France

Cinema

Cannes 2017: the winners

Jury president Pedro Almodóvar handed out the top prize at the Cannes film festival to Swedish satire ‘The Square’ by Ruben Östlund, calling it a rich and “completely contemporary” tale about “the dic

29/05/2017

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Gay rights activists protest ahead of Putin visit

Posing in front of the Eiffel Tower, men kiss and hold a banner reading "Put a stop to homophobia in Chechnya."

29/05/2017

France

Donald Trump handshake a "moment of truth" says Emmanuel Macron

29/05/2017

Cinema

Cannes Palme D'or

29/05/2017

France

"The Square" wins Palme d'Or

Swedish art satrire, "The Square" wins top prize as Cannes Film Festival

28/05/2017

France

Ruben Ostlund's The Square wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes

28/05/2017

France

France wants to scrap prison terms for cannabis use

28/05/2017

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Lyon's "Nuits Sonores"

The French city of Lyon’s “Nuits Sonores” electronica festival has kicked off for its 15th edition.

28/05/2017

France

France: Vandal damages General De Gaulle's grave

28/05/2017

France

Cannes first two prizes awarded

28/05/2017

Cinema

Cannes 2017: festival prepares for best film

27/05/2017

Cinema

Childhood wonder in not-so-magic Orlando

'The Florida Project’ portrays poverty and joy through the eyes of a little girl living with her young mother in a seedy motel on the outskirts of Disney World.

26/05/2017

Cult

Nuits Sonores: 5 tips for making the most of the festival

26/05/2017

Cult

For four days Les Nuits Sonores in Lyon, France is the global capital of electronic music

If you love electronic music then you should head to Lyon, France, where for the next four days the Les Nuits Sonores festival will provide a non-stop ravers' delight.

26/05/2017

Cinema

'Loveless': eerie Russian parable of a broken society

This thriller by Andrey Zvyangintsev, competing for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, delivers a scathing critique of modern-day Russia.

26/05/2017

France

"Good Time" gives Cannes 2017 a strong closing bid for the Palme d'Or

Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and David Lynch were the latest stars to grace the promenade in Cannes with work on show at the 70th film festival.

26/05/2017

Cinema

Cinema Box - Cannes Special: 'The Workshop'

A taster of 'The Workshop', the poetic and political entry for the "Un certain regard" section at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

26/05/2017

Economy

Defence, not money, is how Macron can unite Europe

25/05/2017

Cinema

Cinema Box Cannes: "120 beats per minute"

A sneak peak at the critically acclaimed tragedy that has left audiences in tears at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

25/05/2017

Cult

Celebrating 15 years of urban electro with Nuits Sonores

Nuit Sonores - an urban event held in Lyon, France - seems to offer a bigger, bolder and more diverse line-up every year.

24/05/2017

France

France extends emergency powers

The terrorist attack in Manchester has prompted the French government to extend the country's state of emergency.

24/05/2017

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Bullfighting Banderas hits the catwalk

Naomi Campbell and a host of other celebrities took to the catwalk for the ‘Fashion for Relief’ charity event in aid of Save the Children.

23/05/2017

France

European films at Cannes

The European Commission's Media programme seeks to boost the profile of European cinema.One of the films supported by the programme, Yorghos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer, is in the runni

22/05/2017

France

Aunkai Bujutsu, a martial art based on body awareness and the basics

In the south of Ardèche, France, euronews meets Japan's Akuzawa Minoru to learn about Aunkai Bujutsu, a newly created martial art.

22/05/2017

France

Watch euronews' French election VR experience

22/05/2017

Economy

France's Macron and Italy's Gentiloni present a united front over EU

France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni for a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

22/05/2017