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03/05/2013 - France

New implant scandal hits France

After the PIP breast implant case a new health care scandal has hit France.

02/05/2013 - France

French police search caves for family murder suspect Ligonnès

French police are searching caves in the southern Var region for the man who has been on the run for two years, after murdering his wife and four children in the western city of Nantes.

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 ...

02/05/2013 - France - Italy - Germany

Italy's new PM joins Hollande in opposing Merkel's austerity

France and Italy look set to present a united front against German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s austerity policy in Europe after Wednesday’s visit to Paris by new Italian prime minister ...

01/05/2013 - France

Questions over purchase of luxury apartment by French foreign minister’s son

The public prosecutor in Paris is looking into how the French Foreign Minister’s son, Thomas Fabius, was able to spend seven million euros on a luxury apartment in one of Paris’ most ...

01/05/2013 - France

French far-right march through Paris amid rising popularity

Hundreds of supporters of the far-right National Front have marched in Paris as the party rides a recent wave of popularity.

01/05/2013 - France - Mali

Suspected French jihadist arrested in Mali

A Frenchman suspected of having joined Al-Qaeda has been arrested in northern Mali.

01/05/2013 - France

French unions march separately on International Workers’ Day

French unions are planning major rallies today to mark International Workers’ Day.

01/05/2013 - France - Libya

Ex-minister denies laundering Kadhafi cash for Sarkozy presidential campaign

Former French interior minister Claude Guéant has denied accusations that he laundered half a million euros donated by the late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 ...

30/04/2013 - France - Germany

German government memo calls France 'Europe’s biggest problem child'

Just days after the leak of a French Socialist Party memo critical of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a German newspaper has revealed an internal German political memo harshly critical of the ...

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