Syndicate content
RFI
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.

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.

Close