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Paris-Nice: Michael Matthews claims opening time trial

Australia’s Michael Matthews produced a superb display to clinch the 6.1km prologue on the opening day of the 2016 Paris-Nice. The Orica-GreenEdge

06/03/2016

France

Air France jet narrowly misses drone over Paris

An Air France Airbus A320 jet almost hit a drone while preparing to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris last month. Accident investigators at

04/03/2016

Culture news

Manish Arora shows his sweet surrealist side at Paris Fashion week

Paris Fashion week took a turn down the road of weird and wonderful with the Hells Bells collection by Indian fashion designer Manish Arora. The New

04/03/2016

France

Hollande and Merkel stand together on migration ahead of EU-Turkey summit

The French and German leaders presented a united front over Europe’s migration crisis on Friday, ahead of an emergency EU summit with Turkey on

04/03/2016

France

Air France plane narrowly avoids collision with drone

04/03/2016

My Europe Series

Victims of domestic violence struggle for justice

Far too many women, and it _is_ more often than not women, are subjected to domestic violence. Some wives and mothers are driven to breaking point and kill their tormentors. Can they expect justice? D

04/03/2016

France

German media claim French 'downplayed' nuclear incident

Reports in German media claim a incident at a French nuclear power plant close to the border with Germany was downplayed by the French authorities

04/03/2016

France

Talks in Paris fail to make progress on implementing a peace deal in eastern Ukraine

Talks in Paris aimed at getting the fragile Minsk peace agreement back on track in eastern Ukraine failed to make progress on Thursday ahead of a

04/03/2016

France

Evictions at Calais camp enter fourth day amid mouth-sewing protests

Despite migrants sewing their mouths together, evictions and demolition work went on into a fourth day at a camp in Calais

03/03/2016

Sport

No empty stadia for Euro 2016 - France coach Deschamps

The head coaches of the 24 teams participating at this summer’s European championships in France gathered in Paris this week for a pre-tournament

03/03/2016

Culture news

Rochas in bloom at Paris Fashion Week

Rochas brings sunshine to Paris Fashion Week in a ready-to-wear collection blooming with garden florals and femininity.

03/03/2016

France

Migrants sew lips together to protest treatment in Calais Jungle

Migrants in France sewed their lips together in protest of their treatment in the Calais camp known as the “Jungle.” The seven men, mostly from Iran

03/03/2016

Culture news

Niki de St Phalle inspires Paris Fashion Week opening show

Paris Fashion Week has kicked off with a whimsical ready-to-wear collection by Liselore Frowijn. The young Dutch designer said she was inspired by

02/03/2016

France

Online abuse sours Hollande's use of live video application Periscope

Social media has proved a useful tool for the powerful to reach their target audience, without the inconvenience of having journalists verify or

02/03/2016

Culture news

Putting the art into artificial intelligence as a critic robot tours Quai Branly in Paris

Visitors to Paris' Quai Branly museum of indigenous art will encounter a little robot in a bowler hat which is programmed to record their reactions and then use the data to develop its own taste.

02/03/2016

France

France launches corruption investigation into bid processes for 2016 & 2020 Olympics

02/03/2016

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Evacuation of the Calais jungle

The evacuation of the migrant camp in Calais: the bulldozers continued to tear shelters apart in the southern part of the so-called ‘jungle’.

02/03/2016

France

Aid agencies slam French destruction of Calais migrant camp

The French authorities continued clearing the southern part of the Calais migrant camp known as the Jungle on Tuesday as police stood guard in case

02/03/2016

France

Distressing scenes as Calais migrant camp eviction resumes after clashes

The camp known as "The Jungle" is being slowly torn down after French authorities won a court order last week

01/03/2016

France

Paris mayor calls on Japanese to return to France following attacks

The Mayor of Paris has visited Japan to encourage tourists to return to France following the November terrorist attacks. Anne Hidalgo says the number

01/03/2016

France

New research says Zika "could spark" Guillain-Barré syndrome

A new study by a French scientists suggests the Zika virus might cause a debilitating neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome. It comes

01/03/2016

France

More confrontations at Calais migrant camp after bulldozers move in

More confrontations at Calais camp Save the Children condemn forced clearance French government see camp demolition as humanitarian action There

01/03/2016

France

Activists blamed as trouble flares during Calais migrant camp eviction

There have been clashes in Calais as police began clearing part of the shanty town in northern France where migrants are trying to reach Britain.

29/02/2016

France

Farewell to the 'Jungle' - migrants begin to leave following court ruling

Around a dozen migrants and refugees on Friday boarded one of the first buses transporting people from the ‘Jungle’ camp near Calais After Thursday’s

26/02/2016

Business Series

Nuclear group Areva in the red again

French state-controlled nuclear power group Areva has reported a full-year net loss of 2 billion euros, its fifth consecutive annual loss.

26/02/2016

France

French court approves plan for partial demolition of 'Jungle' camp

The French government’s plan to clear part of the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp was on Thursday given the go-ahead by a court in Lille. The French Interior

25/02/2016