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French demonstrators explain why they support Ukraine

Demonstrators supporting Ukrainians in the town of Mariupol, which was hit hard by the Russian invasion, explain what brought them out onto the streets.

19/05/2022

Art

Michelangelo sketch fetches record-breaking sum at Paris auction

The A4 sized drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist fetched €23 million - surpassing previous records for his works.

18/05/2022

Culture news

Activist Malala Yousafzai wins 2022 Cannes LionHeart Award

The award is given to recognise people harnessing their position to make a positive change in the world.

18/05/2022

Culture news

Forest Whitaker awarded at Cannes: these are his 5 best performances

Looking through his filmography, we discuss what makes each of his defining performances so unique.

18/05/2022

Culture news

‘Cinema must not be silent’: Zelenskyy addresses Cannes Film Festival

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed the audience at Cannes quoting Charlie Chaplin and Francis Ford Coppola about the power and responsibility of filmmakers during war.

18/05/2022

France

'Evil did not win': Eagles of Death Metal recount Paris attacks

The band had been performing at the Bataclan concert hall when the attacks occurred.

17/05/2022

France

Controversy as French city allows women to wear 'burkinis' in pools

Under the new rules, male and female swimmers will be allowed to appear topless or in full-body costumes for sun protection or religious beliefs.

16/05/2022

France

Who is France's new prime minister and what's on her to-do list?

She's only the second woman to hold the post.

16/05/2022

Culture news

10 must-see European films at Cannes 2022

10 must-see European films at Cannes 2022

16/05/2022

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Final preparations underway for 75th Cannes Film Festival

Final preparations are well under way on the French Rivera for this year's Cannes Film Festival.

15/05/2022

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France: parade marks the opening of "Utopia" festival in Lille

Giant puppets and inflatable floats march down the city center of Lille to mark the start of Utopia, the sixth thematic edition of lille3000, a cultural festival running until October.

15/05/2022

Living

Champs-Elysées gets a green a makeover ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games

Work starts in just a few weeks to turn Paris’ iconic promenade into a green oasis.

15/05/2022

Art

Germany's 'sober' interwar art movement takes centre stage in Paris

The exhibition at the Pompidou Centre takes in the 900 works by a Weimar Republic arts and culture movement that would later be labelled 'degenerate' by the Nazis.

14/05/2022

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Hundreds of amateur musicians rock out ahead of Paris concert

"It's one of the happiest days of my life": Betty Boin, a civil servant by day, and a drummer and guitarist in her free time, rehearses, with dozens of other amateur musicians, at the Stade de France venue on the outskirts of Paris. Saturday, she will join over 1,000 musicians on the lawn.

13/05/2022

Culture news

Is needle-spiking spreading across the European club scene?

Reports of needle-spiking are emerging from French nightclubs, months after a wave of attacks were reported in the UK.

12/05/2022

Culture news

The Holocaust survivors who waited until now to tell their stories

These survivors have waited almost 80 years to tell their Holocaust stories.

11/05/2022

Art

Bob Dylan's biggest sculpture to date unveiled in Provence vineyard

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has unveiled his largest sculpture to date, entitled Rail Car. The piece will be permanently exhibited at Château La Coste, a 600-acre sculpture park in Provence.

11/05/2022

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Chance to stay in windmill of the Moulin Rouge

Get the Parisian experience of staying inside the windmill of the 2001 movie and current Broadway hit "Moulin Rouge."

11/05/2022

Eco-Innovation

As G7 commits to banning Russian oil, is fermented fuel the answer?

Wheat husks, pulped sugar beets and onion peelings could help curb Europe’s energy crisis, as farmers brew up biogas from agricultural waste.

10/05/2022

Europe News

Macron warns against humiliating Russia over war in Ukraine

The French president was speaking on Europe Day in Strasbourg at the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

09/05/2022

France

Paris trial underway into 2009 plane crash off coast of Comoros

Just one person survived the crash, a 12-year-old girl.

09/05/2022

France

Former French PM Fillon loses appeal against corruption conviction

The court gave Fillon a one-year prison sentence for a "fake jobs" scandal involving his wife Penelope.

09/05/2022

France

G7 leaders pledge to ban or phase out Russian oil imports

France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan, Canada and the USA say stopping the flow of Russian oil will cut the main artery of Vladimir Putin’s economy and deny him the revenue he needs to fund the war.

08/05/2022

Home

French 'tiny houses' project giving the homeless a lifeline and a home

Participants in the project in Brittany take part in all aspects of the construction of the mobile homes and are given the keys afterward.

08/05/2022

France

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second term in office

The President of the Constitutional Council formally announced the results of the presidential election in front of 450 guests at the Elysée Palace.

07/05/2022

France

France's left-wing parties agree on legislative alliance

The agreement has caused immense discord in the Socialist party, which for years had dominated French politics.

06/05/2022