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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

France

Suspect in 80s questioned over attack on mosque in Bayonne

The suspect fired at two victims in their 70s after they thwarted an arson attempt at the doors of the mosque, prosecutors said.

28/10/2019

France

Eight migrants found alive in UK-bound refrigerated truck at Calais

The rescued migrants, including two children were treated in hospital for "mild hypothermia".

28/10/2019

France

France introduces new regulations on electric scooters

France introduced new regulations on electric scooters, Segways, and hoverboards this week.

26/10/2019

France

Filmmaker Ken Loach talks about realistic filmmaking in Lyon

Filmmaker Ken Loach was in Lyon for the Lumière Film Festival where he spoke to Euronews about his socially aware and realistic cinema.

25/10/2019

France

New Asterix book features female heroine for the first time

Asterix and the Chieftain’s daughter sees pint-sized Gaul joined by Adrenaline, the teenage daughter of famous Gaulish king Vercingetorix.

25/10/2019

France

Macron proposes Atos CEO Thierry Breton as new French EU commissioner

France has proposed Atos technology group Chief Executive Officer Thierry Breton as its candidate to head industrial policy in the next European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron's office said, two weeks after his first choice was rejected by EU lawmakers.

24/10/2019

France

Could France go against all odds and veto a long extension for Brexit?

French Deputy Minister for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin said Paris was ready to grant a "technical" extension for "a few days" so the UK parliament could complete the ratification process but would oppose a broader extension intended to "rediscuss the agreement."

23/10/2019

France

Man holed up in museum in southern France arrested, say police

An earlier tweet by national police said elite "RAID" police were carrying out an operation at the scene of the incident in the southern town of Saint Raphael by the French Riviera.

23/10/2019

Cinema

Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola praised as he wins Lumière Award

The US filmmaker is honoured at a ceremony in Lyon and takes the director's chair to remake an 1895 classic

22/10/2019

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Farmers protest near EU parliament for more sustainable agriculture

Hundreds of farmers joined forces on Tuesday (October 22) at a protest in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to call for a fairer and more sustainable agriculture.

22/10/2019

France

'No justification, at this stage' for a new Brexit delay, France says

'No justification, at this stage' for a new Brexit extension, says France's foreign minister.

22/10/2019