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Industrial action strikes southern France city of Lyon

Train drivers and university students have marched through Lyon to protest against government proposals which they believe will disadvantage workers and students.

03/04/2018

France

French mayor apologises for promising thousands of Ikea jobs in April Fools’ joke

French mayor apologises after April Fools’ joke promising thousands of Ikea jobs backfires

03/04/2018

France

France rail unions wage war on Macron with rolling strikes

Industrial action over government plans to change rail workers' benefits and status is set to continue for three months

03/04/2018

France

French rail commuters brace for three-month strike

The rail strike is due to run for three months in successive waves of two days

02/04/2018

France

Rolling rail strikes set to begin in France

Unions plan three months of industrial action in bid to force a government rethink on reforms.

01/04/2018

France

Author Rodrigues dos Santos reveals his 'signs of life'

The Portuguese writer spoke to euronews about the inspiration of his latest novel and the dangers of data manipulation

01/04/2018

France

Plane crashes on motorway near Lyon killing two

Pilot of light aircraft appeared to lose control before hitting an overhead signaling gantry according to eyewitnesses.

01/04/2018

France

Student protests grow in France as teachers investigated for attack on strikers

The Dean of Montpellier law faculty and a senior lecturer are under police investigation for assault after allegedly taking part in a masked attack on striking students.

30/03/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Russia retaliates, former Catalan president in German hands

30/03/2018

France

Parisians far from happy with prospect of Brexit

Residents of London's sister capital share their feelings with just a year to go before the two cities go their separate ways.

29/03/2018

France

Man arrested for driving stolen car at French soldiers jogging in the Alps

None of the soldiers were injured and no motivation for the attack has so far been established.

29/03/2018

Cult

Delacroix retrospective at Louvre

The exhibition will bring together more than 180 of his works, ranging from his most famous paintings, drawings and prints to the last little-known compositions

28/03/2018

France

Watch live: France holds memorial service for ‘hero’ police officer

France pays tribute to the police officer who was killed after trading places with a hostage held by an Islamist militant.

28/03/2018

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French lower house held minute of silence for victms of market attack

France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday paid tribute to the victims of the Islamic extremist attacks in southern France last week that killed four people.

27/03/2018

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World's largest cruise ship sets sail from shipyard in Saint-Nazaire

The world's biggest cruiseliner, the Symphony of the Seas, was handed over by French shipbuilder STX to the US giant Royal Caribbean International ahead of her maiden voyage in the Mediterranean.

27/03/2018

France

France to make school compulsory from the age of three

France is lowering the age that children begin compulsory education from six to three. How does it compare to the rest of Europe?

27/03/2018

France

American WWII fighter pilot's body returned from France after 74 years

Lieutenant Frank Fazekas' body is finally being returned from France, where it lay for 74 years after his plane crashed in a field in the run-up to D-Day during World War II.

27/03/2018

France

Paris police say murder of a Jewish woman in Paris was a hate crime

Mireille Knoll's burned and stabbed body was found three days ago in her apartment in the eleventh arrondissement. Jewish communities have reacted strongly to her murder.

27/03/2018

France

French left-winger arrested for tweet celebrating death of policeman

A former French left-wing parliamentary candidate for the France Insoumise party was arrested Sunday over a tweet concerning a policeman who was killed during the supermarket siege in Trèbes.

26/03/2018

France

Tributes pour in for police officer who traded places with hostage

Tributes were paid to Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, the French police officer who died after swapping himself for a hostage during an Islamist attack

25/03/2018

France

Trebes mourns day that changed the little town forever

Many people packed into the small church in Trebes this Palm Sunday after terror came to their town this week.

25/03/2018

France

Terror comes to small French town

The people of Trebes come to terms with the shocking terrorist attack that shattered the calm of their peaceful community.

24/03/2018

France

French Senate forum: Where next in fight on Middle East terrorism?

After the fall of ISIL in Iraq, where is the fight against terrorism going? A roundtable at the French Senate discussed the war in Yemen, Hezbollah, and Syria.

24/03/2018

France

The police officer who took the place of a hostage has died

Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame who volunteered to take the place of a hostage in a French supermarket siege has died from his wounds

24/03/2018

France

French police officer who traded places with hostage dies

France's interior minister has said Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame performed an "an act of heroism."

24/03/2018

France

Air France cancels quarter of its flights

The cancellations are due to a strike by staff

23/03/2018