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The French UN ambassador's apartment on New York's Park Avenue is reportedly up for sale.
10/05/2013 - France - United States

Home of France’s UN ambassador up for sale

France is reportedly selling the luxurious permanent residence of the country’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York in order to raise some much-needed cash.

François Hollande and Speaker of the French Senate Jean-Pierre Bel attend a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris to mark the abolition of slavery.
10/05/2013 - France

French bank faces lawsuit over slave trade

A French human rights group said it will sue a state-owned bank for its role in the slave trade in the 19th century as France marked slavery remembrance day.
 

02/05/2013 - France - US

French minister blocks Yahoo! bid for French video website

The French government has blocked the sale of video site Dailymotion to Yahoo!, insisting that it must stay at least partly in French hands, ministers have confirmed after a report in the Wall ...

28/04/2013 - Report: France - United States

Family files for Guantanamo hunger-striker's return to France

The French family of a young Algerian man held in Guantanamo Bay for 11 years without trial has launched a legal bid to get him brought over to France.

24/04/2013 - France - world cinema

Cannes Festival jury announced

The Cannes Festival jury panel for 2013 has just been announced, and it is wide-ranging and gender-balanced.

Cannes Film festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux (L) and its director Gilles Jacob attend a news conference to announce the competing films at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Paris April 18, 2013.
18/04/2013 - France - world cinema

Cannes film festival 2013 promises joy and surprises

With only a few weeks to go before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, the event’s director Thierry Frémaux promised a festival of joy and some surprises when announcing the ...

18/04/2013 - France

Lagarde summoned to French court over corruption allegations

IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to appear before a French court over alleged preferential treatment for a tycoon who was an ally of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.

16/04/2013 - France - United States

France on high security alert after Boston bombs

In the wake of the Boston marathon bombs, French interior minister Manuel Valls has asked French police and security forces to increase their vigilance immediately and reinforce preventative ...

14/04/2013 - France - United States

New Yorkers fight to bring back French cheese

Decked out in orange shirts, sunglasses and hats, a small group of peaceful demonstrators gathered in New York City over the weekend to protest against a US ban on the French cheese mimolette.

13/04/2013 - France

Sacred Hopi masks sold at auction despite legal bid to prevent sale

A Paris auction house went ahead with the sale of 70 ceremonial masks from Arizona’s Hopi tribe on Friday, just hours after a court ruled that the sale could go ahead.

12/04/2013 - France - US

French court allows Hopi mask auction to go ahead

A French court has given the go-ahead to an auction of masks that Hopi native Americans consider sacred objects, despite appeals from the US ambassador in France and actor

12/04/2013 - France - US

'Sacrilege' - Robert Redford joins opposition to French Hopi masks auction

US film star Robert Redford on Thursday slammed an auction of Hopi masks in Paris ahead of a court decision due Friday on whether the sale can go ahead.

10/04/2013 - Report: France

Native American Hopi go to court to stop Paris tribal art auction

A tribal people’s advocacy group has filed a court action in Paris to stop an auction of sacred ...

04/04/2013 - France

Hollande campaign treasurer invested in tax haven

François Hollande’s presidential election campaign manager participated in two companies registered in the Cayman Islands tax haven.

04/04/2013 - Series: Extraordinary Eritreans

Eritrean journalist relaunches paper in Canada

People flee Eritrea for many reasons - personal, economic or political

. Aaron Berhane did everything he could not to leave. But a clampdown on the media forced him to flee to Canada.

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