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Save the date, France’s first same-sex wedding is set for May 29 No sooner had the inked dried on the new law approving same-sex marriage in France than the first couple had announced their nuptials. Invitations to the… 18/05/2013
Eva Longoria attends red carpet premiere of “Le Passé” in Cannes – nocomment American actress Eva Longoria strikes a pose as she arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film ‘Le Passé’ (The Past) in competition at the 66th… 18/05/2013
PSG hope to keep Beckham involved with club As well as celebrating extending their shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates by another five years Paris Saint Germain bosses announced they would like to meet… 18/05/2013
Save the date, France’s first same-sex wedding is set for May 29 No sooner had the inked dried on the new law approving same-sex marriage in France than the first couple had announced their nuptials. Invitations to the… 18/05/2013
Drama at Cannes – but this time off the red carpet A touch of drama came to the Cannes Film Festival in an unexpected guise on Friday night when a man disrupted a live television broadcast by firing a starting… 18/05/2013
French court clears way for gay marriage France’s constitutional court has cleared the way for allowing same-sex marriage and adoption. President Francois Hollande has promised to sign the bill as… 17/05/2013
Jewels meant for stars stolen at Cannes Film Festival French police say jewels due to be lent to film stars at the Cannes Film Festival have been stolen from a hotel room. Worth more than three quarters of a… 17/05/2013
‘The Bling Ring’ premieres at Cannes film festival – nocomment British actress Emma Watson has turned to crime in her latest role as part of a celebrity-obsessed teenage gang robbing their Hollywood idols’ homes in the… 17/05/2013
Eurovision: The Big Five and…SwedenSince 2000, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom qualify automatically for every Eurovision Grand Final thanks to their status as the biggest… 17/05/2013
The race for the Palme D’Or gets underway at Cannes French director Francois Ozon had the privilege of seeing his film get the official part of the Cannes film festival underway. “Jeune et Jolie”, which is… 17/05/2013
The spectrum of global attitudes towards homophobia In France, fighting against discrimination based on sexual orientation and the debate over legislating on same-sex marriage has been high in the headlines in… 16/05/2013
France: Hollande on the “offensive” over flagging economy François Hollande came out fighting at a news conference marking his first anniversary as France’s President – a day after data showed the country is back in… 16/05/2013
Man shoots himself dead in Paris nursery schoolIn France a man has shot himself dead in front of a group of children in a nursery school in Paris. According to reports, the man, believed to be in his… 16/05/2013
The spirit of Pierre de Coubertin at Cannes film festival – nocomment The Cannes Film Festival jury will decide which of the 20 films in contention scoops the Palme d’Or at the end of 12 days of screenings and seminars… 16/05/2013
Torrential rain fails to dampen Cannes spirit The Cannes film festival got off to a soggy start but even the heavens opening could not cloud the brilliance of the talent on display. Opening proceedings… 16/05/2013
Egypt: Militants planned French and US embassy attacks, reports suggest An Al Qaeda-linked militant cell has reportedly been planning suicide attacks on French and US embassies in Egypt. The claim comes after authorities… 16/05/2013
Mali receives 3.25 billion euro pledge from EU International donors signed on the dotted line during a conference in Brussels aimed at supporting the development of Mali. A pledge was made to contribute… 15/05/2013
France urged to speed up reforms It was during a joint press conference in Brussels where the European Commission’s Jose Manuel Barroso stood with French President, Francois Hollande and… 15/05/2013
Scene is set for Cannes Film Festival Some of the biggest names in movie- making are in the South of France for the annual film festival in Cannes. Director Steven Spielberg is presiding over… 15/05/2013
Wi-fi makes room for li-fi Oledcomm is a Parisian start-up which has spent the last two years working with ‘li-fi’, or ‘light fidelity’: the transfer of data transfer through light… 15/05/2013
Cannes Festival: 1920s Gatsby glamour hits La Croisette Docking his yacht in the French Rivieira, lead judge of the 66th Cannes Festival Steven Spielberg has headed out on the Croisette before the grand opening… 14/05/2013
Violence at PSG celebrations in Paris turn into political football Parisians are assessing the damage after a night of football celebrations descended into chaos and violence. Up to 15,000 fans had gathered near the Eiffel… 14/05/2013
France ponders a ‘culture tax’ for digital device makers The French government has said it will decide by the end of July whether to hit technology giants like Apple and Google with new taxes to fund the country’s… 14/05/2013
Paris police chief bans celebrations after PSG football fans turn violent Celebrations for football team Paris Saint-Germain winning the league will not be allowed again says the city’s police chief, after the revelry descended into… 14/05/2013
