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Six Nations 2015: France edge out Scotland

France opened their Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought 15-8 victory over Scotland at the Stade France on Saturday. Clermont’s fly-half Camille

07/02/2015

France

Paris bans action films in the wake of Charlie Hebdo attack

06/02/2015

Culture news

Record prices expected at sale of Baillon car collection in Paris

Last year, after half a century of gathering dust in a remote property in the West of France, 60 collectors’ automobiles belonging to French car

06/02/2015

Business Planet

Delve into digital: tapping into Europe's online start-up potential

As Europe's economy stagnates the digital sector is soaring, with web-based start-ups such as Yoopies setting the pace

06/02/2015

France

French comic handed fine for "Charlie Coulibaly " comments

French comedian Dieudonné standing trial in Paris for “condoning terrorism” has been fined €30,000 or face a jail term. Dieudonné made a facebook

04/02/2015

France

French anti-terror department investigates knife attack in Nice

France is confronting a new phenomenon “easy access terrorism”, according to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. His words came soon after two

04/02/2015

France

Man with knife attacks French soldiers guarding Jewish centre in Nice

Two French soldiers slightly injured after being attacked by a knife-wielding man in Nice

03/02/2015

Sport

Welcome Back

France’s handball team have been greeted like heroes upon their arrival in Paris. The ‘Experts’ met up with French President François Holande at the

03/02/2015

France

Two French soldiers guarding Jewish centre wounded in knife attack

Three French soldiers standing guard outside a Jewish community centre in the southern French resort of Nice have been attacked by a man armed with

03/02/2015

Sport

No Champagne in FIFA presidential race

Fifa presidential candidate Jerome Champagne has pulled out of the race to replace Sepp Blatter after failing to find sufficient backing for his bid

02/02/2015

France

Strauss Kahn, from playground to judgement

He could have been a contender for President of France. Instead, Dominique Strauss Kahn became a familiar face in court, in the notorious ‘Carlton

02/02/2015

France

"Pimping" trial of former IMF head Strauss-Kahn begins in France

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, known in the media as DSK, is charged with "pimping with aggravating circumstances

02/02/2015

France

Dieudonné: freedom of expression is no joke in France

French comic Dieudonne is expected in court on Wednesday to answer to charges of ‘apology for terrorism’ after appearing to praise the suspect who

02/02/2015

France

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on trial on pimping charges

Almost four years after his arrest in New York on allegations of rape, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in court. He is facing charges

02/02/2015

Economy

'Europe's interests come first', says new Greek government

New Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says 'Europe comes first', but rules out accepting further financial aid.

01/02/2015

France

French ceremonies in honour of victims of fighter jet crash

Ceremonies are being held in Paris in honour of the nine French nationals killed when a Greek fighter jet crashed in Spain. The bodies of the

30/01/2015

Culture news

French fashion "enfant terrible" Jean-Paul Gaultier has fun in Paris

American burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, French legend Catherine Deneuve and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst were among the guests who turned up

30/01/2015

France

DSK due back in court: from IMF chief to 'aggravated pimping' suspect

29/01/2015

Culture news

Chanel says it with flowers at Paris Fashion Week

A host of celebrities including actresses Vanessa Paradis and Kirsten Stewart turned up for Paris Fashion Week’s must-see Chanel show at the Grand

29/01/2015

France

Council of Europe suspends Russian voting rights over Ukraine

Russia has had a ban on its right to vote at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) The chamber said it was in condemnation of

29/01/2015

France

France: Police detain five in Syria jihad crackdown

Police in southern France have detained five people in moves to dismantle an alleged network sending militant Islamists to Syria. The crackdown was

27/01/2015

Culture news

Paris Fashion: Dior enters timewarp and rock meets chic at Giambattista Valli

Paris’ Rodin museum underwent a radical transformation for the Dior 2015 Spring-Summer fashion show. An impressive two-storey circular runway

27/01/2015

France

Auschwitz prisoner's tattoo like a tomb stone

Auschwitz survivor Elie Buzyn reflects on the marks of inhumanity that untold millions of people suffered from 70 years ago. He eventually settled in

26/01/2015

Culture news

Versace opens Paris fashion week

Spring 2015 Couture Fashion Week has opened in Paris with Atelier Versace’s spectacular show featuring

26/01/2015

France

Six French skiers perish in deadly Alpine avalanche

A group of skiers have died in a avalanche in the French Alps. Their bodies were discovered early on Sunday in Queyras mountain range close to the

25/01/2015

My Europe Series

Home is where the heart is: the emigration dilemma facing France's Jewish community

23/01/2015