France

France

Google mosque search plunges web giant into controversy

07/07/2015

France

France and Germany expect 'credible' proposals from Greece

The door is open to discussions but Paris and Berlin expect credible and serious proposals from Greece – with time running out to find a bailout

06/07/2015

Sport

Horror crash mars Tour de France as Britain's Froome earns leader's yellow jersey

Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez of the Katusha Team won a crash-hit stage three of the Tour de France that was neutralised on three occasions. The 159.5

06/07/2015

Focus

Word up: regions send powerful climate message to COP 21 state negotiators

The world’s regions are in the frontline in the battle against climate change – that was the message sent from a conference of local authorities in

06/07/2015

France

Florence + The Machine caught by cushion rain in Lyon

06/07/2015

France

Special EU Summit on Greece

06/07/2015

France

Cheers! Champagne and Burgundy celebrate UNESCO World Heritage status

The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has conferred cherished World Heritage status on the “hillsides, houses and cellars” of France’s famous

04/07/2015

France

WikiLeaks: France says 'Non' to Assange asylum request

An asylum plea from Julian Assange has been rejected by France. “My life is in danger,” the WikiLeaks founder wrote in Le Monde newspaper on Friday

03/07/2015

France

Hills, heat and hosiery - Tour de France 2015 explained

03/07/2015

France

Uber suspends UberPOP taxi-ordering app in France after violent protests

It has revolutionised the way many people book a taxi. But now Uber has announced the suspension of its budget UberPOP cab-ordering app in France

03/07/2015

France

Calais migrants: France & UK promise tougher action

A strike by ferry workers in the French port of Calais was called off on Thursday after four days of chaos. Access to the port was blockaded and

03/07/2015

France

Thousands rally in France in support of Greek "no" vote

In France, thousands have been protesting urging Greeks to vote no in Sunday’s bailout referendum. From Paris to Marseille to Montpellier, the scene

03/07/2015

France

French court backs Le Pen over National Front membership

A French court has lifted Jean-Marie Le Pen suspension from the far-right National Front party he founded. His daughter and now party leader

02/07/2015

France

Lyon: Climate change one summit at a time

With the Lyon Climate conference over, the focus is now on the November summit in Paris to clinch an elusive deal to stop global warming.

02/07/2015

France

3 EU regions sign 'Under 2 MOU' to limit global warming

Three EU regions have agreed to limit climate change. France’s Rhone-Alpes, Scotland and Spain’s Basque County have signed the “Under 2 MOU,“a

02/07/2015

France

Two French soldiers suspended over alleged child abuse in Africa

01/07/2015

France

Lyon world climate summit looks to limit global warming

As heatwaves become more frequent and more intense, the French city of Lyon is hosting hundreds of elected officials from cities, regions and

01/07/2015

France

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

Next Series

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

29/06/2015

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