Football violence lights Paris skyFireworks and tear gas fill the Paris sky as football fans clash with police.Several thousand supporters of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were celebrating the… 14/05/2013
Cannes gears up for 66th film festival The 66th Cannes film festival begins on Wednesday. The world’s most important cinema showcase is putting the final touches in place that make this… 13/05/2013
Lyon Roma squat fire kills 3 Two women and a 12-year-old child are dead following a fire at a squat in Lyon where Roma people had been living. Around 200 Roma gypsies had made the… 13/05/2013
Carlos the Jackal begins Paris appeal against life sentence Notorious communist militant Carlos the Jackal is appealing his life sentence in France. The Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, has… 13/05/2013
Algerian convicted of role in militant network escapes house arrest Officials say an Algerian man convicted of being a member of a Chechen network that planned attacks in France has escaped house arrest in a stolen car. Said… 13/05/2013
PSG end 19-year wait for league title Paris Saint Germain’s massive two-year spending spree has paid dividends after the French capital club were crowned league one champions for the first time in… 13/05/2013
Evidence grows for human to human transmission of deadly new coronavirus The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that the potentially fatal coronavirus could be transmitted from person to person. WHO Assistant… 12/05/2013
No French slavery payouts “What has been, has been”, the words of French President François Hollande as he ruled out payment of reparations for the role of the state-owned CDC bank in… 11/05/2013
Europe Weekly: Thoughts on the EU during celebrations for Europe Day France and Germany try to side-step their differences and portray a united front; how the EU hopes to change “casino banking” and give every European the… 10/05/2013
The power of civic education A recent report from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement noted a significant fall in knowledge some students had on… 10/05/2013
Teenager killed in Marseilles drug violence In a sign of rising drug-related violence in France’s second largest city, a 17 year-old has been killed. The teenager was shot more than 20 times with a… 10/05/2013
Coronavirus, the new SARS-like illness that’s worrying world health authorities Related to the common cold, the new coronavirus first detected in the Middle East could be spreading from human to human. A third suspected case of the… 10/05/2013
France and Poland mark 68th Victory in Europe The French President Francois Hollande was joined in Paris by his Polish counterpart, Bronislaw Komorowski, to mark the 68th Victory in Europe Day. They… 08/05/2013
Six ETA members arrested in France Six alleged members of the Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in France. This comes after their suspected leader, who is considered a terrorist… 07/05/2013
Paris and Berlin celebrate 25 years of economic marriage Celebrating 25 years of working closely together on their economies, Germany and France’s Economic and Financial Council met on Tuesday at a moment when many… 07/05/2013
Societe Generale cuts jobs as income falls French bank Societe Generale is to cut at least 700 jobs from its workforce, although the figure may be as high as 1000. It is the second-largest lender on… 07/05/2013
Racial storm in France over viral anti-gay marriage posterA poster calling for an anti-gay rights demonstration in Paris has been attacked as being racist after going viral overnight in the French Twittersphere… 07/05/2013
Hollande’s year of rattling chains François Hollande one year ago was inaugurated in the rain. Many people then took the weather as an omen for the French president. In the months that… 06/05/2013
Flood alerts in France as river levels riseSeveral areas of France to the south-east of Paris are on special alert after serious flooding. Although a period of heavy rain has given way to drier… 06/05/2013
Holland tries to relaunch his flagging government French President François Hollande has held a special cabinet meeting ahead of an expected reshuffle, a year into office and the most unpopular president in… 06/05/2013
Audrey Tautou: French national treasure As the film industry prepares for the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Audrey Tautou is preparing to battle her natural instinct to flee the… 06/05/2013
Hollande’s victory music out of tune on French election anniversary When François Hollande was elected French president exactly one year ago, accordionists accompanied him on stage as he celebrated victory. Twelve months on… 06/05/2013
French far-left protest on eve of Hollande anniversary Tens of thousands of far-left protesters have marched through Paris, to vent their anger over economic austerity. Sunday’s demonstration came on the eve of… 06/05/2013
Pavlyuchenkova wins Portugal Open Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova recovered from a slow start to beat Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in the final of the Portugal Open on Saturday and claim her first… 05/05/2013
The secret behind the scent – Chanel No 5 exhibition in Paris An exhibition on an iconic perfume opens in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris this weekend, inviting visitors to explore the history and mystery behind Chanel No… 03/05/2013
