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Lost in France: the nightmare for migrants and local residents in Calais

We had great expectations... good politics, justice and humanity. But some people when they come here..our life is not even like that of a dog.

02/04/2015

France

Three skiers killed in avalanche in French Alps

Three skiiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. It happened in the Ecrins mountain range, more than 3,000 metres above sea level

01/04/2015

France

Don't ask about the co-pilot: Lufthansa boss refuses questions at Alps crash site

The head of Germanwings and the boss of parent company Lufthansa have visited the scene of the French Alps crash

01/04/2015

France

Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash

French magazine Paris Match and German daily Bild report that a cellphone video found in the Germanwings wreckage shows the flight's last moments

01/04/2015

France

Germanwings and Lufthansa bosses refuse questions about co-pilot during visit to crash site

Just over a week after the Germanwings plane crash, the airline boss and head of parent company Lufthansa visit the scene

01/04/2015

France

Lufthansa under pressure over revelations about co-pilot's medical history

Pressure is mounting on Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, over what it knew about the co-pilot before last week’s plane crash in the

01/04/2015

France

"I hope I never return to a locked door": Pilot who foresaw Germanwings crash

31/03/2015

France

German police make progress in profiling of Andreas Lubitz

As a video emerges of the co-pilot of the ill-fated Germanwings jet, officials say they are making progress in piecing together his background one

31/03/2015

World

French conservatives deliver Socialists sharp slap in local polls

Fans of France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy threw out a cheer after the centre-right UMP party he leads looked to have won some two thirds of the

30/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz had 'suicidal tendencies'

“Suicidal tendencies”. The chilling words were pronounced by a German prosecutor on Monday, giving another insight into the troubled mind of co-pilot

30/03/2015

France

France's conservatives make huge gains in local elections

France’s centre-right party and its allies are celebrating a resounding victory in the country’s local elections. Some papers are saying its a major

30/03/2015

France

Legendary Italian actor Toni Servillo on stage in world tour

Best known for playing the lead in Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning ‘La Grande Bellezza’, Italian acting legend Toni Servillo is currently on a

30/03/2015

France

Lufthansa fears second Germanwings black box may never be found

The German airline Lufthansa says it fears the flight data recorder from the Germanwings disaster may never be found. A manager has told a German

30/03/2015

France

Success for Sarkozy as France swings to the right in local elections

He is still got some way to go to get back into the Elysee Palace, but Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party and its allies are celebrating a

29/03/2015

France

Germanwings: Terrifying transcripts of doomed plane's 'last minutes'

“Open the damn door!” These are reportedly the desperate last words of the Germanwings captain as he tried to get back into the locked cockpit of the

29/03/2015

Sport

Xtreme Verbier sees fourth win for Ducroz in Freestyle World Tour finale

The final event of the Freeride World Tour season has been held in Verbier for the 20th edition of Xtreme Verbier Lighter snow cover on the course

28/03/2015

France

Alpine plane crash: Locals say prayers for Germanwings victims

Local people living near the Alpine crash site where a Germanwings passenger plane carrying 150 people crashed on Tuesday have held a religious

28/03/2015

France

Media respect called into question over Germanwings coverage

The Germanwings disaster has heavily marked Seyne-les-Alpes, population 1,500, the town nearest Tuesday’s crash site in the southern French Alps

27/03/2015

World

Germanwings plane crash explanation stuns Europe

Grieving loved ones were taken close to the site in the southern French Alps where 150 people were killed in the tragic crash of a Germanwings Airbus

27/03/2015

France

Germanwings co-pilot hid illness from employers

27/03/2015

France

Andreas Lubitz: Torn-up sick note for day of crash is found at home of Germanwings co-pilot

A torn-up sick note has been found showing that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was unfit for work on the day he is thought to have deliberately

27/03/2015

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The unenviable task of sorting scattered fragments of ill-fated Germanwings jet

27/03/2015

France

Alpine plane crash: The difficult and dangerous task facing recovery teams

New footage released by the French government has revealed the full scale of the task facing recovery teams scouring the Alpine crash site of the

27/03/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Europe rocked by Germanwings crash

27/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Andreas Lubitz 'received treatment for depression'

The co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525 reportedly received psychiatric treatment for a 'serious depressive episode.'

27/03/2015

France

German police remove items from flight 9525 co-pilot's homes

Police in the German town of Montabaur have searched the home belonging to the parents of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who apparently locked himself

27/03/2015