France

Economy

Air France plans 'significant' job cuts after pilot talks break down

Air France says on Monday it will give staff details of significant job cuts, following the breakdown of negotiations with pilots over a

02/10/2015

My Europe Series

Farmers' suicides: the rising human cost of the EU's agriculture crisis

French farmers are committing suicide on an almost daily basis, largely due to financial pressures arising from a crisis in agriculture. The problem

02/10/2015

France

Paris in move to fine smokers for throwing away their butts

If you stub it out, don’t throw it away. That’s the message to smokers in Paris as the French capital starts a clean up campaign of cigarette butts

01/10/2015

Culture news

Paris Fashion Week Day 2: Colour eruptions on the catwalk

Dries Van Noten’s latest Spring/summer collection was a feast for the eyes on day two of Paris Fashion Week. Dries Van Noten The Belgian designer

01/10/2015

France

France asks court to seek Assad crimes against humanity trial

French prosecutors will be hoping pictures do not lie as they open their case for crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Syrian President

30/09/2015

France

Uber executives in court in Paris

A French court has delayed a criminal case against two Uber executives until mid-February. Two Uber France executives face trial over outlawed

30/09/2015

Cinema

Behind the scenes: The Bigger Picture

Life-sized sets, two metre high painted characters using 3D arms. Award-winning director Daisy Jacobs takes us behind the scenes of her most ambitious project 'The Bigger Picture'.

29/09/2015

Business Series

MIPCOM 2015: Jumping in the content stream

28/09/2015

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Triathletes join the fight against breast cancer

27/09/2015

France

France airstrikes hit ISIL targets in Syria

France has announced its first air strikes against ISIL following its decision to expand its bombing campaign from neighbouring Iraq against the

27/09/2015

World

Madonna, muses and grandma - Gaultier looks back with laughter on 40 years in fashion

In this edition of The Global Conversation, euronews’ Isabelle Kumar is joined by iconic French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who is celebrating 40

25/09/2015

My Europe Series

Out of hell, into limbo: the plight of Syrian refugees in France

Like so many of his compatriots Syrian refugee Sohaib al Raies risked everything for peace and security in the West. The 37-year-old computer

25/09/2015

Economy

Total cuts oil output growth target

French oil giant Total has reacted to the sector’s low prices by trimming its ambitious output growth targets, as well as cutting its capital and

23/09/2015

Culture news

The art of business at Lyon's Docks Art Fair

Art is also business – the fifth edition of the Docks Art Fair in Lyon brought together 20 French and international galleries...

23/09/2015

Sport

Yannick Noah on the hunt for Davis Cup glory again

Yannick Noah has been named France’s new Davis Cup captain. The grand slam winner, Davis Cup winner and iconic French sportsman was in charge of the

22/09/2015

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'Climate Noah's Ark' in Paris

21/09/2015

France

Rugby World Cup 2015: France penalty kick to win 32-10 over Italy

20/09/2015

France

'Noah's Arc for Climate' sails through Paris

Some 140 coloured animals representing Noah’s Arc sailed up the River Seine in Paris on Saturday (September 19). The display is to raise awareness

19/09/2015

France

Les Rencontres d'Arles: pictures from the edge

18/09/2015

France

French scientists reveal details of breakthrough in infertility treatment

French researchers have revealed details of what they’re claiming is a breakthrough in infertility treatment. The scientists, in Lyon, have created

17/09/2015

Musica

William Christie's 'Musical Gardens'

A very unique festival in the gardens of a country house in Vendée, North-west France; a Baroque music festival in the open air, amid clipped hedges

17/09/2015

Economy

BlaBlaCar receives 'record' new investment

The car-sharing group BlaBlaCar says it’s had $200 million (177 million euros) in new investment – said to be a record for a young French start-up

17/09/2015

France

Charlie Hebdo criticised for cartoon 'mocking drowned Syrian boy'

France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine is courting controversy again – this time with cartoons on migrants. One drawing plays on the harrowing photo of

15/09/2015

France

France: PM Valls defends launch of air strikes against ISIL in Syria

There will be no French boots on the ground in Syria. That was the message reiterated on Tuesday by France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls. But he

15/09/2015

France

Avalanche in French Alps kills 7

An avalanche has swept through the Massif des Ecrins in the French Alps, killing seven people. The prefect of the region said it hit three groups of

15/09/2015

France

French consul in Turkey suspended for boat sales to migrants

A French reporter looking for the source of boats used by refugees to get to Europe from Turkey followed the trail to a shop belonging to the French honorary consul in the port town of Bodrum.

12/09/2015