Judges found former president Nicolas #Sarkozy #guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in jail, with two years suspe
A shortage of COVID-19 vaccines has forced Paris and two other regions that together account for a third of the French population to postpone giving out first doses, a source famil
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has already made his childhood dream come true and will soon relive it again. In the spring of 2021, he will return to space on board SpaceX's Crew
This week, #FrenchConnections focuses on a controversial bill that's soon to be debated in the French parliament. It's aimed at combating extremist ideology and reinforcing the fou
A man suspected of shooting and killing three police officers in Puy-de-Dome in central France on Wednesday after police responded to a domestic dispute has been found dead, the Fr
In January this year, French president Emmanuel Macron announced the country would send a number of light tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv in its fight against invading Russian forces
IN THE PRESS – Monday, November 16, 2020: Papers warn that the conflict in Ethiopia could destabilise the region as it spills into neighbouring Eritrea and refugees flee to Sudan.
The old cliché goes that the French have a questionable relationship with hygiene. And yet they're also famous for their vibrant perfume culture. So where does the negative stereot
This week, we're putting the focus on France's booming animation sector. While Hollywood rules supreme in the world of moviemaking, it's France that has become the global benchmark
Some 2,500 partygoers attended an illegal New Year's Eve rave in northwestern France, violently clashing with police who failed to stop it and sparking concern the underground even
As an increasing number of prominent French male figures stand accused of sexual assault, students at #SciencesPo, one of the country's top universities, are using social media to
Former French president Nicolas #Sarkozy goes on #trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a
French President Emmanuel #Macron was #slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a #walkabout in southern #France, video of the incident showed. Macr
Two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion.
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Judges will issue their #verdict Wednesday on 14 suspected accomplices of the Islamist gunmen who murdered some of #France's most famous cartoonists at the weekly #CharlieHebdo in
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Lea Chamboncel, Host of French Politics Podcast ‘Popol’, spoke to FRANCE 24’s François Picard about the radicalization of protesters and police acrossFrance, in the aftermath of vi
When Covid sanitary rules force the Green mayor of France's culinary capital #Lyon
In #France, each #region is proud of its own local #soup. Simple and satisfying, cabbage soup from the village of Queyrières, in the Auvergne region, has passed down through the ge
French farmers are blockading key motorways around Paris for a second consecutive day this Tuesday. They are determined to show that they can hold out for several days if new measu
In the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine, ten youngsters who regularly practice a sport were chosen to join the "awakened athletes" programme. After five weeks of coaching and a cours
IN THE PRESS – Friday, 1 January, 2021: In this special edition we look at reactions to the UK's full departure from the EU as Brexit becomes a reality. Right-wing tabloid The Dail
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IN THE PRESS – Thursday, February 4, 2021: India's government lashes out at foreign celebrities for weighing in on the ongoing farmers' protests. They don't mention Rihanna by name
A video of #police beating a black music producer in #Paris triggered #outrage and condemnation on Thursday, leading to the suspension of several officers and a public backlash tha
Heavy fighting escalated this week between Armenian and Azerbaijan forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On Friday, global leaders renewed calls for a cea
France will begin easing its Covid-19 lockdown this weekend so that by Christmas, shops, theatres and cinemas will re-open and people will be able to spend the holiday with the res
French government announced on Thursday it would lift the six-week-long partial lockdown on December 15 and impose a night-time #curfew instead. But in a severe blow for the cultur