France

Culture news

Spectacular Chinese lantern festival lights up French town of Blagnac

The festival goes back to the time of the Tang Dynasty, between the 7th and 10th centuries.

06/12/2021

Smart Regions

Making sure paradise is not lost: protecting Guadeloupe's natural treasures

In partnership with the European Commission

Smart Regions finds out about a European project that is working to protect the natural habitats of a small reserve in the French Caribbean.

06/12/2021

France

Probe into violence at rally of far-right presidential hopeful Zemmour

60 people were arrested after violence erupted at far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour's first rally.

05/12/2021

Ecotech

Game of Trawls: Smart nets could save millions of fish

French oceanographic institution Ifremer is testing smart trawls to avoid unnecessary catches.

05/12/2021

No Comment

Lantern Festival brings Chinese traditions to southwestern France

After three successful editions in Gaillac, the Lantern Festival opens in Blagnac in southwestern France. The event expects to welcome up to 600,000 visitors and is one of the largest of its kind outside of China.

04/12/2021

France

In first, French conservatives pick a woman as presidential candidate

President of Paris region Valérie Pécresse has won the primary of Les Républicains, France's main right-wing party.

04/12/2021

Art

Paris exhibition traces immigrant contribution to France

The exhibition is open until January 17 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

03/12/2021

France

UAE signs contract with France for 80 Rafale warplanes

French officials hailed a "historic contract" to sell 80 Rafale military planes to the United Arab Emirates.

03/12/2021

France

France moves closer to punishing school bullying with prison sentences

Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has said that France has taken an "important step" to tackling bullying and harassment in schools.

03/12/2021

France

Paris archbishop who had 'ambiguous' relationship resigns

Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012.

03/12/2021

France

Frontex plane arrives in northern France to combat people smuggling

The EU border agency aircraft was deployed a week after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated in the Channel.

02/12/2021

Football Now

Is the future of football financing in cryptocurrency?

In partnership with Media City

With examples of football players now being bought, sold, and paid using Bitcoin, we ask the question, is football and crypto a match made in heaven?

02/12/2021

France

Pecresse and Ciotti vie for French right-wing presidential nomination

France’s main right-wing political party, the Républicains, picked two candidates to advance to a second-round as party members pick their presidential candidate.

02/12/2021

Culture news

Alexis Michalik brings Broadway to Paris with 'The Producers'

With famous lines like 'Springtime for Hitler and Germany...Winter for Poland and France,' how will Mel Brooks' classic go down in Paris?

02/12/2021

France

Post-Brexit fishing: Guernsey grants over 40 licences for French boats

Paris has welcomed the Channel island's move but says over 100 claims for French boats to operate off Jersey and the UK are still unresolved.

01/12/2021

Food and Drink

Paris' 'Banquet': A festive marriage between science and gastronomy

The Cité des Sciences et de L’Industrie museum takes you on an interactive journey exploring our relationship with food and how it is made.

01/12/2021

France

French right-wing party to choose candidate for presidential election

Five candidates are vying to become the presidential candidate for France's Les Républicains party.

01/12/2021

Mobility

Europe's first fully autonomous bus hits the road in France

The vehicle carries passengers on a roughly 600 m route at a medical research campus in Toulouse, southern France.

01/12/2021

No Comment

Artist Josephine Baker honoured at France's Pantheon

The voice of Josephine Baker resonated on Tuesday through streets of Paris' famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career kicked off an elaborate ceremony at the domed Pantheon monument, where she was symbolically inducted

30/11/2021

My Europe Series

France election: Who is Eric Zemmour and why is he so controversial?

With five months to go before France's next presidential election, a new personality has burst onto the scene: Eric Zemmour.

30/11/2021

France

France issues arrest warrant for Japanese woman over 'parental kidnap'

The case has regenerated debate in Japan, where shared custody is not legally recognised and children are often "abducted" by one parent.

30/11/2021

France

Far-right TV pundit Eric Zemmour will run for France's presidency

Far-right tv pundit Eric Zemmour has said he is a candidate in France's presidential election.

30/11/2021

France

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas win Ballon d’Or awards

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the seventh time on Monday, extending his record. Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women's award.

30/11/2021

France

French Catholic Academy questions findings of child sex abuse inquiry

An October report estimated that 216,000 children have been abused by French clergy since 1950.

29/11/2021

Work

Why France's Caribbean islands are a prostate cancer hotspot

Banana farmers in Guadeloupe and Martinique were poisoned by a banned chemical. Now they could be compensated by French authorities

29/11/2021

France

Josephine Baker, dancer and WWII spy, honoured at France's Pantheon

Josephine Baker, an American-born cabaret performer who became a French resistance fighter during World War II, was honoured at the Pantheon in a ceremony on Tuesday.

29/11/2021