World Press Freedom Day – nocomment French journalists’ group Reporters Without Borders marked World Press Freedom Day by pasting a wall in Paris with giant posters of the leaders whom it says… 03/05/2013
French festival goers warned to watch out for WWII bombsA day before a Teknival free music party was due to take place in northern France, a local government official has banned attendees from planting tent poles… 03/05/2013
BNP Paribas profit falls BNP Paribas has pledged to keep cutting costs and staff in response to reduced earnings from the flagging European economy. France’s biggest bank, which… 03/05/2013
French Islamist convert captured in Mali A French Islamist convert who had previously appeared on video threatening his home country has been captured in northern Mali. Gilles Le Guen was allegedly… 02/05/2013
Letta’s call for growth over austerity warmly welcomed in Paris New Italian prime minister Enrico Letta is proposing economic stimulus at a European level, following on from his calls for an end to austerity. Letta made… 01/05/2013
Bringing Neuroscience into School Imagine walking into a classroom where it looks as if the children are playing ‘hide-and-seek’. But actually, this is a revolutionary way of having a reading… 30/04/2013
Peugeot Citroen Aulnay plant closure moves nearer With their latest legal challenge dismissed, the unions for workers at PSA Peugeot Citroen’s Aulnay plant near Paris have accepted its closure and the loss of… 29/04/2013
Deadly explosion in block of flats in French city of Reims Two people have been killed and at least ten injured after a block of apartments collapsed in the northern French city of Reims. The accident at the… 28/04/2013
France holds first gay marriage wedding fair France’s first gay marriage fair has been held in Paris, just four days after it became the 14th country to legalise the ceremony for same-sex couples. In… 28/04/2013
Russia may change France adoption agreement following gay marriage bill Three days after France became the 14th country in the world to legalise gay marriage, Vladimir Putin has signaled that Russia might change its adoption… 26/04/2013
Workers wanted in France even as jobless totals mount Even though the latest unemployment figures for France show more people looking for a job than at any other time in the past, employers are complaining that… 26/04/2013
Gay marriage legalisation joy and fury France has become the 14th country in the world to legalise same sex marriage. Swiss television TSR reported on the controversial vote in the lower house of… 26/04/2013
Spielberg to preside over Cannes jury Steven Spielberg will preside over the jury for the 66th Cannes Film Festival. The American director and producer will be joined by four men and four… 26/04/2013
President of Corsica’s national park latest victim of murder wave The president of Corsica’s national park, Jean-Luc Chiappini has been assassinated. The 65-year-old was reportedly shot dead by the passenger of a… 26/04/2013
French President Hollande talks of human rights during China visit French President Francois Hollande, who is in China to meet his counterpart Xi Xingping, has said his talks touched upon Beijing’s human rights… 26/04/2013
UN to send peacekeeping force to Mali The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved the creation of a 12,600-strong peacekeeping force in Mali, due to deploy on July 1st. The… 26/04/2013
Record levels of unemployment in France The French jobless total has hit an all-time high with 3.22 million people seeking work. Following a wave of industrial lay-offs, the figure is the highest… 25/04/2013
Hollande aims to energise exports with China visit It’s not your average business trip – French President François Hollande is in China on a two-day visit aimed at boosting exports. His focus: energy and… 25/04/2013
French and Chinese leaders meet – nocomment French President Francois Hollande met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the second day of his China visit. 25/04/2013
ANZAC Day ceremonyA man plays the bagpipes in a cemetery during the dawn service to mark the 98th ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) commemoration ceremony at the… 25/04/2013
Hollande calls for calm as gay marriage opponents vow to fight on in France France could stage its first gay marriages as early as June after parliament gave its final approval to the country’s most contested social legislation for… 24/04/2013
France approves same-sex marriage – nocomment The French national parliament has legalised same-sex marriage and adoption. 24/04/2013
Street clashes follow gay marriage vote in Paris Protesters opposing the passage of France’s same-sex marriage bill clashed with police in Paris and other major cities late on Tuesday night. Many of… 24/04/2013
French foreign minister visits Libya after embassy bombing French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has flown to Libya to inspect the damage and visit the wounded after a car bomb devastated France’s embassy in… 23/04/2013
Gay marriage law in France mobilises traditionalists Marriage for everyone is becoming a legal reality in France, in spite of staunch opposition, making France the ninth European country to legalise gay… 23/04/2013
France approves same-sex marriage and adoption law The French parliament has approved a historic law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children. Self-congratulatory applause erupted in the… 23/04/2013
