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Sport

Thomas set for Tour de France victory

Welshman negotiates final time trial

28/07/2018

France

Polls mixed on Macron's popularity amid bodyguard scandal

While one French poll showed the French President's popularity had risen amid a bodyguard crisis, another on Sunday showed quite the opposite.

28/07/2018

France

French Minister: disabled people deserve to travel like everybody else

French Minister calls for better response from airlines after disabled teenager is thrown off plane.

27/07/2018

France

Tour de France: Primoz Roglic wins stage 19

Geraint Thomas was in prime position to win his maiden Tour de France after he retained the overall leader's yellow jersey in a lively 19th stage won by Slovenian Primoz Roglic as defending champion Chris Froome slipped down to fourth on Friday.

27/07/2018

Living

The man behind these astounding pastries

Our interview with Cédric Grolet crowned best pastry chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards

27/07/2018

Economy

Macron against trade deal with the US

His comments came on his first official to Spain to meet new Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

26/07/2018

France

New toothbrush cleans all your teeth in just 10 seconds

Y-Brush, invented by Lyon-based startup FasTeesH, is a Y-shaped electric toothbrush that is able to reach and clean all the teeth due to its shape and sonic vibrations.

26/07/2018

France

Macron bodyguard gives newspaper interview

In an interview with Le Monde newspaper, Alexandre Benalla says he is a fall guy and his case is being used to settle scores with the president

26/07/2018

Sport

How much is the two-star French football jersey really worth?

An investigation by a French broadcaster revealed how much it costs Nike to produce the new two-star French football jersey. So what is behind Nike's fruitful production model? Euronews finds out.

25/07/2018

Sport

Chris Froome's dream of a fifth Tour de France title fades

Chris Froome was hoping to join the likes of Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault, as the only riders in the Tour de France's history to win the race five times.

25/07/2018

France

Macron scandal continues with opposition criticising the President

The French President told his party Tuesday night that the security aide scandal was his responsibility but it's prompted furious opposition claims of an attempted cover-up, which the government denies

25/07/2018

France

Macron: "The only person responsible for this case is me"

Six days after the Benalla case broke, Emmanuel Macron ended his silence at a meeting with his party's MPs Tuesday night over the security aide scandal

25/07/2018

France

Macron: 'I'm responsible, let them come and get me!'

Emmanuel Macron says he is responsible for incident which saw protester beaten up, but stops short of saying sorry.

24/07/2018

Sport

Tour de France: Alaphilippe wins on day of protest and pain

Julian Alaphilippe's descending skills made the difference as the Frenchman claimed his second victory in this year's Tour de France to take the 16th stage.

24/07/2018

Business

Four airlines complain to European Commission about French strikes

Ryanair, Easyjet, IAG and Wizz Air believe France is breaking EU law by not enabling flights to fly over the country during air traffic controller strikes

24/07/2018

France

Tour de France briefly halted by protestors

Tear gas fired by police forces riders to stop

24/07/2018

France

FEMEN co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko dies at 31

Her body was found in her apartment on July 23 in Paris, according to FEMEN. The death was an alleged suicide.

24/07/2018

France

Macron under increased pressure over bodyguard

French opposition conservative parties have called for a vote of no-confidence in the President over his failure to punish Alexandre Benalla

24/07/2018

France

Collomb faces MPs' anger over handling of Benalla affair

The French Interior Minister has come under criticism from politicians for not immediately informing judicial officials of the incident after one of President Emmanuel Macron's bodyguards was filmed assaulting a protestor in May.

23/07/2018

Sport

Tour de France steps up fight against motorised doping

The Tour de France and cycling's governing body, the UCI, are taking steps to verify that riders are not cheating by using bikes that have hidden motors.

23/07/2018

France

French Interior Minister "I was never informed" over the security advisor scandal

Gerard Collomb attended a hearing at the National Assembly's committee on Monday over the case of President Emmanuel Macron's security adviser, Benalla, who's been indicted for hitting demonstrators

23/07/2018

France

France: Why the Benalla scandal is controversial for Macron

As French President Emmanuel Macron's aide scandal deepens, Euronews explains why it is particularly controversial for the French executive.

22/07/2018

Sport

Danish sprinter Magnus Cort Nielsen wins Stage 15 of the Tour

The Astana rider comfortably beat Spain's Ion Izagirre and Dutchman Bauke Mollema, who were second and third.

22/07/2018

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Hanging by a thread: Tightrope walker achieves 35m high stunt in Paris

French tightrope walker completed on Saturday (July 21) a stunt on a cord hanging 35 metres from the ground at Paris' picturesque Montmartre hill.

22/07/2018

France

French president's aggressive bodyguard sparks first government scandal

Alexandre Benalla, who heads Presidential Emmnauel Macron's security detail, was filmed hitting a young man and abusing a young woman on a street in Paris in front of police officers.

22/07/2018

France

Spain's Fraile wins Tour de France stage 14

Spain's Fraile wins Tour de France stage 14, while Team Sky's Geraint Thomas keeps the yellow jersey.

21/07/2018