France

Business Series

Renault shares tumble on news of factory raids

Shares in Renault closed down just over 10 percent after falling as much as 20 percent earlier in the day. Almost five billion euros were wiped off

14/01/2016

France

French Alps avalanche: teacher led class onto closed, black-rated ski track

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into manslaughter after three people, including two teenagers, died in an avalanche in the French Alps on Wednesday.

14/01/2016

Business Series

Renault shares plummet 20 percent after police raids

Renault has confirmed fraud investigators had inspected three of its factories in an emissions probe. Shares in the company plummeted 20 percent on

14/01/2016

France

Lyon students in shock after avalanche deaths

The students from Saint-Exupéry High School in Lyon, France, return the day after, struggling to come to terms with what happened the day before

14/01/2016

France

At least 3 dead in French Alps avalanche

An avalanche in the French Alps hit a group of ten schoolchildren and their accompanying teacher, killing at least three people and seriously

13/01/2016

France

Jewish community in Marseille debates whether to hide yarmulke

The machete attack has left the community in fear once again.

13/01/2016

France

Coins, catfish, bikes and bottles: the treasures of Paris' Canal Saint-Martin

It’s 4.5 kilometres long, holds 90,000 cubic metres of water and contains treasures ranging from gold coins to washing machines… The Canal

12/01/2016

Business Series

Marginal gain in global deliveries for Peugeot Citroen

Peugeot Citroen eked out a 1.2 percent gain in global deliveries last year. A China slowdown and emerging-markets slump almost cancelled out the

12/01/2016

France

Containers replace tents for 1,500 migrants in Calais 'Jungle' camp

Authorities have moved 140 people living in the so-called Jungle refugee camp in northern France into newly-constructed accommodation. Made of

11/01/2016

Economy

Air France-KLM report mixed fortunes for terror-stained 2015

Air France – KLM say the Paris attacks cost the airline around 70 million euros in lost revenue in December, but that business appears to be picking

11/01/2016

France

Clarissa Jean-Philippe remembered a year after terror attacks in France

A year and a day after she was shot dead by Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly, policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe has been honoured at a ceremony near

09/01/2016

World

France's year of terrorism, living with tears and fears

French media paid homage to the people killed in last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris — at Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket, as well as the

08/01/2016

France

Paris: doubts over the identity of man shot outside police station

Police are not sure if the man shot yesterday is a Moroccan or Tunisian national. He is said to have been wearing a fake suicide belt and wielding a machete.

08/01/2016

France

Parisians gather to remember victims of Charlie Hebdo attacks

Parisians gathered at the Place de la Republique on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre which led to 17 deaths over three days

07/01/2016

France

Wolinski's last words to wife before dying at Charlie Hebdo

Writer and journalist Maryse Wolinski and Georges Wolinski were together for 47 years until the attack on Charlie Hebdo separated them. His widow has

07/01/2016

France

Man shot dead after attacking Paris police station 'identified'

A man shot dead by police as he apparently tried to attack a police station in Paris has reportedly been identified. French media reports say he was

07/01/2016

France

Charlie Hebdo warns Islamist threat ever present

The cover reads, “One year later, the assassin is still at large” and shows a God-like figure in a bloody robe carrying a Kalashnikov. This is

07/01/2016

Culture news

French comics festival marred by sexist row

Just weeks before it’s due to get underway, France’s prestigious Angoulême comics festival is up in arms. The reason? Out of the 30 graphic

07/01/2016

My Europe Series

Life after terror: survivors' stories

Maryse Wolinski: “I’m still hearing that voice which said to me, ‘Darling, I’m going to Charlie’”. Daniel Biddle: “For me 7/7, from my experience

07/01/2016

France

'Paper with ISIL flag' found on knifeman shot dead at Paris police station

A man said to be carrying a knife and wearing a fake suicide belt has been shot dead as he tried to enter a police station in Paris. Reportedly

07/01/2016

France

Hollande pays tribute to security forces on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

The French President François Hollande has given more details of planned new security measures in a New Year speech at the Paris police headquarters

07/01/2016

France

France one year on from Charlie Hebdo shootings

As France prepares to remember the victims of last year’s shootings which began at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper has

07/01/2016

France

Paris terror attacks directed from Brussels by 'Bouzid' and 'Kayal'

Reports from Belgium say investigators believe they have almost certainly uncovered the faces of two suspects who directed the Paris terror attacks

06/01/2016

France

France: international comic festival faces sexism claims and boycott

06/01/2016

Economy

French telecoms companies Orange and Bouygues in merger talks

A telecoms giant with over half of France’s fixed-line and mobile markets. That’s on the table if a merger between Orange and Bouygues goes ahead

05/01/2016

France

'Je suis Charlie': Paris honours victims of Jan. 2015 Islamist militant attacks

A commemorative plaque at the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been unveiled as part of a series of tributes on Tuesday, in the

05/01/2016