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07/05/2013 - France

French film legend Alain Delon to be honoured at Cannes Festival

French actor Alain Delon is to be honoured at the Cannes film festival later this month with a screening of Plein Soleil, René Clement's 1960 adaptation of "The Talented Mr ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande in Brussels in March
05/05/2013 - France - Germany

François Hollande denies discord with Germany's Merkel

French President François Hollande denied claims that his cooperation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on hold until after Germany’s general election.

French President François Hollande.
05/05/2013 - France

François Hollande heads into second year amidst mass protests

French President François Hollande celebrates his first year in office tomorrow, as his approval ratings are at their lowest.

05/05/2013 - France

Failed missile launch in Normandy

A ballistic missile was launched during a trial run in Normandy, France on Sunday, but self-destructed minutes later.

Valérie Trierweiler signs autographs at the Elysée presidential palace
04/05/2013 - France

Hollande partner Trierweiler costs France three times less than Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

President François Hollande’s partner Valérie Trierweiler is costing France three times less than former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

04/05/2013 - France

Floods, torrential rainfall hit eastern France

Floods hit eastern France on Friday, forcing rescue workers to evacuate homes in Burgundy and save three people trapped in their car as a river burst its banks.

Inside Marseille's Baumettes prison
04/05/2013 - France

French prison suicide rate twice European average

France prison suicide is twice the European average, according to a new report by the Council of Europe.

EU economy commissioner Olli Rehn
03/05/2013 - France - European Union

European Commission may give France more time for deficit target

European Union Economic Affairs commissioner Olli Rehn on Friday said it would be "reasonable" to give France two extra years to meet the EU deficit target of three per cent of GDP.

The F2 terminal at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport
03/05/2013 - France - Cameroon

French airport village pays for Cameroon stowaway's funeral

A French village this week buried an anonymous Cameroonian man who was found dead in the landing gear of an airplane that landed at Paris’s Charles De Gaulle airport.

French Economy Minister Pierre Moscovici
03/05/2013 - France

Recession to hit France this year, European Commission predicts

France will slide into recession this year, the European Commission predicted Friday. It expects unemployment to hit 10.9 per cent.

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