France: Battle over gay marriage continues It is an issue which has sparked some of the largest protests in the French capital in years. As the National Assembly votes on the gay marriage bill… 23/04/2013
French parliament approves gay marriage lawFrench parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children on Tuesday, a flagship reform pledge by President Francois Hollande… 23/04/2013
British Airways order won by Airbus International Airlines Group – the parent company of British Airways and Iberia – has unveiled firm orders for 18 Airbus A350 long-haul jets for BA, with… 23/04/2013
‘France will never give in’ – foreign minister on embassy attack Images have emerged of the explosion outside the French Embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The blast from a suspected car bomb injured two guards and… 23/04/2013
France set to legalise gay marriage in parliament vote The final vote on a bill supporting marriage for all couples regardless of gender or sexual orientation is due in the French parliament later today. It will… 23/04/2013
France votes to extend Mali mission France’s parliament has voted to extend its four month military mission in Mali to drive back Islamist extremists. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault declared… 23/04/2013
Walls which tell stories The walls of Lyon tell stories; they transport you through time and space, weaving tales and illustrating myths. When it comes to murals the French city is… 22/04/2013
Spanish police break up kidnapping ring Spanish police have broken up a criminal gang that used prostitutes to lure businessmen to bogus meetings. The victims were then held to ransom strapped to… 22/04/2013
France polarised by gay marriage bill Protesters on both sides of the gay marriage debate have taken to the streets of Paris ahead of a vote in the French parliament on Tuesday. Some 45,000… 21/04/2013
Probe launched into alleged Gaddafi funding of Sarkozy campaignFrench authorities are investigating allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi donated money for one of Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential campaigns… 20/04/2013
French hostages freed in Cameroon back in France Seven members of a French family freed after being kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon have arrived back in France. French President François Hollande greeted… 20/04/2013
The art of beating the economic crisis The global art market is worth 43 billion euros annually, according to the European Fine Art Foundation’s latest report. Europe’s share of the market is 36… 19/04/2013
French hostage family released in Cameroon A French family of seven has been released unharmed after a three-month kidnap ordeal in North Cameroon. The group, which included four children, was seized… 19/04/2013
Gay marriage laws spark fresh unrest in France Four people have been arrested in France after a protest against new same sex marriage proposals turned violent. Several people were hurt after a gay bar… 18/04/2013
France, under fiscal pressure, sends a message to Europe The French President has used a gathering of economists, business leaders and political figures at the OECD in Paris to send a message to Europe. On the… 17/04/2013
Former PIP boss goes on trial over faulty breast implant A trial has begun in the southern French city of Marseille for the former head of the company behind the global health scare which saw hundreds of thousands… 17/04/2013
France tops EU horsemeat tests Random tests have found that France had more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any EU other country. Forty seven of the 353 samples examined… 16/04/2013
France: equality, liberty… transparency Cahuzac in the French lower house of parliament, the Assemblée Nationale, said: “I deny categorically… I do not have – have never had – an account… 15/04/2013
Ministers of Bling outed in France The ‘Great Revelation’ has begun as French politicians unveil their assets to the public with some rather surprising discoveries. Details began trickling… 15/04/2013
Ministers of Bling named and shamed in France The ‘Great Revelation’ has begun as French politicians unveil their assets to the public with some rather surprising discoveries. Despite some MPs decrying… 15/04/2013
Injuries in French airport protest Protesters at a planned airport site in the western French city of Nantes have clashed with police. Three officers and one demonstrator were reported to have… 15/04/2013
Prisoner blasts his way out of prison A well known thief in France has blasted his way out of prison. Redoine Faïd who has links to organised crime used explosives to blast his way out of Sequedin… 13/04/2013
Crillon puts its history up for sale One of Paris’s great hotels, the Crillon, is selling off its fixtures and fittings ahead of a major renovation in a rare sale that is giving everyone with… 12/04/2013
French Senate approves same-sex marriage bill The French Senate has said ‘I do’ to gay marriage, but the battle rumbles on. The bill was voted through with only minor amendments. By law it must now… 12/04/2013
Hopi fail to block auction of sacred masks in Paris The sale has gone ahead in Paris of a collection of Hopi masks that the native American tribe considered sacred, and had demanded be returned. A court… 12/04/2013
