France Creativity and technology meet in Lyon's Fete des Lumieres. Electricity and installation art are working in perfect harmony this weekend as the French city of Lyon is illuminated in the annual Fete des 06/12/2014
France France: Marseille backs down over 'Nazi-era' ID cards for homeless The French city of Marseille has been forced to back down over ID cards designed to help the homeless but which caused a storm of protest from 05/12/2014
France Virgin Mary meets laser tech in Lyon Festival of Lights Every year, the spectacular Fete des Lumieres (Festival of Lights) takes place in the French city of Lyon. The authorities say they get three to four 05/12/2014
France France moves to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay France has become the latest country to take action to block The Pirate Bay. A court in Paris ordered main internet providers to block access to the 05/12/2014
France Somali pirates in line for compensation after rights violated. Nine Somali pirates are to receive compensation of up to 9000 euros after the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg decided they had been 05/12/2014
France Driving licences suspended for French anti-radar activists who used Facebook to warn motorists of police activity Fifteen members of a rural French Facebook group who warned local motorists of police radar traps have had their driving licences suspended for a 04/12/2014