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Calais blocked again as French ferry workers threaten worse disruption

There has been more serious disruption for people seeking to cross the English Channel via Calais after striking ferry workers again forced the

01/07/2015

France

Channel tunnel closed again as ferry workers protest on rails

Ferry workers in France faced with losing their jobs have again protested in Calais, cutting sea and rail links to Britain. Eurotunnel was forced to

30/06/2015

France

France's Ex-interior minister Charles Pasqua dies 88

Former French interior minister, Charles Pasqua has died at the age of 88. A hardline politician, Pasqua was a close ally of former president Jacques

30/06/2015

France

The end of the road for Uber? Executives detained by French police

In France, it seems, the protests of taxi drivers are being heard. The ride has come to an abrupt stop for two executives from the Uber taxi and

29/06/2015

Culture news

Fresh and floral fashion at Paris Spring-Summer menswear shows

Bourgeois was the watchword at the Dior Homme spring-summer fashion show in Paris. With the aim of widening his target client base, the brand’s

29/06/2015

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Movers, not shakers: cable-driven robots may lift European heavy industry

At a research facility near Montpellier in southern France, a mock-up of a heavy airplane wing is carefully manouevred across a test centre by

29/06/2015

Next Series

Do you know: what's a cable robot?

29/06/2015

France

Suspect in French beheading attack admits killing his boss

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand. Yassin Salhi (35) has

28/06/2015

France

France: beheading suspect alleged to have taken 'selfie'

A local community in France has gathered to pay their respects to the victim of a beheading attack. They joined together in Fontaines sur Saone

28/06/2015

France

France: suspect in beheading and factory attack a 'very kind person'

Neighbours of a delivery man, suspected of beheading his boss before trying to blow up a gas factory in south-eastern France, say they are shocked

27/06/2015

France

France says deadly attack on factory near Lyon is a terrorist event

A decapitated body daubed with Arabic inscriptions was found at a French factory near Lyon after a man is believed to have killed his employer and

26/06/2015

France

French say deadly attack on gas plant near Lyon is terrorist attack

The decapitated body of a man was found at the entrance to a gas and chemical storage facility near the French city of Lyon on Friday. It followed a

26/06/2015

France

Decapitation and explosion in French Islamic terror attack

France has again been struck by an apparent terrorist attack, this time near the city of Lyon. The shocking incident, currently under investigation

26/06/2015

France

"We want it to stop", Lyon taxi drivers protest Uber

Taxi drivers calling for Uber to be shut down protested across French cities on Thursday. In Lyon some 300 taxis converged on the Part Dieu train

25/06/2015

France

Hit the road Jack: French not convinced of DSK return

Jack is not back, as a new opinion poll reveals only 38% of French citizens want to see Dominique Strauss-Kahn return to the French political scene

25/06/2015

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France: Anti-Uperpop taxi protest turns violent

25/06/2015

France

Uber presses traditional taxis hard

Uber is a service linking customers with private tourism vehicles (VTCs or limousines) driven by professional chauffeur, using a smartphone app. On

25/06/2015

France

Showdown over Uber: French taxi drivers shut down roads around Paris

Roads around Paris became car parks as French taxi drivers blockaded routes to the airport and the main ring road around the city in a protest

25/06/2015

France

Courtney feeling no Love for Paris after taxi attack

25/06/2015

France

Obama tells Hollande he is no longer spy target

President Obama has reassured the French president he is no longer a target of American intelligence gathering efforts, as documents from Wikileaks showed Washington had spied on the last three French

24/06/2015

World

All the presidents' phone calls -- WikiLeaks heats up US-French connections

24/06/2015

France

France demands answers despite US assurances over spying

The Elysee Palace says President Obama has vowed to end what he called unacceptable spying practices on allied countries. Earlier France’s President

24/06/2015

France

Cameron urges more action on migrants crisis after Calais chaos

Britain is to put more resources into cross-Channel security – including possibly in France – after a day of chaos when migrants took advantage of a

24/06/2015

France

Read Wikileaks' top French NSA Intercepts

24/06/2015

France

Foreign ministers meet as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have held crisis talks in Paris as the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to

24/06/2015

France

NSA "spied" on three French presidents - WikiLeaks

France media is awash with revelations that the United States’s National Security Agency (NSA) spied on three French presidents for a period of six

24/06/2015