France

Cinema

Behind the scenes: The Bigger Picture

Life-sized sets, two metre high painted characters using 3D arms. Award-winning director Daisy Jacobs takes us behind the scenes of her most ambitious project 'The Bigger Picture'.

29/09/2015

Business Series

MIPCOM 2015: Jumping in the content stream

28/09/2015

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Triathletes join the fight against breast cancer

27/09/2015

France

France airstrikes hit ISIL targets in Syria

France has announced its first air strikes against ISIL following its decision to expand its bombing campaign from neighbouring Iraq against the

27/09/2015

World

Madonna, muses and grandma - Gaultier looks back with laughter on 40 years in fashion

In this edition of The Global Conversation, euronews’ Isabelle Kumar is joined by iconic French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who is celebrating 40

25/09/2015

My Europe Series

Out of hell, into limbo: the plight of Syrian refugees in France

Like so many of his compatriots Syrian refugee Sohaib al Raies risked everything for peace and security in the West. The 37-year-old computer

25/09/2015

Economy

Total cuts oil output growth target

French oil giant Total has reacted to the sector’s low prices by trimming its ambitious output growth targets, as well as cutting its capital and

23/09/2015

Culture news

The art of business at Lyon's Docks Art Fair

Art is also business – the fifth edition of the Docks Art Fair in Lyon brought together 20 French and international galleries...

23/09/2015

Sport

Yannick Noah on the hunt for Davis Cup glory again

Yannick Noah has been named France’s new Davis Cup captain. The grand slam winner, Davis Cup winner and iconic French sportsman was in charge of the

22/09/2015

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'Climate Noah's Ark' in Paris

21/09/2015

France

Rugby World Cup 2015: France penalty kick to win 32-10 over Italy

20/09/2015

France

'Noah's Arc for Climate' sails through Paris

Some 140 coloured animals representing Noah’s Arc sailed up the River Seine in Paris on Saturday (September 19). The display is to raise awareness

19/09/2015

France

Les Rencontres d'Arles: pictures from the edge

18/09/2015

France

French scientists reveal details of breakthrough in infertility treatment

French researchers have revealed details of what they’re claiming is a breakthrough in infertility treatment. The scientists, in Lyon, have created

17/09/2015

Musica

William Christie's 'Musical Gardens'

A very unique festival in the gardens of a country house in Vendée, North-west France; a Baroque music festival in the open air, amid clipped hedges

17/09/2015

Economy

BlaBlaCar receives 'record' new investment

The car-sharing group BlaBlaCar says it’s had $200 million (177 million euros) in new investment – said to be a record for a young French start-up

17/09/2015

France

Charlie Hebdo criticised for cartoon 'mocking drowned Syrian boy'

France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine is courting controversy again – this time with cartoons on migrants. One drawing plays on the harrowing photo of

15/09/2015

France

France: PM Valls defends launch of air strikes against ISIL in Syria

There will be no French boots on the ground in Syria. That was the message reiterated on Tuesday by France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls. But he

15/09/2015

France

Avalanche in French Alps kills 7

An avalanche has swept through the Massif des Ecrins in the French Alps, killing seven people. The prefect of the region said it hit three groups of

15/09/2015

France

French consul in Turkey suspended for boat sales to migrants

A French reporter looking for the source of boats used by refugees to get to Europe from Turkey followed the trail to a shop belonging to the French honorary consul in the port town of Bodrum.

12/09/2015

Culture news

Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial addresses modernity

The Lyon contemporary art biennial, now a must-see event on the contemporary art scene, is open. For this 13th edition under the theme “La vie

11/09/2015

France

Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning French farmer

A court in Lyon, France has upheld a 2012 ruling finding US biotech company Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning a French farmer. Grain grower

10/09/2015

France

'Olive Tree Killer' rife in Corsica

Some 68 sources of contamination by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa have been identified on Corsica, according to a report by local officials. Known

10/09/2015

France

France: welcomes first migrants to come via Germany and Hungary

France has welcomed its first group of migrants to have arrived from Syria and Iraq via Hungary and Germany. 53 people are being housed in university

09/09/2015

Cinema

US subprime crisis on screen at Deauville Film Festival

US actor Michael Shannon was at the American Film Festival in Deauville for the launch of ’99 Homes’ by American director Ramin Bahrani. Set in

09/09/2015

France

Major UN climate change conference in December 'risks failure'

The French foreign minister says immediate action is needed to ensure the success of a major United Nations conference on climate change at the end

08/09/2015