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Issued on: 10/04/2020 - 17:13Modified: 10/04/2020 - 17:13 With France in its fourth week of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic...

As France braced to raise its coronavirus alert level waing to 3 and President Emmanuel Macron waed the public late Thursday that an epidemic was “inevitable”, reports of the...

Issued on: 13/02/2020 - 08:45Modified: 13/02/2020 - 08:45 Twice former European champion Nathalie Pechalat on Wednesday confirmed her candidac...

Now in their 25th day, France’s nationwide strikes against the govement’s pension reform plans are the longest in more than 30 years. But how are strikers coping after nearly fo...

Issued on: 21/12/2019 - 15:49Modified: 21/12/2019 - 15:49 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian gave an interview to FRANCE 24 while on a...

As nationwide strikes continue in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s signature pension reform, unions demonstrated en masseon Tuesday in a pre-Christmas push to get the govement to withdraw its reform plan altogether....

Issued on: 25/10/2019 - 20:19Modified: 25/10/2019 - 20:21 Last year, more than five million counterfeit goods were seized by the aut...

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Date created : 11/02/2019 - 08:25 Winger Joy May scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes as a scintillating England ripped through a sorr...

President Emmanuel Macron ran for office on a promise to revitalise the economy and shed France’s reputation as a place that is hostile to business. Less than a year into his tenure, his efforts have started to pay off. “France is back,” Macron aounced in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, continuing his charm offensive to convince the world that France is open for business. “France was coming from a very low point both in terms of policy and in terms of perception,” Peter Zemsky, professor of strategy at INSEAD, told FRANCE 24. At Davos, he said, it was clear that: “Macron has shifted perceptions.” 'Macron has changed perceptions of France' says INSEAD professor Zem...

The trial of Jawad Bendaoud, landlord to two of the November 13 Paris attackers, became something of a spectacle in the French press this week with the defendant being mocked for his unintentionally comic testimony. Bendaoud, a 31-year-old drug dealer and landlord, rented his apartment in the northe Paris suburb of Saint-Denis to Abdelhamid Abaaoud -- the senior Islamic State (IS) group militant suspected of coordinating the attacks that killed 130 people -- and his accomplice Chakib Akrouh. The French press dubbed him the "landlord of Daesh", referring to the IS group by another acronym. Bendaoud maintains that he did not know who the men were. The three-week trial, which began on January 2...

Jawad Bendaoud, the man who housed two of the perpetrators of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris, appeared in court on Wednesday on charges of harbouring terrorists. Bendaoud rented his apartment north of the French capital to Abdelhamid Abaaoud -- the senior Islamic State (IS) group militant suspected of coordinating the attacks that killed 130 people -- and his accomplice Chakib Akrouh. The French press dubbed him the "landlord of Daesh", referring to the IS group by another acronym. The Paris Criminal Court will determine whether 31-year-old Bendaoud, himself a convicted killer, was unaware of their involvement when he hosted the November 13 attackers or if he was an accomplice. If co...

Thousands of people, including relatives, friends and disciples, flocked to Lyon cathedral on Friday, some standing in the rain for hours, to bid a final farewell to the city’s favourite son, Paul Bocuse. Paul Bocuse, who died last Saturday aged 91, established a global network of admirers throughout his extended career, providing inspiration to a multitude of chefs for his nouvelle cuisine style. But despite his global fame, the "pope of French cuisine" always remained accessible to the people of Lyon, who tued out in droves on Friday for his funeral service. “Monsieur Paul, you loved your city and it loved you,” said Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, a longtime mayor of Lyon, in a moving t...

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