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Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left

France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him

France

French performance artist attempts egg hatching

Hatching eggs can be a difficult process especially if you are not a bird… but that’s not putting off French performance artist Abraham Poincheval.

Business Line

French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

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France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

France

Tension in Chinatown following fatal shooting by Paris police

Hundreds of demonstrators have turned out for a second night in Paris’s main Chinatown district following the shooting dead by police of a Chinese father of five on Sunday (March…

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence over deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

Economy

French presidential candidates outline economic intentions

The economy under the microscope in the French presidential election

France

Carlos the Jackal, the bin Laden of his day

Always defiant despite his many years in prison, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, or "Carlos the Jackal" as the world knows him, is now 67.

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence for deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

France

Prosecutors call for third life sentence for 'Carlos the Jackal'

Once the world's most wanted fugitive, terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' awaits verdict in latest trial in France

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General strike begins in French Guiana

A general strike in protest over high rates of crime and unemployment begins in French Guiana

France

Agriculture: food for thought ahead of French presidential election

With the French elections just around the corner, some local farmers are feeling neglected and left out of the debate.

Economy

France's fragile economy is Hollande's unwanted legacy

Outgoing French President Francois Hollande promised to fix the economy five years ago. But despite stablising the public accounts he has failed to get the French back to work as promised.

Russia

'We’re not trying to influence events', Putin tells Le Pen

The Russian president granted an audience to French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow

France

100 years of Rodin

The french artist is known as the man who brought sculpture to life

France

London attack: French school children fly home

Dozens of French teenagers caught up in Wednesday’s terror attack in London have flown back home.

World News

Father of Germanwings pilot seeks to clear son's name

It comes as relatives are to commemorate the second anniversary of the crash in which all 150 people on board were killed.

News

Rwandans demand apology from French media for 'photo misrepresentation'

The protest was sparked by the fact that a picture of French soldiers was not used for the story which was originally written by French news agency AFP with the headline: French prosecutors want Centr

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