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WATCH: An ice puppet show breaks the ice in Marseille

The play will show from Tuesday until 13 October.

03/10/2023

Culture news

France opens its first museum dedicated to maths

How can France get its students to love maths again? Researchers hope a new Paris museum dedicated to the discipline could be the key.

03/10/2023

Azerbaijan

The first UN mission in three decades has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh

Almost all the enclave's ethnic Armenian population of 120,000 people have now fled to Armenia as Azerbaijan cements political control of the region.

02/10/2023

Travel News

Bedbug sightings: Is it safe to travel on French trains?

Are French trains infested with bedbugs? Passengers share videos of insects and bites.

29/09/2023

Culture news

French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf to head Académie Française

"The Immortals" have spoken: the Académie Française, custodian of the French language, has elected a new leader.

29/09/2023

My Europe Series

Migrants in France can be moved out of Paris. Here's what happens next

In May, the French government introduced a new plan to move migrants out of Paris. The idea has garnered both praise and criticism. The question is what's happening in practice.

29/09/2023

France

Macron offers Corsica autonomy 'without disengagement from the state'

In a speech to the Corsican Regional Assembly, Emmanuel Macron proposed a constitutional text to build Corsican autonomy within the French State.

28/09/2023

France

'Torture and barbarism' endemic in porn industry, finds study

"Our aim is to shake people's consciences," said the president of the French High Council for Equality.

28/09/2023

France

Stopping bullying in French schools is 'absolute priority' - minister

France's Education minister presented a plan Wednesday to tackle bullying with prevention, detection and reactionary measures. She also announced the systematic referral of the most serious cases to the public prosecutor.

28/09/2023

Art

Aya Takano's Fukushima-inspired art sends message of hope in Lyon

Shaken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, versatile Japanese artist Aya Takano heals her trauma with a new series of works in the form of an ode to nature, some 150 pieces exhibited at Lyon's Musée d'Art Contemporain.

28/09/2023

Ecotech

How France is using AI tech to prevent 'crushing' of male chicks

Here's how France is using 'in-ovo sexing' after partially banning the culling of male chicks earlier this year.

27/09/2023

Earth News

France unveils green plan focusing on EVs, heat pumps and energy bills

‘He made the exact same promise five years ago’: Environmentalists have criticised Macron’s climate roadmap.

26/09/2023

Culture news

Techno Parade celebrates its 25th anniversary in Paris

In a deluge of decibels, tens of thousands of electro fans took part in the 25th Techno Parade in Paris.

24/09/2023

France

Pope urges Europe to welcome migrants and condemns Euthanasia

Over 60,000 people gathered in Marseille's velodrome stadium in France, to listen to the pontiff give mass.

23/09/2023

France

Thousands gather across France to denounce police brutality and racism

On Friday, the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, sent a letter of support to the police and gendarmes. He also sent a telegram to local officials, calling on them to "exercise particular vigilance regarding these gatherings."

23/09/2023

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WATCH: 29th edition of 'pyramid of shoes' protest underway in Paris

Despite the signing of an encouraging international agreement a year ago, the number of civilian victims of explosive weapons jumped by 83 per cent in 2022.

23/09/2023

France

King Charles ends state visit in Bordeaux with focus on the climate

King Charles III and Queen Camilla end their three-day state visit to France with a stop in Bordeaux.

22/09/2023

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Artist creates 'Human rights wall' in the heart of Paris

A 'human rights wall' featuring six international activists is inaugurated in Paris' 12th arrondissement

22/09/2023

World News

Injury may have ended French skipper Antoine Dupont's Rugby World Cup

Namibia's Johan Deysel was sent off for the high tackle on scrum-half Dupont which came when the host nation were winning 54-0.

22/09/2023

World News

Experts say better response needed to the ongoing migration crisis

Following a surge in people arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa by boat, experts say a better response is needed to the ongoing migration crisis.

22/09/2023