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Turkey lashes out at Macron over NATO comments

French President Emmanuel Macron has stood by the damning comments he made to The Economist last month in which said allies were experiencing the 'brain death' of NATO. During a press conference, he defended the comments and criticised Turkey's incursion into Syria.

28/11/2019

France

Barbarin appeals conviction in Catholic Church sex abuse case

Barbarin appeals conviction in Catholic Church sex abuse case

28/11/2019

World

MEPs back 'climate emergency' resolution to up Europe's game

It's official - it's a climate emergency. At least according to the EU.

28/11/2019

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France pays tribute to 13 soldiers killed in Mali

Vigils were held to honour the soldiers who died when the helicopters they were travelling in collided in the African country.

27/11/2019

France

French chef Marc Veyrat takes Michelin to court over star demotion

A culinary court battle has begun as French chef Marc Veyrat sues Michelin for stripping him of his three-star status, and for suggesting he used English Cheddar in his souffle.

27/11/2019

France

French farmers in rolling tractor roadblock against 'agri-bashing'

French farmers are protesting against low incomes and government policies they say negatively affect France's agriculture.

27/11/2019

France

French MPs adopt amendment to ban Black Friday publicity

The amendment to France's "anti-waste law" condemns overconsumption and critiques the shopping day's "disastrous environmental record".

27/11/2019

France

Mali: France will probe black box recordings as 13 soldiers named

The accident marked the largest single loss of life since operations began in 2013.

26/11/2019

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Two dead after massive floods hit southeast France

Two people were found dead on Sunday after massive flooding hit southeastern France, causing major damage.

24/11/2019

France

Two missing and hundreds of homes flooded in southern France

Two missing people, at least two injured and hundreds of homes flooded: heavy rain and storms hit the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var, in southeast France. The regions were put on red alert for storms and flooding on Saturday, and downgraded to orange alert on Sunday morning.

23/11/2019

France

Christmas market reopens in defiance of terror attack

Christmas markets around Europe are open for business — including in Strasbourg, which refuses to be cowed by last year’s Islamist gun rampage.

23/11/2019

France

Protesters in France condemn violence against women

The International Day for Violence against Women is on November 25.

23/11/2019

France

Quelle horreur! 'Franglais' is a threat to French, academy says

L'Academie Francaise said it is 'seriously concerned' at mixing French with English — a common phenomenon in an age of social media and global marketing.

23/11/2019

France

Wave of polar air threatens Europe-wide cold snap

Along with the arrival of December could be the arrival of a fresh wave of cold polar air, according to weather experts.

22/11/2019

France

Winegrowers release Beaujolais amid challenges at home and abroad

Some growers had their production hit by an untimely frost on the vineyards this year, while Donald Trump's wine tax has complicated the export market

21/11/2019

France

Court acquits mountain guide charged with helping asylum seekers

The volunteer faced a three-month suspended sentence if the court had upheld his conviction for “facilitating irregular entry”

20/11/2019

France

France and Germany vie for leadership of 'brain dead' NATO

French President Emmanuel Macron branded NATO "brain dead". Now the defence alliance has met for the first time since those controversial remarks.

20/11/2019

France

#MovieMoney: French police warn of fake bank notes in circulation

Fake bank notes create filmic furore. Made to be used in films, the shonky sheets have been circulated in eastern France and beyond

20/11/2019

France

Pregnant woman, 29, mauled to death by dogs in northern France

Police have launched a manslaughter investigation after a pregnant woman was mauled to death by dogs while she was out walking near her home in northern France.

20/11/2019

France

Women in France work to raise awareness about domestic violence

Reporting doesn't always work in preventing the worse from happening: at least one-third of the women killed in 2018 had previously filed a complaint with the police, according to a report by Le Monde newspaper.

19/11/2019

France

French nannies strike against government 'coercive' reform

The strike is a "big shot of anger" at "purely budgetary logics which should not apply to childcare," a spokesperson for the movement told Euronews.

19/11/2019

France

Insufficiencies in French justice system on violence against women

As France has a national conversation on violence against women, a new report looks at the country's efforts to better their legal system.

19/11/2019

France

Watch: Beaujolais Nouveau ready for release amid US tariff tension

Beaujolais Nouveau is always released on the third Thursday in November, at 12.01am.

18/11/2019

France

Gilets Jaunes one year on: Roadside 'big family' faces a crossroads

Protesters near Lyon tell Euronews not just of their anger but also the friendly atmosphere in which Gilets Jaunes have grown to know each other.

17/11/2019

France

'J'accuse' screenings cancelled after anti-Polanski protest

The movie retraces the events leading to the Dreyfus affair — an antisemitic political scandal in 1894 France known for having led to a grave miscarriage of justice.

17/11/2019

France

'Non' to Dry January in France, says President Emmanuel Macron

'Non' to Dry January in France, says President Emmanuel Macron

16/11/2019