France

Earth News

The wine growing estate wellness heaven

We discover Domaine de Verchant, its 1,250 square metres spa, infinity pool and listed park, nestled in the Languedoc region.

05/07/2018

France

There are appeals of calm after a second night of violence in Nantes in France

It's after police fatally shot a 22-year-old driver who was trying to avoid an identity check, triggering violence and unrest in several neighbourhoods on Tuesday

05/07/2018

France

The EU’s ‘anti-meme’ law explained as MEPs reject it

EU lawmakers have rejected the fast-tracking of a piece of legislation that critics say would significantly damage internet freedom.

05/07/2018

France

Violence erupts in Nantes after police kill young man in traffic stop

Cars were burned and a shopping centre partly set alight in the Breil neighbourhood as police confronted young people, some armed with molotov cocktails.

04/07/2018

Cult

Dior Haute Couture goes retro in Paris

Dior Haute Couture goes retro at Paris Fashion Week

04/07/2018

France

Making a march: the photographers' perspective

After walking for more than 1,400 kilometres, the Solidarity March for Migrants is about to end. Twelve photographers from the French collective "item”, have been following them and offer a unique view of the march and its participants. We present the work of three of them and their testimony.

03/07/2018

France

Greenpeace pilots and crashes drone into nuclear plant's no-fly zone

Greenpeace activists piloted a drone into the no-fly zone of the EDF-operated Bugey Nuclear Power Plant and crashed it against the heavily-reactive wall of its spent-fuel building on Tuesday to prove its vulnerability to foreign attacks.

03/07/2018

No Comment

Greenpeace crash drone into French nuclear plant to highlight security

A Superman drone is remotely controlled by Greenpeace activists and enters the no-fly zone of the nuclear plant of Bugey, Rhone valley, France.

03/07/2018

Cult

French luxury fashion house Givenchy opened the Paris Fashion week

The new collection was dedicated to Hubert de Givenchy, the founder of the label who died three months ago

03/07/2018

France

Paris makes 'rainbow crossings' permanent after hompohobic vandalism

Paris has taken a stance after homophobic graffiti appeared on one of the rainbow pedestrian crossings painted for Gay Pride — with authorities now making the street art permanent.

03/07/2018

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Champs Elysees transformed into open-air cinema for a night

The most famous street in Paris the Champs Elysees was transformed into a giant open-air cinema on Sunday (July 1).

02/07/2018

No Comment

European Tree Climbing Championship takes place in Thoiry, France

Winners of the the 'European Tree Climbing Championship' (ETCC) were announced on Sunday (July 1) after a weekend of contests.

02/07/2018

Earth News

Sitting down with the world's best French contemporary artist

Richard Orlinski talked to Living it about humanity, contemporary art and Lewis Hamilton.

02/07/2018

The Cube

France's 'Spider-Man' begins job in Paris fire brigade

Mamoudou Gassama, the man who found fame after scaling a building in Paris to save a dangling child, begins his first day as a fire fighter.

02/07/2018

France

Sky 'confident' Froome will ride Tour de France despite ban attempt

The defending champion will compete, even if the organisers of cycling's biggest race want to prevent the four-time winner from appearing in this year's event, says Team Sky.

01/07/2018

France

France lowers speed limit

The French government hopes thousands of lives a year can be saved by lowering the speed limit on secondary roads from 90 to 80km an hour

01/07/2018

France

Notorious gangster escapes French prison by helicopter

One of France's most famous gangsters has escaped a prison in the Paris region by helicopter, according to local media.

01/07/2018

France

Notorious gangster escapes French prison by helicopter

A gangster has escaped a prison in the Paris region after three heavily armed accomplices landed a helicopter.

01/07/2018

France

France honours Simone Veil with rare hero's burial in the Panthéon

The former minister, Holocaust survivor, and EU president is only the fifth woman to be buried in the secular mausoleum.

01/07/2018

France

Paris Pride marches on despite homophobic attacks

Thousands marched in support of LGBT rights at the annual Paris Gay Pride on Saturday, despite fears that recent homophobic attacks in the French capital would overshadow the event.

01/07/2018

My Europe Series

Link between antisemitism and migration unproven, analyst tells Euronews

Antisemitism researcher Nonna Mayer says while sporadic acts of violence by migrants on Jews grab the headlines, far right extremists are to blame for the vast majority of antisemitic incidents.

29/06/2018

My Europe Series

Antisemitism pushing jews out of their homes in France

A wave of hate crime against Jews is forcing many to take extra security measures. Some are even considering what had once been unimaginable to them -- moving to Israel.

29/06/2018

Sport

Griezmann's first coach opens up about the striker's drive to succeed

Euronews went to Macon, France, to speak to Bruno Chetoux, Antoine Griezmann's first coach in the UF Maconnais.

29/06/2018

France

French rail reform enacted despite months of strikes

On Wednesday night most of the reforms President Macron fought for were finally signed into law.

28/06/2018

France

Macron's compulsory national service | Euronews Answers

Macron wants to bring compulsory national service back for boys and girls. But what does the programme actually entail? Euronews gives you the answers.

28/06/2018

France

On Macron's orders: France will bring back compulsory national service

The French government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16-year-olds, nearly two decades after it was scrapped.

27/06/2018