France

My Europe Series

Cash from containers - Europe's security companies making money from misery

The extra costs of migration are a favourite theme of critics of Europe taking any in more, but what about the economy? A whole new sector is springing up and there's no shortage of firms wanting thei

08/04/2016

Cinema

'Tomorrow': a message of hope for a better, greener and more sustainable future

‘Tomorrow’ is an inspiring documentary by French filmmakers Melanie Laurent and Cyril Dion.

08/04/2016

France

Protests over French labour reforms spread to more cities

Protests in Paris against against proposed labour reforms have spread to other French cities, including Marseille, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and

08/04/2016

France

Virtual reality can - and will - be used for storytelling

07/04/2016

France

The moment might finally have come for 4K TV

07/04/2016

France

France passes divisive law criminalising customers rather than sex workers

Prostitute clients in France to face 1500 euro fine if caught Law aimed as protecting exploited women Critics say it will push sex workers further

07/04/2016

France

France: Le Pen fined 30,000 euros for latest 'gas chamber' remark

The former leader of France’s far-right Front National, Jean Marie Le-Pen, was fined 30,000 euros on Wednesday for repeating his claim that the Nazi

06/04/2016

France

The new price of paying for sex in France - hefty fines and classes

France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has passed a bill that outlaws payment for sex and penalises prostitutes’ clients. The

06/04/2016

Sport

Bordeaux carries out mock terrorist attack ahead of Euro 2016

With the Brussels and Paris attacks fresh on everyone’s mind and France poised to host the Euro 2016 football tournament. Authorities in the French

05/04/2016

France

French Front National denies implication in Panama Papers

Figures close to the French Front National leader Marine Le Pen and her father, the party’s former frontman, are reportedly named as having set up

05/04/2016

France

Fewer students turn out for French labour reform protest

There have been more clashes between police and protesters in Paris during student demonstrations against French labour reforms. Tear gas was used to

05/04/2016

Business Series

Peugeot unveils new plan to maintain profit

French carmaker, Peugeot Citroen, has unveiled its plans to return to consistent sales growth. In what chief executive Carlos Tavares described as a

05/04/2016

France

French students protest over labour reforms

Students in France are staging their latest day of protest on Tuesday against labour reforms they say will put them in a precarious position once

05/04/2016

France

eSports: the half a billion dollar ‘niche’ industry coming to a TV near you

04/04/2016

Culture news

Lyon Opera shines light on Syria

Syria was at the heart of a recent series of concerts at the Opera in the French city of Lyon under the theme The Syria I love. Among the artists

04/04/2016

Next Series

Baking better bread...with ultrasound

To bake quality bread, one of the key ingredients is moisture. Researchers have developed innovative ultrasonic humidification technology. In this

04/04/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: baking better bread

04/04/2016

France

Designer Hedi Slimane quits fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent

Fashion designer Hedi Slimane is stepping down from French brand Yves Saint Laurent. The Frenchman has been with the company since the ’90s, taking

01/04/2016

France

Gas explosion destroys upper floors of Paris apartment block

A huge blast ripped through a Paris apartment block following a gas leak. French police said the explosion in the 6th arrondissement was caused by an

01/04/2016

France

French students and unions plan further labour reform protests

After Thursday’s day of protest (March 31) in cities across France, high school students and workers spent the night camped out at the Place de la

01/04/2016

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Clashes in Paris over labour reforms

Students and workers held street protests, some of them violent, across France on Thursday while train drivers, teachers and others went on strike to

01/04/2016

France

France: Clashes as students march against labour reforms

Thousands of students took to the streets of France on Thursday to protest planned labour reforms they say will deny them the job stability enjoyed

31/03/2016

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Paris: Sleeping with sharks

Air b&b and the Paris Aquarium are offering competition winners the chance to spend a night underwater sleeping with sharks – a “misunderstood”

31/03/2016

France

Terror plot suspect charged over 'imminent' attack in France

Reda Kriket, 34, detained near Paris amid a spate of police raids after last week’s bloodshed in Brussels, has been charged with terrorism offences

30/03/2016

France

Autistic kids losing out in France as ‘retrograde vision’ leaves country lagging behind rest of Europe

France lags behind the rest of Europe when it comes to autism with around just one fifth of children getting the support they need, it’s been

30/03/2016

France

France says 'no' to controversial plan to strip terrorists of their nationality

French President François Hollande has dropped controversial plans to change the constitution; plans which included a clause allowing convicted

30/03/2016