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France

ETA leader arrested in southwestern France - Spanish officials

The head of the Basque militant separatist group ETA is said to have been arrested in south-western France.

05/11/2016

France

Sting concert for reopening of the Bataclan, site of Paris terror attacks

The concert on November 12 will be just a day before the first anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks

04/11/2016

France

Good COP, bad COP? Will applying the Paris Climate agreement be a COP-out?

November 4th sees the application of the Paris COP21 agreement on fighting climate change, but will polluting nations take the necessary steps and live up to their promises?

04/11/2016

France

Police clear thousands from Paris migrant camp

Hundreds of French police officers moved in at dawn to clear what is described as Paris’ largest migrant camp.

04/11/2016

France

Tearful goodbyes as last migrants leave Calais 'jungle'

Families, women, and unaccompanied female minors were among the last few hundred residents to leave the migrant camp.

03/11/2016

France

Leila Slimani wins France's top literary Goncourt prize

The French-Moroccan writer has been awarded the top literary award in France, the Prix Goncourt, for "Chanson douce" ("Sweet song").

03/11/2016

France

French authorities remove minors from shipping containers in Calais

French authorities moved about 1,600 unaccompanied underage migrants from the site of the demolished Calais refugee camp

02/11/2016

France

French authorities remove minors from shipping containers in Calais

French authorities have begun to move about 1,500 unaccompanied underage migrants from the site of the demolished Calais refugee camp.

02/11/2016

France

Scuffles in Paris as police move in to tear down makeshift migrant camps

Makeshift camps have sprung up since the demolition began of the migrant camp at Calais

31/10/2016

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Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices

People with schizophrenia are volunteering for a European research project to help the control and perhaps even silence the tormenting voices in their heads by confronting a computer avatar of…

31/10/2016

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Takeaway: me & my avatar

Can this avatar fight schizophrenia?

31/10/2016

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Models wow Paris catwalk wearing chocolate creations

Models take to the catwalk in Paris wearing chocolate-inspired designs for the opening of the city’s annual trade fair “Salon du Chocolat.”

29/10/2016

France

Children still stranded after Calais camp bulldozed

Up to 200 children spent the night at a makeshift school on the edge of the Calais ‘jungle’ after spending the previous night sleeping rough.

28/10/2016

Economy

French economy returns to growth in Q3, but lacklustre

French economic growth was up by just 0.2 percent from July to September rebounding only slightly after a small contraction in the previous quarter.

28/10/2016

France

Calais' children forced to sleep rough for second night

Dozens of unaccompanied children are said to have faced a second successive night without shelter around the ruins of the so called ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais.

28/10/2016

France

Paris attacks: new Bataclan frontage revealed

Almost a year after the Paris attacks, the new frontage of the Bataclan concert hall has been revealed.

27/10/2016

Europe News

Yazidi IS survivors win EU's rights prize

MEPs have decided that two Yazidi women are the winners of the EU’s annual human rights prize.

27/10/2016

France

Children 'still in the Jungle' though France declared camp cleared

Hundreds of migrants including unaccompanied children are still said to be in the camp in Calais known as ‘the Jungle’, a day after French officials declared that it had been…

27/10/2016

France

French government pledges €250 million extra funding for French police

It comes after ten days of spontaneous protests by French police following an attack which left two officers badly wounded.

26/10/2016

France

Calais 'Jungle' camp clearance finished, prefect says

French authorities have finished clearing the shanty town known as the “Jungle” outside Calais, saying were confident of dispersing the last of its inhabitants around…

26/10/2016

France

Who protects the protectors? French police on strike as terror shatters nerves

For many French police officers, the attack on their colleagues in the Parisian suburb of Viry-Chatillon was the straw the broke the camel’s back.

26/10/2016

France

Fires rage in Calais migrant camp as clearance continues

More shelters and tents have been set alight overnight and on Wednesday as a minority of migrants remain on site, despite an ongoing clearance operation.

26/10/2016

France

The "French Kiss" as a universal language

Street artist and video-mapping aficionado Julien Nonnon illuminates buildings and facades of the city of Paris with his talent.

26/10/2016

France

Work begins on dismantling the Jungle

Eyewitnesses say workers have started to tear down unoccupied tents and shacks. The work has begun by hand to avoid inflaming tensions.

25/10/2016

France

Migrants begin to arrive at sites around France

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 1,918 people had been processed and sent to 80 centres around France by Monday evening.

25/10/2016

France

Jean-Marie Le Pen's immunity lifted over racial hatred charges

The European Parliament voted to lift immunity of the French far-right politician to answer charges of inciting racial hatred.

25/10/2016