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09/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy vows to keep Fessenheim nuclear plant running

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told cheering workers at France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim that he will keep it running and slammed his Socialist opponent François Hollande ...

04/02/2012 - France - Europe

Second death in France as cold kills over 260 in Europe

A second person has died in the cold snap that has hit France, as well as the rest of Europe, this week.

01/02/2012 - France

Smoking on the rise despite five years of France's public smoking ban

France’s anti-smoking laws have failed to reduce the number of smokers and are often ignored but they have reduced the risk of cancer for barmen and waiters, officials announced on the fifth ...

01/02/2012 - France - Europe

Temperatures in France set to plummet to -18°C as snow and ice cause chaos

Temperatures as low as -18°C are expected in parts of France Wednesday night as the Europe-wide cold snap sends the thermometer plunging.

23/01/2012 - France - Unesco

25,000-year-old cave paintings and Burgundy wine bid for World Heritage status

A cave containing 25,000-year-old paintings and the climats of one the world’s most famous wine regions are France’s candidates to be added to the UN’s World Heritage status in ...

19/01/2012 - France - European Union

Europe threatens crackdown on French battery hen farmers

The European Commission is to crack down on French farmers found guilty of mistreating battery hens.

08/01/2012 - New Zealand

New oil-spill threat after Rena container ship breaks off New Zealand

Oil-spill and salvage experts have been rushed to the cargo ship Rena off New Zealand’s coast after it broke in two in a storm

03/01/2012 - France

Watchdog wants safer French nuclear plants

A French nuclear watchdog on Tuesday called for the country's plants to improve safety measures to cope with possible natural disasters but did not recommend any immediate shutdowns of plants.

29/12/2011 - France

Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners

Activists in France’s eastern Jura region have accused Ryanair of “flirting with fraud” after the regional council agreed to subsidise the budget airline in the hope of creating ...

27/12/2011 - France

2011 hottest year in France for over a century

This year was France’s hottest since the start of the 20th century.

16/12/2011 - France

Power cuts, oil spills and cancelled trains as Storm Joachim lashes France

Rain and winds of up to 140 km per hour lashed France on Thursday night and nearly half the country was on alert on Friday morning as Storm Joachim passed over, heading for Switzerland and ...

14/12/2011 - France

France's west coast warned of storm mayhem

The west of France could face storms as heavy as storm Xynthia, which killed 30 people in 2010 on Thursday night, forecasters warn.

11/12/2011 - France - Europe - Climate change

France, Europe welcome Durban climate deal, NGOs oppose

France has hailed the roadmap agreed at climate talks in Durban as an "important compromise", while the European Union dubbed it a “historic breakthrough”.

28/11/2011 - France

French court overturns ban on Monsanto GM crops

France's top administrative court on Monday overturned a government order banning French farmers from planting genetically modified crops from the US agriculture giant Monsanto.

24/11/2011 - France - Germany

France halts nuclear train at German border amid protests

French authorities on Thursday ordered a trainload of reprocessed nuclear waste to be halted en route to Germany near the border for 24 hours in a bid to avoid more protests.

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