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France’s handball team have been greeted like heroes upon their arrival in Paris. The ‘Experts’ met up with French President François Holande at the

03/02/2015

France

Two French soldiers guarding Jewish centre wounded in knife attack

Three French soldiers standing guard outside a Jewish community centre in the southern French resort of Nice have been attacked by a man armed with

03/02/2015

Sport

No Champagne in FIFA presidential race

Fifa presidential candidate Jerome Champagne has pulled out of the race to replace Sepp Blatter after failing to find sufficient backing for his bid

02/02/2015

France

Strauss Kahn, from playground to judgement

He could have been a contender for President of France. Instead, Dominique Strauss Kahn became a familiar face in court, in the notorious ‘Carlton

02/02/2015

France

"Pimping" trial of former IMF head Strauss-Kahn begins in France

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, known in the media as DSK, is charged with "pimping with aggravating circumstances

02/02/2015

France

Dieudonné: freedom of expression is no joke in France

French comic Dieudonne is expected in court on Wednesday to answer to charges of ‘apology for terrorism’ after appearing to praise the suspect who

02/02/2015

France

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on trial on pimping charges

Almost four years after his arrest in New York on allegations of rape, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in court. He is facing charges

02/02/2015

Economy

'Europe's interests come first', says new Greek government

New Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says 'Europe comes first', but rules out accepting further financial aid.

01/02/2015

France

French ceremonies in honour of victims of fighter jet crash

Ceremonies are being held in Paris in honour of the nine French nationals killed when a Greek fighter jet crashed in Spain. The bodies of the

30/01/2015

Culture news

French fashion "enfant terrible" Jean-Paul Gaultier has fun in Paris

American burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, French legend Catherine Deneuve and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst were among the guests who turned up

30/01/2015

France

DSK due back in court: from IMF chief to 'aggravated pimping' suspect

29/01/2015

Culture news

Chanel says it with flowers at Paris Fashion Week

A host of celebrities including actresses Vanessa Paradis and Kirsten Stewart turned up for Paris Fashion Week’s must-see Chanel show at the Grand

29/01/2015

France

Council of Europe suspends Russian voting rights over Ukraine

Russia has had a ban on its right to vote at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) The chamber said it was in condemnation of

29/01/2015

France

France: Police detain five in Syria jihad crackdown

Police in southern France have detained five people in moves to dismantle an alleged network sending militant Islamists to Syria. The crackdown was

27/01/2015

Culture news

Paris Fashion: Dior enters timewarp and rock meets chic at Giambattista Valli

Paris’ Rodin museum underwent a radical transformation for the Dior 2015 Spring-Summer fashion show. An impressive two-storey circular runway

27/01/2015

France

Auschwitz prisoner's tattoo like a tomb stone

Auschwitz survivor Elie Buzyn reflects on the marks of inhumanity that untold millions of people suffered from 70 years ago. He eventually settled in

26/01/2015

Culture news

Versace opens Paris fashion week

Spring 2015 Couture Fashion Week has opened in Paris with Atelier Versace’s spectacular show featuring

26/01/2015

France

Six French skiers perish in deadly Alpine avalanche

A group of skiers have died in a avalanche in the French Alps. Their bodies were discovered early on Sunday in Queyras mountain range close to the

25/01/2015

My Europe Series

Home is where the heart is: the emigration dilemma facing France's Jewish community

23/01/2015

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Lyon: 'Transformation of the Metropolis'

22/01/2015

Culture news

'Pixel': five dance lessons from Mourad Merzouki

‘Pixel’, a show that transforms notions of time, space and movement, illuminated the stage of la Maison de la Danse in Mourad Merzouki’s native Lyon

22/01/2015

France

'Social divisions were there in the past' admits French PM on announcement of new anti-terror tactics

Multi-million euro anti-extremism package announced by France but is it enough to deal with longer term social divisions?

22/01/2015

France

Valls pledges extra police and spies in France anti-terror boost

France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday, two weeks after 17 people were

21/01/2015

France

Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly 'stopped by police' days before terror attacks

Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly was stopped randomly by police in Paris just days before the terror attacks there according to French satirical

21/01/2015

France

'I'm no hero' says Bathily as France grants supermarket saviour citizenship

The French Fifth republic has a new citizen, Lassana Bathily, the Malian-born Muslim who saved the lives of several Jewish shoppers during this

20/01/2015

France

France honours "hero of Kosher supermarket" with citizenship

France has made a dream come true for one Muslim Malian immigrant by granting him citizenship. Lassana Bathily has been described as the hero of the

20/01/2015