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France

France: controversial reforms clear first hurdle

The lower house narrowly approves plan to strip convicted terrorists of their dual nationality

10/02/2016

Sport

Paris 2024 unveil new Eiffel Tower-inspired Olympic bid logo

The Paris 2024 Olympic bid committee unveiled on Tuesday their new Eiffel Tower-inspired logo at a ceremony in the French capital. The design

09/02/2016

Business Series

Sanofi earnings to be 'stable' despite declining sales

French drugmaker Sanofi has pledged its 2016 earnings will be stable despite declining sales of diabetes and cancer treatments.

09/02/2016

France

Gusty winds hit Europe - on both sides of the Channel

Brittany and Normandy took a battering on Monday as France’s north and west bore the brunt of a storm that has seen gusts of around 140 kilometres

08/02/2016

Economy

French central bank forecasts first-quarter growth improving to 0.4%

The French economy is forecast to grow 0.4 percent in Q1 of 2016 as the latest central bank survey showed morale in the industrial sector rose to the highest level since May 2011.

08/02/2016

Sport

Heavyweights hit the tatami at the Paris Judo Grand Slam

The Paris judo Grand Slam entered a second day with the heavyweights taking to the tatami. Japan’s Megumi Tachimoto picked up gold in the women’s

07/02/2016

France

Former Foreign Legion commander arrested at anti-foreigner protest

One of the protesters arrested in Calais yesterday when far-right anti-Muslims clashed with police who prevented them entering the port’s makeshift

07/02/2016

Sport

Agbegnenou thrills the French on home tatami in judo's Paris Grand Slam

The judo world is in the the French capital for the Grand Slam of Paris 2016.

06/02/2016

France

Five migrants saved from channel after trying to sail to Britain from Calais

It is not often that migrants attempt to get into Britain the hard way, by crossing the channel from France on their own. However conditions are so

06/02/2016

Sport

France and Italy kick-start up Six Nations in Paris

The 17th edition of the Six Nations begins on Saturday with France and Italy opening up proceedings in the first game on Saturday in Paris. New

05/02/2016

My Europe Series

Shame on you Europe. Silent heroes in France's other 'jungle'

In this edition of Reporter, we speak to those helping refugees in the camp of Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk, which has made headlines in France for its squalid conditions.

05/02/2016

France

Ferrari speed machine set to become the most expensive car ever

A 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider could well become the most expensive car ever when it goes up for auction in Paris.

05/02/2016

Economy

France confident on deficit reduction, European Commission not convinced

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin has said the country will meet its 2016 target for cutting its public deficit but the European Commission does not believe it can achieve that.

04/02/2016

France

Modern Express towed safely into Bilbao port

What to do with a listing ship? The Modern Express is safely towed into a Spanish port

04/02/2016

France

France and Belgium call for Europe-wide strategy against jihadists

France and Belgium have called for a Europe-wide effort in the fight against Islamist extremists and for more cooperation between EU member states

01/02/2016

France

Cuba and France sign deals and promise to deepen friendly ties

Cuban leader Raul Castro and France’s President Hollande have celebrated a successful start to the veteran Communist’s tour of France. He is the

01/02/2016

France

François Hollande pardons Sauvage and reignites domestic violence debate

French President François Hollande once said granting pardons was not his conception of a modern presidency, and he has done so only once before, for

01/02/2016

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Stricken cargo ship heads for French coast

This is the stricken cargo ship that was heading towards the French coast on Monday (February 1). The Modern Express, registered in Panama, began

01/02/2016

France

Time is running out for stricken freighter as it drifts towards French coast

A final salvage effort is to be made today to try and tow a stricken cargo ship which is drifting on its side off the French Atlantic coast. Previous

01/02/2016

France

Drifting cargo shift could hit French Atlantic Coast by Tuesday

French salvage team workers have been struggling to tow the drifting Modern Express from rough waters.

31/01/2016

France

Paris protesters call for end to France's state of emergency

Thousands of people have turned out in Paris to vent their anger over plans to extend France’s state of emergency for three more months

31/01/2016

France

Son of France FM Fabius indicted on forgery charges - media reports

Thomas Fabius, the son of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, has been indicted on charges related to forgery, according to French judicial

30/01/2016

France

Stricken timber freighter drifts towards French coast

French coastguards are scratching their heads as to how to prevent a freighter loaded with timber from Gabon from wrecking itself on the Atlantic

29/01/2016

My Europe Series

The women who knew too much: the price to pay for whistleblowers

“The woman who really knew too much” is how Stephanie Gibaud has described herself. It’s also the title of a book published last year by the former

29/01/2016

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A protest in Femen way

A topless activist from the international women’s rights movement Femen hung from a bridge in Paris on Thursday (January 28), in protest over Iranian

29/01/2016

France

Man arrested with two handguns at hotel in Disneyland Paris

Security staff stopped the man and a female companion at the entrance

28/01/2016