France

France

Voters go to polls to elect French conservative presidential candidate

The first round of the Républicains' two-leg primary is taking place on Sunday.

20/11/2016

France

Can Sarkozy make a comeback? French centre-right picks presidential candidate

With France’s presidential election just months away, parties are picking their candidates in US-style primaries.

20/11/2016

France

Tintin moon drawing sells for record €1.55 million in Paris

An original artwork by the late Belgian cartoonist Hergé of his hero Tintin and friends has sold for €1.

19/11/2016

France

French conservative presidential candidates hold final TV debate

Conservative candidates in the race for the French presidency held their final TV debate before two rounds of primaries which begin this weekend.

18/11/2016

France

Cheers! The Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived

It is the annual autumnal party that wine enthusiasts and fun lovers across the world can’t ignore!

18/11/2016

France

Jean-Marie Le Pen to remain Front National's 'honorary president'

A court has upheld Jean-Marie Le Pen’s exclusion from France’s Front National party, but has allowed him to remain honorary president.

17/11/2016

France

The vote to watch: possible movers and shakers in the 2017 French presidential poll

As international politics begins to turn on its head, next year’s French presidential election has been dubbed the one to watch.

16/11/2016

Cult

Van Gogh book of drawings slammed as fake

An extraordinary row has broken out over a new book that claims to contain previously unpublished drawings by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh.

16/11/2016

France

Nicolas Sarkozy faces fresh allegations over cash from Gaddafi

Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy is facing fresh allegations over the financing of his 2007 election campaign just days before France is due to hold the first round of primary elections to select

15/11/2016

France

Source close to former French minister Emmanuel Macron says he will announce presidential candidacy on Wednesday

15/11/2016

No Comment

Victims of Paris terror attacks remembered

One year ago, France suffered its worst-ever terrorist attack on home soil.

14/11/2016

France

Balloons released in memory of Paris terror attack victims

Commemorations have been held across sites in the French capital on the anniversary of the city's November attacks.

13/11/2016

France

A survivor of the Bataclan bloodshed remembers

Survivor recalls Bataclan bloodshed

13/11/2016

France

Bloody November night: French president honours the victims of Paris attacks

One year on from the Paris attacks

13/11/2016

France

'We will not forget them' - Sting headlines as Paris' Bataclan reopens

A year after militants gunned down 90 people at the Bataclan in Paris, the music venue has reopened.

12/11/2016

Sport

Three-way battle for Vendee Globe lead

Vincent Riou, fellow Frenchman Armel Le Cleac’h and Britain’s Alex Thompson have embarked upon a ding dong battle at the head of the Vendee Glove fleet.

12/11/2016

France

A year on: Paris terror attack survivors tell their stories

Parisians who came through the horror as gunmen went on the rampage in the name of political Islam, recall the events of November 2015 and the year since.

12/11/2016

France

Paris, 13 November 2015: a night of terror

It started at the Stade de France in the northern Paris suburbs.

12/11/2016

France

Minute's silence at Stade de France in memory of Paris attacks

A minute’s silence has been held ahead of France’s World Cup qualifying match against Sweden – marking the first anniversary of the Paris attacks.

11/11/2016

France

Armistice day is marked on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent.

11/11/2016

Cinema

'Apnée' an hysterical hotchpotch of the bizarre and banal

Euronews journalist Philippe Mathieu guides through the bizarre and banal world portrayed in the French film ‘Apnée.

11/11/2016

France

Interpol gets first Chinese president

He’s the first Chinese official to be elected to the position.

11/11/2016

Musica

'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' at Opéra Bastille, Paris

Paris’ Opéra Bastille is showing Offenbach’s masterpiece, “Les contes d’Hoffmann”, a fantastic tale where the surreal mixes with the tragic.

10/11/2016

Economy

French job creation gaining momentum

France saw its fastest job creation last quarter since the eve of the financial crisis in 2007 with 52,200 new jobs.

10/11/2016

France

The Family Trump

Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US Presidential election was not simply a victory for the man himself.

09/11/2016

France

French nurses stage nationwide protests

Thousands of nurses have rallied across France to demonstrate against budget cuts and staff shortages, claiming care is being put at risk.

08/11/2016