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Cuba: 'complete end to US embargo needed' to normalise relations

Cuba is entering a new era in diplomatic relations. At the start of 2016, President Raul Castro became the first Cuban leader to visit France in 21

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Bid to stop Zeebrugge becoming migrant magnet

Belgian police are cracking down on migrants arriving in Zeebrugge, with more than 450 people reportedly stopped in the port area over the past

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Salvage team boards drifting tanker off France

Ship being towed to Bilbao

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Diplomatic triumph? Castro's historic visit to France

This is Cuba president Raul Castro at the tomb of the unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Castro’s visit to France is the first

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France

France and Belgium call for Europe-wide strategy against jihadists

France and Belgium have called for a Europe-wide effort in the fight against Islamist extremists and for more cooperation between EU member states

World News

New Michelin guide boasts 2016's best eating places, but launch saddened by suicide

The Michelin good food guide, the global gastronome’s bible, has been published on the day the news one of the brightest stars in French cooking

World

Terror, anti-Semitism and peace: Israel's Ambassador to France meets euronews

More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, these are dark days for France’s Jews. The fear of being attacked is every present in a

Cuba

Cuba: Europe's new market

French President Francois Hollande was, in May last year the first Western head of state to visit Cuba after the thaw in relations between the

France

Cuba and France sign deals and promise to deepen friendly ties

Cuban leader Raul Castro and France’s President Hollande have celebrated a successful start to the veteran Communist’s tour of France. He is the

France

François Hollande pardons Sauvage and reignites domestic violence debate

French President François Hollande once said granting pardons was not his conception of a modern presidency, and he has done so only once before, for

Business Series

Late to the party but confident, Renault opens its first China assembly plant

Renault says it still sees plenty of growth in Chinese vehicle demand as it opened its first assembly plant in the world's biggest car market, a joint venture with China's Dongfeng.

World News

Final bid to salvage drifting cargo ship off French coast

A final attempt has been launched to salvage a cargo ship that has been adrift for almost a week. High winds and six metre waves have been hampering

Switzerland

Owner of 'world's best' restaurant in Switzerland found dead

A three-star chef, whose restaurant in Switzerland was recently ranked the world’s best, has been found dead. Benoit Violier is believed to have died

World News

Cuba: Raul Castro on state visit to Paris

The diplomatic courtship steps up a gear, with Raul Castro in Paris for the first visit to Europe by a Cuban leader for two decades.

France

Drifting cargo shift could hit French Atlantic Coast by Tuesday

French salvage team workers have been struggling to tow the drifting Modern Express from rough waters.

France

Paris protesters call for end to France's state of emergency

Thousands of people have turned out in Paris to vent their anger over plans to extend France’s state of emergency for three more months

France

Son of France FM Fabius indicted on forgery charges - media reports

Thomas Fabius, the son of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, has been indicted on charges related to forgery, according to French judicial

France

Stricken timber freighter drifts towards French coast

French coastguards are scratching their heads as to how to prevent a freighter loaded with timber from Gabon from wrecking itself on the Atlantic

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Cinema bids farewell to new wave maestro Jacques Rivette, 87

The last of the great French film directors of the New Wave, Jacques Rivette, has died aged 87 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several

Economy

French economy at walking pace as Spain sprints ahead

French growth was 1.1 percent year-on-year in 2015 while Spain managed 3.2 percent growth.