Macron calls 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protest 'inexcusable'

French President Emmanuel Macron said the deadly police crackdown on a 1961 Algerian protest was "inexcusable" but did not issue a formal apology.

16/10/2021

France

France pays tribute to beheaded teacher Samuel Paty one year on

French government officials paid tribute to teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded last year by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee.

16/10/2021

Climate

Can the world’s largest cosmetics company reach carbon-neutrality by 2025?

L’Oréal’s Chief Sustainability Officer Alexandra Palt announces company-wide targets to combat climate change.

16/10/2021

France

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is Socialists' presidential candidate

Hidalgo has been the mayor of Paris since 2014 and is one of a handful of women bidding to become France's first female president.

15/10/2021

France

A year on, how is Samuel Paty's murder being felt in French schools?

Some teachers admit they are choosing their words very carefully.

15/10/2021

No Comment

Emmanuel Macron scores penalty during charity football match

Goal! French President Emmanuel Macron scores a penalty kick after a few minutes of play while participating in a gala football match of the Variété Club de France in Poissy

14/10/2021

No Comment

Giant puppet, of Syrian girl, visits sights of Paris

A giant puppet, representing a Syrian girl, meandered through the leafy gardens of the Palais Royal in Paris on Thursday to raise awareness of the plight of migrants

14/10/2021

Money

Is France about to relax its rules on cryptocurrencies?

One young French politician is pushing to relax rules on taxing cryptos but others fear there are not enough investors to be worthwhile.

14/10/2021

France

'Just you huit!': France threatens fishing row retaliation in 8 days

"We have been very patient, too patient (...) The British do not want to give a certain number of licences not because they lack information but because they have made this political choice," France's Europe minister said.

14/10/2021

France

France to extend COVID-19 state of emergency until July 2022

The French government will ask lawmakers to extend its COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency until July 2022.

13/10/2021

France

Decorated French Resistance fighter dies aged 101

Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died.

13/10/2021

France

Record 6,000 drop in Paris pupil numbers amid COVID and remote working

Paris' deputy mayor said it was down to a declining birth rate and the effects of the COVID pandemic.

13/10/2021

Culture news

Comics: Astérix returns in 'Astérix and the Griffon'

Astérix and his red-haired best friend Obélix make a return in this brand new adventure and the last story that Albert Uderzo was able to supervise.

12/10/2021

Culture news

Villagers are saving their castle from owner who 'pretends to be dead'

After a money laundering affair and alleged €12 million fraud, the owner is now in prison awaiting trial where prosecutors accuse him of pretending to be dead to escape justice.

12/10/2021