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Actress Anna Karina dies

Anna Karina, the epitome of French New Wave cinema, has died of cancer at the age of 79. The French-Danish star was the former muse of film director Jean-Luc Godard

15/12/2019

World

Climate protests across Europe as COP25 summit enters second week

Madrid, Paris, Brussels and London are among the European capitals to host climate change protests

09/12/2019

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France brought to a near-standstill as enormous strike gets underway

Unions across France launched open-ended strikes on Thursday over the government's plan to overhaul its retirement system.

05/12/2019

World News

Is this the end of the road for the €114m-a-year Strasbourg caravan?

Nico Semsrott says he has found a loophole that will prevent MEPs having to move from Brussels to Strasbourg every month.

29/11/2019

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'Yellow vests' back on the streets to mark movement's anniversary

Rubbish bins and cars were set on fire as 'yellow vest' ('gilets jaunes') protesters hit the streets again to mark the movement's one-year anniversary.

16/11/2019

France

Violence as 'yellow vest' protesters mark one-year anniversary

Did you forget about France's fluorescently-clad protesters? Well, on Saturday, they were back to show their frustrations haven't gone away.

16/11/2019

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'French Spider-Man' Alain Robert scales Paris skyscraper

Urban climber Alain Robert, also known as the "French Spider-Man", scaled a skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday.

13/11/2019

France

Paris anti-Islamophobia march divides left while criticised by right

Over 13,500 people marched in Paris on Sunday against Islamophobia, in a controversial protest that created tensions on the left and attracted criticism from the French government and right-wing parties.

10/11/2019

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Chocolatier celebrates Berlin Wall anniversary with tasty replica

French chocolate-maker Patrick Roger built a giant chocolate 'wall' in Paris to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

09/11/2019

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'Curious' Christmas window displays unveiled at Printemps in Paris

The window displays, which this year are dubbed "A very curious Christmas", feature animals in zany scenes.

08/11/2019

France

Paris migrant camps cleared — again — in immigration crackdown

Buses took away more than 1,600 migrants who were camped in the Porte de la Chapelle and Seine-Saint-Denis area.

07/11/2019

France

Watch: Models get a taste for the sweet at Paris Chocolate Fair

The fashion show celebrated chocolate-producing countries including Peru and Ivory Coast.

30/10/2019

France

Watch: Mysterious 'blob' goes on show at Paris zoo

The blob doesn't have a brain but can solve problems, and has no mouth but can eat food. It heals itself in two minutes, moves 4cm per hour without limbs and has 720 sex organs.

17/10/2019

France

Notre Dame restoration 'probably won't be done in 5 years'

The French culture minister is more concerned with quality over speed.

15/10/2019

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Next stop, Place De Clichix: Paris metro stations renamed for Asterix

Getafix and Obelix joined festivities at Gare de Lugdunum.

10/10/2019

France

Mona Lisa returned to home in the Louvre after causing 'visitor jam'

Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece had been moved due to renovations.

08/10/2019

France

French Interior minister admits to 'failings' in monitoring attacker

In an interview, Christophe Castaner said there were administrative "failings" in monitoring the attacker who killed four people last week.

07/10/2019

France

Paris police killer followed 'radical vision of Islam before attack'

In the weeks leading up to the attack, he had adopted an increasingly radicalised behaviour, the prosecutor said, justifying the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo newspaper that left 12 dead in Paris in 2015, trading his clothes for traditional religious ones and stopping to have contact with women.

05/10/2019

France

French anti-terrorist unit to investigate Paris police knife attack

French anti-terrorist unit to investigate Paris police knife attack

03/10/2019

France

French police in 'anger march' over conditions, high suicide rates

Thousands of police officers in France are marching in Paris for the first strike in almost two decades to call for improved working conditions.

02/10/2019