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WikiLeaks: NSA spied on French ministers and business too

The online whistleblower, which alleged last week that the US spy agency had bugged recent French presidents, now claims that finance ministers and top companies were targeted too.

France

France's Ex-interior minister Charles Pasqua dies 88

Former French interior minister, Charles Pasqua has died at the age of 88. A hardline politician, Pasqua was a close ally of former president Jacques

Sport

Serbia's celebrate Eurobasket title with fans in Belgrade

The queen’s of European basketball returned home to a heroes welcome on Monday after having won their first Eurobasket title. Thousands of supporters

France

The end of the road for Uber? Executives detained by French police

In France, it seems, the protests of taxi drivers are being heard. The ride has come to an abrupt stop for two executives from the Uber taxi and

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Greece

European leaders 'open to further negotiations' with Greece

European leaders say the door remains open for negotiations with Athens on the Greek debt crisis.

World News

Scotland hotter than Greece: Heatwave to bring record temperatures

It’s not often the weather makes the headlines in Scotland for being on the warmer end of the scale. However, this week will see a heatwave in

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Movers, not shakers: cable-driven robots may lift European heavy industry

At a research facility near Montpellier in southern France, a mock-up of a heavy airplane wing is carefully manouevred across a test centre by

France

Suspect in French beheading attack admits killing his boss

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand. Yassin Salhi (35) has

France

France: beheading suspect alleged to have taken 'selfie'

A local community in France has gathered to pay their respects to the victim of a beheading attack. They joined together in Fontaines sur Saone

France

France: suspect in beheading and factory attack a 'very kind person'

Neighbours of a delivery man, suspected of beheading his boss before trying to blow up a gas factory in south-eastern France, say they are shocked

France

France says deadly attack on factory near Lyon is a terrorist event

A decapitated body daubed with Arabic inscriptions was found at a French factory near Lyon after a man is believed to have killed his employer and

World

NSA: connecting people

Three French presidents with unsecured phones? Did the US National Security Agency (NSA) listen to the conversations of Jacques Chirac, Nicolas

France

French say deadly attack on gas plant near Lyon is terrorist attack

The decapitated body of a man was found at the entrance to a gas and chemical storage facility near the French city of Lyon on Friday. It followed a

France

Decapitation and explosion in French Islamic terror attack

France has again been struck by an apparent terrorist attack, this time near the city of Lyon. The shocking incident, currently under investigation

France

"We want it to stop", Lyon taxi drivers protest Uber

Taxi drivers calling for Uber to be shut down protested across French cities on Thursday. In Lyon some 300 taxis converged on the Part Dieu train

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France: Anti-Uperpop taxi protest turns violent

France

Uber presses traditional taxis hard

Uber is a service linking customers with private tourism vehicles (VTCs or limousines) driven by professional chauffeur, using a smartphone app. On

France

Showdown over Uber: French taxi drivers shut down roads around Paris

Roads around Paris became car parks as French taxi drivers blockaded routes to the airport and the main ring road around the city in a protest

France

Courtney feeling no Love for Paris after taxi attack

France

Obama tells Hollande he is no longer spy target

President Obama has reassured the French president he is no longer a target of American intelligence gathering efforts, as documents from Wikileaks showed Washington had spied on the last three French