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French President Francois Hollande calls for unity after the killings in Paris

French President Francois Hollande, following a crisis meeting at the Elysee Palace spoke to the people of France. In a live televised address he

07/01/2015

France

François Hollande condemns 'cowardly' attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

French President François Hollande wasted no time in going to the Charlie Hebdo offices to express his regrets and promise justice for the attackers

07/01/2015

France

Thank you for this biopic: Film rights bought to Trierweiler's revenge memoir

Valerie Trierweiler, the former partner of the French president will see her kiss-and-tell book transferred to the big screen. The film rights to

05/01/2015

France

French MPs release report on end of life care

French MPs have submitted a report to the President on end of life care that stops short of euthanasia. The proposals allow the right to ‘continuous

12/12/2014

France

Hollande leads homecoming for freed French hostage Serge Lazarevic

French former hostage Serge Lazarevic has arrived back on home soil – his nightmare over after three years of captivity in the hands of al Qaeda’s

10/12/2014

France

Last French hostage freed by al Qaeda begins his long journey home

The last French hostage to be held anywhere in the world has begun his journey home. Serge Lazarevic thanked the president of Niger for being an intermediary in arranging his freedom from al Qaeda.

09/12/2014

Russia

France's Hollande meets Russia's Putin in surprise stopover at Moscow airport

French President Francois Hollande has met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an unscheduled visit in Moscow. Hollande was travelling

06/12/2014

France

Hollande calls on Sisi to continue 'democratic transition' in Egypt

26/11/2014

World News

Proof of life - al Qaeda issues video of hostages held in Sahara

18/11/2014

France

Book of Revelations: Hollande exposed as former lover Trierweiler tells all

03/09/2014

France

[Photos] The rain in France falls mainly in François Hollande

26/08/2014

World News

[As it happened] Newsday: French PM resigns - Ebola latest - Libya

25/08/2014

World

French blues: conservatives win elections, far right gains, left lies bruised

31/03/2014

France

France: Interior Minister Valls to be named new PM

31/03/2014

France

Watch: Dirty protest as huge pile of manure dumped at France's National Assembly

16/01/2014

France

'Private affairs remain private' as Hollande discusses his strategy for the French economy

14/01/2014

World News

French footballers to strike over super tax that would hit Paris St Germain the hardest

24/10/2013

France

AFP withdraws unflattering photo of French president Francois Hollande

04/09/2013

France

François Hollande says Britain's withdrawal will not hit France's Syria plans

30/08/2013

World

The ups and downs of Franco-German harmony

23/05/2013