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France

Jail term upheld for faulty breast implants company boss

The founder of a company that made faulty breast implants has had a four-year jail sentence upheld by a French appeals court. Jean-Claude Mas, 76

02/05/2016

France

Paris May Day rally against labour reforms turns violent

Tear gas and arrests during Paris May Day rally Marchers opposed to labour reforms Protesters clashed with police in Paris on Sunday during a May

02/05/2016

France

Unrest and arrests in Paris over labour reforms

A violent day came to a violent end in Paris on Thursday as police clashed with activists occupying a prominent square to protest at labour reforms

29/04/2016

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Student protest turns ugly

Tens of thousands of young people and union members joined street protests across France against a labour reform bill that parliament will debate

29/04/2016

France

UK to pay for Calais 'wall' to deter migrants

Migrants in the French port of Calais are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to get to Britain. After the so-called Jungle camp was

28/04/2016

France

Clashes in Paris at French labour reform bill protest

Police clashed with protesters in Paris on Thursday. Thousands of protesters took part in a march against a labour reform bill in Paris on Thursday

28/04/2016

Sport

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho suspended for 30 days

UEFA has provisionally suspended Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho for 30 days after he failed an anti-doping test. The 26-year-old France

28/04/2016

France

Paris attacks suspect Abdelslam at high-security Paris prison

Key suspect in the Paris Attacks, Salah Abdelslam, has spent his first night at Europe’s biggest prison. He will be kept in solitary confinement at

28/04/2016

France

Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam investigated for terrorist offences

Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam has been placed under formal investigation on charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation, murder

27/04/2016

France

Saleh Abdeslam's lawyers prepare for their client's trial in France

He was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive, now he is in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in the Paris region. Saleh Abdeslam the

27/04/2016

France

Extradited Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam appears before French judges

Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has appeared before judges in the French capital after being extradited from Belgium earlier today.

27/04/2016

Cinema

Best foot forward for Millepied in documentary 'Reset'

Benjamin Millepied's tenure at Paris' premier ballet company is the subject of a new documentary by French filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai.

27/04/2016

Economy

Surprise fall in French jobless total, but underlying trend still grim

The number of people claiming unemployment benefit dropped by 60,000 in March, but much of the decline came from people not updating their job-seeking status so they were not counted.

26/04/2016

France

Dutch "horror dentist" jailed for mutilating many mouths in France

A Dutchman known as the “horror dentist” for mutilating the mouths of more than 100 patients has been sentenced to eight years in France. Jacobus

26/04/2016

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

26/04/2016

Sport

Liverpool defender Sakho benched after failed drugs test

Liverpool have benched their France international player Mamadou Sakho following a failed drugs test. The English Premier League side confirmed that

23/04/2016

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Terrorist attack simulation in Cannes before film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, just a few weeks before the opening of its film festival

22/04/2016

France

Police hold attack drill on Cannes red carpet ahead of film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Thursday (April 21) in preparation for May’s grand cinema

21/04/2016

France

France to extend state of emergency ahead of Euro football tournament

Hours before the announcement, security forces simulated an attack in a major Paris train station.

20/04/2016

Sport

Struggling Marseille sack coach Michel

Struggling French first division side Marseille have sacked coach Michel following a disastrous season that has left the Mediterranean side down the

19/04/2016

France

"Up all Night" protest once more ends in violence in Paris

Police use tear gas, more than 20 people arrested

16/04/2016

My Europe Series

Silent screaming - suicides and meds blight French prisons

Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December

15/04/2016

Cinema

'Being 17' an accurate portrayal of adolescent attraction

Damien and Tom are two 17-year-old students they are complete opposites. One is the son of a helicopter pilot, the other a farmer. They live in a

15/04/2016

France

Hollande defends labour reforms amid ongoing street protests

Dozens of people have been arrested on the margins of a protest in Paris over planned labour reforms

15/04/2016

France

Spanish police arrest suspected Paris supermarket gunman 'arms supplier'

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons used by an Islamist militant in an attack on a Paris supermarket . Two other

13/04/2016

France

Bataclan in Paris announces renovation work and reopening lineup

The Bataclan says it plans to reopen the venue in the autumn but no exact date has yet been set

13/04/2016