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Tempers flare as protesting prison guards clash with police near Paris

Protesting prison guards have clashed with police outside the sprawling Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris.

11/04/2017

France

Fire sweeps through Dunkirk migrant camp

A huge fire has swept through a migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France.

11/04/2017

France

France formalises decision to close oldest nuclear plant

The French government has published a decree for closing the country’s oldest nuclear plant, at Fessenheim, in eastern France.

10/04/2017

Sport

Belgian Thierry Neuville wins Tour of Corsica

Belgian Thierry Neuville won the Rally of Corsica for Hyundai on Sunday to become the fourth different driver to triumph in four rounds so far this season.

09/04/2017

France

Turkish voters wear Ottoman dress at polling station

08/04/2017

France

360°: The reinvention of France

Central France château owner Isaure de Sainte-Marie strongly feels that her country needs a new identity.

07/04/2017

France

The far-left wild card in the French presidential election

Far-left maverick Jean-Luc Melenchon is rising in the polls and becoming the ultimate wild card in the French presidential race.

06/04/2017

France

Far-right, fake jobs and all you need to know about France's pivotal election

If the main course is anything like the entrée, then France is set for even more controversy at the ballot box.

06/04/2017

Sport

Former All Black lock Williams fined over cocaine possession

A judicial source says the New Zealand player was drunk at the time of his arrest

05/04/2017

France

Second French presidential debate turns into a feisty affair

For the first time 11 candidates in the French presidential election have gone head-to head in a televised debate.

05/04/2017

France

Political world can learn from tech sector

Tech entrepreneur Stéphane Becker says French politicians could learn from his sector's working environment

04/04/2017

Europe News

Germany stands-up for EU 'precious legacy'

In the face of rising populism and nationalism, Germany’s newly-elected Federal President has delivered a message of defiance in the European Parliament.

04/04/2017

France

360°: How avalanches are triggered to keep skiers safe

Explosives powerful enough to blow up a house are being used to keep skiers safe from the risk of avalanches.

03/04/2017

France

Italian business owner wants the right to vote in France

Alessio Batazza has been living in France for 12 years. He has a French wife and children and runs his own business, but he won't have the right to vote in the upcoming elections.

03/04/2017

France

Family of Chinese man shot dead by French police calls for calm

The family of a Chinese man shot dead by French police last week have called for calm following a series of protests which have ended in violent clashes.

03/04/2017

France

France: several injured after carnival blast

At least 15 adults and three children between the ages of two and 14 were injured when a bonfire exploded at a carnival in Villepinte, north-east of Paris.

02/04/2017

France

Euroviews. View: Is Emmanuel Macron the new Napoleon Bonaparte of France?

31/03/2017

France

Minister's apologies ease tension in French Guiana

More constructive negotiations are now underway after nearly two weeks of social unrest in the French overseas territory.

31/03/2017

France

French Senate says deradicalisation programme is failing

France's Islamic deradicalisation programme is designed to stop young, embittered Muslims embarking on violent jihad in Iraq and Syria.

30/03/2017

France

Calls for calm in Paris amid clashes over police shooting

Demonstrations were sparked after the police killing of a Chinese man in his home on Sunday.

30/03/2017

France

Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left

France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him

30/03/2017

France

French performance artist attempts egg hatching

Hatching eggs can be a difficult process especially if you are not a bird… but that’s not putting off French performance artist Abraham Poincheval.

30/03/2017

Sport

Video technology helps Spain down France

Spain’s Gerard Deulofeu scored one and created another but had to share the limelight with the video assistant referee in a 2-0 friendly win over France in Paris on…

29/03/2017

France

France's former PM Valls backs Macron for president

After weeks of speculation, former Socialist Prime Minister Manual Valls has said he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in France’s forthcoming presidential election.

29/03/2017

Business Line

French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

29/03/2017

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

29/03/2017