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Wildfires in France: the famous 'Dune du Pilat' in the grip of flames

The fire has reached the forest of the famous "Dune du Pilat", as France is struggling with a heatwave, and is now threatening homes.

19/07/2022

Europe News

France's evacuated residents help firefighters at crisis centre

Residents evacuated due to raging wildfires in France are now volunteering at a crisis centre.

19/07/2022

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Firefighters battle forest fire in France's southwestern Gironde region

In France's southwestern Gironde, firefighters are fighting to control two forest blazes that have devoured nearly 11,000 hectares (27,000 acres) of vegetation.

18/07/2022

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Workers clean up Paris canal, retrieve bikes and flat-screen TV

Crews retrieve bikes, a flat-screen TV and a baby stroller from Paris’ Bassin de La Villette waterway during a cleaning operation.

17/07/2022

France

France remembers its horror of sending 13,000 Jews to Nazi death camps

Eight decades later, France is honouring the victims of two terrifying days in July 1942 with a week of ceremonies surrounding the Vel d’Hiv police roundup.

17/07/2022

France

Japan Expo: Japanese popular culture festival returns to Paris

Two past Japan Expos in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

16/07/2022

Europe News

France faces raging wildfires and second heatwave of the summer

More than 1,000 firefighters have been deployed to try and contain the flames in France's Gironde region where as many as 7,000 hectares of land are believed to have been destroyed.

15/07/2022

Culture news

Should European museums return African heritage items?

As conversations about decolonisation increase, more museums are considering returning their looted African heritage, but is this the right approach?

15/07/2022

Money

Will France’s new government be more accepting of cryptos?

Pierre Person couldn’t change his fellow French deputies' minds on crypto. Can the new Assembly be convinced?

15/07/2022

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Military on display for Bastille Day

France celebrated its national holiday Thursday with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside allies from Eastern Europe.

14/07/2022

Europe News

France 'should do more' to enforce corporate lobbying rules, says EU

The European Commission has recommended that France better enforce lobbying rules in its latest rule of law report.

13/07/2022

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France: fires ravage 1700 hectares of forest near Bordeaux

"It was apocalyptic," says the village's mayor, speaking of flames 30 metres high on a 600-metre front in the middle of the night.

13/07/2022

Culture news

'In Search of Lost Time': Original manuscript restored in France

Conservators at the National Library of France have spent hundreds of hours restoring 75 pages of Marcel Proust's "In search of Lost Time", published in 1913. But what is so special about this manuscript?

13/07/2022

France

French errors not Liverpool fans caused UEFA final chaos, inquiry says

An official French parliamentary report finds the interior minister was wrong to blame Liverpool fans for crowd disruption before the Champions League final in Paris in May.

13/07/2022

Culture news

Captain Marvel launches Disneyland Paris' new Avengers zone

After four years of construction, Disneyland Paris now has a dedicated area for its Marvel superheroes.

13/07/2022

World News

Wildfires rage across France, Portugal and Spain amid heatwave

Authorities in Croatia and Turkey have also had to evacuate citizens amid forest fires and scorching temperatures.

13/07/2022

Health news

Nitrates in ham and cured meats linked to cancer, French agency says

A new report from the French health agency has confirmed a link between nitrates in ham and processed meats and the development of colorectal cancer. Used as preservatives, nitrates give ham its pink colour. So is this the end of pink ham as we know it?

12/07/2022

France

Salah Abdeslam will not appeal verdict in 2015 Paris attacks trial

Prosecutors and all other suspects have also not appealed, meaning last month's verdict is final.

12/07/2022

Moments

Take a look inside a sleeper train made from refurbished old carriages

With train travel rising in popularity due to climate concerns, SNCF has taken things one step further by transforming their old carriages destined for the junkyard into new sleeper trains.

12/07/2022

Moments

Bad at languages? Here's my advice for settling in France as an expat

Moving to another country can be scary and moving without speaking the language even more so. So here’s our survival guide on how to move to France if you don’t speak French.

12/07/2022