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Racist property advert creates political outrage in France

Public outrage and potential legal action has been triggered by a flat to let advert on the outskirts of Paris warning non-French or black tenants need not apply.

28/12/2016

France

360º Video: noon at the Museum

Once a month, Lyon’s Arts and Crafts Museum organises a guided tour, focused on a particular piece of artwork and a concert related to the piece.

27/12/2016

Sport

French sailor sets new world record

Frenchman Thomas Coville has made sailing history after securing the world record for a single-handed non-stop sailing of the globe.

26/12/2016

Explore

Tourists flock to Lyon for a gourmet getaway

Lyon, a city that is 2,000 years old, attracts about six million visitors a year, 30 percent of whom are foreigners who travel here notably for the local…

21/12/2016

France

Brexit, Donald Trump and war in Syria: Euronews journalists review 2016

2016 was a heavy year for news, so I invited a few of my colleagues to take a look back at what happened and try to make sense of some key events.

21/12/2016

France

The Choranche cave in the Vercors Massif reveals some of its secrets

Join euronews correspondent Olivier Peguy on a trip inside a mountain.

20/12/2016

France

IMF chief Christine Lagarde found guilty over tycoon payout

A French court ruled the country's ex-finance minister was negligent over a 400m euro state payment, but issued no sentence.

19/12/2016

France

Seven candidates selected to run for French left presidential bid

Seven candidates will battle it out on the French left wing in January to win the nomination for the 2017 presidential election.

17/12/2016

Sport

Max Franz leaves Svindal in the shade at Val Gardena

Austrian wins first World Cup rave

17/12/2016

Sport

Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec skies like a dream at Val d’Isere

Winter wonderland for Stuhec

17/12/2016

No Comment

Paris gets its skates on!

Inspired by vintage scenes of Paris and Moscow in winter, the ice skating rink in Paris’ Grand Palais has opened its gates to holiday revellers.

17/12/2016

Cinema

The European Festival of Arcs screens the richness of European cinema

The European Festival of Arcs celebrates its eighth edition and has over the years become an unmissable event on the map of those festivals that matter in…

16/12/2016

No Comment

Yazidi ISIL survivors receive Sakharov Prize

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded each year by the European Parliament, has been given to two Iraqi Yazidi women who were held as sex slaves by ISIL and now campaign for human…

14/12/2016

No Comment

Demonstration for Aleppo in Paris

Some 50 demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace in Paris, calling for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Aleppo and humanitarian relief access for the…

14/12/2016

Sci-Tech

Methane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change

Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change.

14/12/2016

Europe News

Escaped ISIL sex slaves win EP's Sakharov Prize

Two young Yazidi women have picked up this year’s Sakharov Prize.

13/12/2016

France

From speed restrictions to bans on older cars - how France is battling pollution wave

Last week air pollution took centre stage in France, as Paris and other cities including Lyon, took measures to combat hazardous air quality.

13/12/2016

France

360 video: The car that was made for Hitler

Adolf Hitler’s parade car is a Mercedes Benz 770k.

13/12/2016

France

Former ISIL sex slaves receive the Sakharov Prize

ISIL survivors and activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar have received the 2016 Sakharov Prize in a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

13/12/2016

France

IMF chief Lagarde 'confident' ahead of negligence trial in France

The head of the International Monetary Fund goes on trial in Paris over her role in a state payout to businessman Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister.

12/12/2016

Sport

Kristoffersen and Shiffrin claim slalom victories as Stoch ends ski jumping title drought

After missing the opening slalom last month in Levi due to a sponsorship issue, Henrik Kristoffersen celebrated his 11th career World Cup victory by winning at the iconic French resort of Val…

11/12/2016

Sport

Pinturault giant slalom win ups pressure on Hirscher

Frenchman Alexis Pinturault snatched another World Cup giant slalom victory on Saturday, and his second win of the season.

10/12/2016

France

360 video: Experience the "Festival of lights" of Lyon

You’re at the Fete des Lumieres, the ‘festival of lights’ in Lyon France, an event that attracts millions of visitors from around the globe.

10/12/2016

France

Paris wages war on exploding rat population

First it was pollution, now Paris has a major rat problem to contend with.

10/12/2016

Economy

Lyon's light festival gives business big boost

Lyon’s festival of light is not only an important economic barometer for France’s second city, it is also a useful gauge for the whole country.

09/12/2016

Cult

Light in Lyon. The "Fête des Lumières" returns to France's second city

Let there be light.

09/12/2016