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France

Here's who won at France's César movie awards

"Custody" and "Shéhérazade" were the biggest winners of the night.

23/02/2019

France

Climate campaigner Thunberg, 16, 'will meet Macron' after Paris march

Thunberg has become a celebrity by skipping lessons every Friday to protest over global warming outside the Swedish parliament.

22/02/2019

France

Breaking with tradition: will breakdancing become an Olympic sport?

The Paris 2024 organising committee says Breakdancing will help take the Games out of stadiums and onto the streets.

21/02/2019

France

Watch: Visitors immerse themselves in the world of Van Gogh at gallery

"Everyone comes with their own feeling so some people like to lie down, some children like to run near the images."

21/02/2019

France

World's biggest Nutella factory temporarily closed

Factory produces a quarter of all the world's Nutella.

21/02/2019

France

French court fines UBS 4.5 billion euros for facilitating tax avoidance

A French court has fined Swiss banking group UBS up to 4.5 billion euros on charges it helped conceal deposits and assets to allow tax avoidance

20/02/2019

France

'I am very much down-to-earth. Just not this earth': Lagerfeld's wit

"Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself."

20/02/2019

Culture news

Karl Lagerfeld's legacy

Spectacular runways and unforgettable designs - what you need to know about the German creative director's legacy.

20/02/2019

France

French Senate recommends prosecution of Macron's former security aide Alexandre Benalla for perjury

It's after a seven-month investigation into Benalla's violent conduct on the sidelines of a protest on May 1 last year.

20/02/2019

World

Current and former presidents condemn French anti-semitism

The resurgence of anti-semitism in France brought thousands of people onto the streets last night to demonstrate support for the Jewish community including two former French presidents.

20/02/2019

France

Choupette Lagerfeld: the world's most pampered cat?

Who is Choupette, the cat that could be heir to German designer Karl Lagerfeld's fortune?

20/02/2019

France

Thousands rally against anti-Semitism in France

Thousands of people rallied across France after a surge of anti-Semitic attacks in recent weeks that culminated on Tuesday with vandals daubing swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on dozens of graves in a Jewish cemetery.

20/02/2019

Cult

Fashion industry mourns Karl Lagerfeld

Chanel creative director and iconic designer passes away in Paris at 85.

19/02/2019

France

Primitive life existed on earth over 2 billion years ago: researchers

French researchers have discovered that life was already moving on our planet earlier than first thought — now thought to be 2.1 billion years ago. Previously, early life forms were said to date back 1.5 billion years.

19/02/2019

France

Force awakens in France as lightsaber duelling becomes official sport

The iconic weapon from a galaxy far, far away now has the same status as the foil, épée and sabre.

19/02/2019

France

"We're being set upon" - police attacked during 'Yellow Vest' protest

Remarkable footage has emerged of a police patrol coming under attack during Yellow Vest protests in the French city of Lyon.

17/02/2019

France

France denies softening stance on Irish backstop

"These [reports] are without any foundation... The French position is that of the European Union: the withdrawal agreement is not renegotiable," an official from Macron's Elysee office said.

17/02/2019

France

'Yellow vests': Macron slams abuse of French philosopher at protests

They shouted: "Go back to Tel Aviv!", "We are France!", and "Zionist!".

17/02/2019

France

Tattoo meets dance in Paris

Hundreds of tattoo artists from around the world gathered in the French capital for the annual tattoo fair

17/02/2019

France

Gilets jaunes: Paramilitaries 'ready to intervene' in France protests

“We have guys, paramilitaries, who are ready to intervene,” said Christophe Chalencon, a key figure in the "yellow vests" movement. “Because they too want to topple the power."

15/02/2019

France

Pope's envoy to France under investigation for sexual assault

Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris.

15/02/2019

France

Majority of French people want 'gilets jaunes' protests to end: poll

Following nearly three months of anti-government protests in France, most people now say they want the demonstrations to end, according to a poll by Elabe for BFMTV.

14/02/2019

France

Former boxer in 'Yellow Vest' protest gets one year jail sentence

Christophe Dettinger, a former boxer who hit police during a 'Yellow vest' protest was handed an 18-month suspended sentence in addition to jail time on Wednesday.

13/02/2019

France

Carlos Ghosn stripped of €26m bonus for not turning up to work

The French carmaker Renault said its former CEO, who has been in prison since November, could not have his performance bonus because he hadn't been "present" for the whole year.

13/02/2019

World

Anti-semitism 'spreading like poison' says Castaner

The French Interior minister visited a Paris suburb where a tree in memory of a young Jewish man who was tortured to death in 2006 had been chopped down.

12/02/2019

France

French MPs vote for mandatory EU flags in classrooms

"Schools are not barracks," said one MP critical of the move.

12/02/2019