France

France

France wants to block Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency from Europe

France's finance minister says the Libra cryptocurrency could damage "monetary sovreignty".

12/09/2019

France

Three alleged victims come forward in Epstein French investigation

French prosecutors have launched an appeal for potential victims of late financier Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after investigating three alleged victims.

12/09/2019

France

France's National Assembly leader put under investigation in graft probe

France's National Assembly leader put under investigation in graft probe

12/09/2019

France

Watch: Climate protesters on trial over Macron portraits

The activists took the portraits from town halls and carried them upside down at an anti-G7 march. Protesters removed 125 portraits of Macron to match the 125 days it took France to overtake its carbon footprint this year.

11/09/2019

France

Cardiac arrest during business trip sex considered a 'work accident'

A Frenchman who died of a cardiac arrest during sex while on a business trip was the victim of a workplace accident ruled a French court.

11/09/2019

France

Bankrupt French airline Aigle Azur receives 14 takeover offers

Crash-strapped French low-cost airline Aigle Azur has received 14 takeover offers. Meanwhile, about 13,000 people remain stranded.

11/09/2019

France

France will launch website for Britons to apply for carte de sejour

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the website would be launched sometime in October.

10/09/2019

Destinations

Exploring historic Normandy in château style

Visitors flock to Normandy each year to see for themselves the D-Day landing beaches and Bayeux tapestry. We mixed history with the high life.

09/09/2019

France

Macron apologizes to Albania for wrong anthem played at football match

Macron apologizes to Albania after wrong national anthem played at football match

09/09/2019

France

Summer heatwaves killed 1,500 people in France, Health Minister says

A total of 1,435 people passed away during the heatwaves including 567 during the first wave in late June-early July and 868 during the second wave in late July, Agnès Buzyn told France Info and France Inter radio stations.

08/09/2019

France

French judges drop charges against Air France, Airbus over 2009 crash

French judges have dropped charges against Air France and Airbus over a mid-Atlantic plane crash in 2009 that killed all 228 people on board, blaming the pilots for losing control of the plane.

05/09/2019

France

'People don't know the rules': Lime France on the e-scooter problem

Critics claim they're a real menace to society and an eyesore as they're often carelessly parked or end up being abandoned.

05/09/2019

France

Alarm cock! Rooster ruling gives rural France something to crow about

Maurice the rooster can continue his dawn crowing despite complaints from neighbours, in a case the French media has cast as a battle between the old rural way of life and modern values creeping in from the city.

05/09/2019

France

Watch: 75 years on, Lyon celebrates its liberation from Nazis

Watch: 75 years on, Lyon celebrates its liberation from Nazis

03/09/2019

France

Watch: Protestors mark 100 domestic violence deaths in France in 2019

Protestors gathered to commemorate the 100 victims, with the 101st being announced two days later.

03/09/2019

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People write the names of women killed during a rally in Paris

People write the names of women on placards during a demonstration called by the "Nous Toutes" feminist organisation to denounce the 100th feminicide of the year, on September 1, 2019 in Paris.

02/09/2019

France

French school classrooms must display national and EU flags from today

The flags must be displayed along with the national motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” and the words of the national anthem “La Marseillaise”.

02/09/2019

Sport

Inside a mythical ultratrail: Euronews at the CCC

The CCC is a unique challenge that, since its inception as the 'little sister' of the UTMB race, has grown to become one the world's most prestigious ultratrails.

01/09/2019

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Stunt planes fill skies over Chateauroux in World Aerobatic Championsh

The World Aerobatic Championships provided entertainment at Chateauroux, France, as home pilot Louis Vanel won the men's event with a wonderful display of stunts.

01/09/2019

Sport

Martin Fourcade shines in Annecy as the Nordic Festival kicks off

Thousands of fans flooded the streets of Annecy to watch the first edition of the Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival. The five-times Olympic champion proved too strong for his opponents yet again while Lisa Vitozzi reigned supreme in the women's event.

31/08/2019

France

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

31/08/2019

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Robots take up pole dancing at French night club

Donning high heels and standing on elevated platforms at a dimly lit club, humanoid robots moved their hips as they pole danced in front of their majority male audience at Nantes' SC-Club

31/08/2019

France

Eric Cantona steals show with Shakespeare at Champions League draw

French legend Cantona quoted from Shakespeare's King Lear in speech that left soccer stars in the audience visibly baffled.

29/08/2019

France

Virgil van Dijk and Lucy Bronze win UEFA’s player of the year awards

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Lyon’s Lucy Bronze win UEFA’s player of the year awards

29/08/2019

France

Far-right trio jailed for anti-migrant helicopter operation

Three far-right activists with Generation Identitaire — Generation Identity — have been jailed for six months for intercepting migrants in the Alps.

29/08/2019

France

Behind the scenes of the International City of Gastronomy in Lyon

This project located in the Grand Hôtel-Dieu will open its doors this autumn in France's capital of gastronomy, Lyon

29/08/2019