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Silent screaming - suicides and meds blight French prisons

Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December

Cinema

'Being 17' an accurate portrayal of adolescent attraction

Damien and Tom are two 17-year-old students they are complete opposites. One is the son of a helicopter pilot, the other a farmer. They live in a

France

Hollande defends labour reforms amid ongoing street protests

Dozens of people have been arrested on the margins of a protest in Paris over planned labour reforms

Culture news

Painting found in French attic could be 120m euro Caravaggio

It was a chance discovery, made by a family looking for a leak in their attic. But is a painting found in the French city of Toulouse the work of

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World News

Lawsuit filed against US flight school over Germanwings crash

The flight training school in Arizona is a unit of the Germanwings parent company Lufthansa

France

Spanish police arrest suspected Paris supermarket gunman 'arms supplier'

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons used by an Islamist militant in an attack on a Paris supermarket . Two other

France

France to send extra police to deal with Mayotte unrest

It comes on the back of two weeks of social unrest on the French island.

Sport

Benzema dropped from France's Euro 2016 squad

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will not be going to the Euro 2016 tournament. The player tweeted he would be missing out ahead of the

France

Spain: police arrest French 'arms supplier' to Paris supermarket gunman

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons to the Islamist militant who attacked a Paris supermarket. The siege in

France

Necessary but not sufficient - victims react to French Catholic Church's pledge

News of special groups to listen to complaints has met with a mixed reaction

World News

French Catholic Church announces new measures to deal with cases of paedophilia

Mired in scandal involving a cover-up of child sex abuse bishops announced that special groups would be set up to listen to the victims.

Belgium

Paris-Brussels attacks: New developments in terror probes

Police investigating the Paris terror attacks in November are questioning three people…in Brussels. It follows a house search there, in the southern

Business Series

Luxury goods retailer LVMH sees shares fall after sales fail to hit targets

French luxury retailer LVMH saw a fall in shares after it posted first quarter sales below forecasts. LVMH owns more than 60 luxury brands including

France

Police clear Paris protest camp but 'Up All Night' movement vows to return

Police in Paris have evacuated a protest camp in the city’s Place de la Republique, occupied for 11 consecutive nights by demonstrators demanding

Sport

Rugby: Machenaud kicks Racing past Toulon and into semi-final with Leicester

Racing 92 booked a semi-final showdown with Leicester in the European Cup after beating Toulon in an all French quarter-final. Having kicked the

World News

French protesters take to the streets against planned labour reforms

Protesters staged overnight sit-ins in Place de la Republique in Paris and other cities across France on Sunday. The Nuit Debout, or Up All Night

Belgium

Belgium arrests key suspects in Brussels attacks

Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini was arrested on Friday along with four others, the Belgian federal prosecutors have confirmed. They are working to determine whether he is also the man wanted in c

France

Gay hairdressers can legally be called "faggots" in France

Industrial tribunal in Paris rules the word is insulting but not discriminatory

Business Series

Italy's Mediaset sells pay-TV unit to Vivendi and agrees share swap

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has agreed to sell its pay-TV unit to French media group Vivendi. The deal also includes a 3.5 percent share swap

World

Michel Sapin on global tax cooperation, and why we need Europe

The French finance minister discusses the 'Panama Papers,' how to cut deficit, the eurozone economy and the future of Europe.