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French actor Gérard Depardieu with Russian President Vladimiur Putin
18/05/2013 - France - Russia

Depardieu likens President Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II and François Mitterand

 In an interview published on Saturday, French actor Gérard Depardieu may have ruffled a few feathers when he likened Russian president Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II and to ...

Bees on a honeycomb
18/05/2013 - France

Honey imported from China falsely labelled when sold in France

 Misleading labels, false country of origin, and additional sugar are all problems plaguing 10 percent of honey controlled and marketed in France according to a recent study released by the ...

François Hollande at a press conference in Paris
18/05/2013 - France

President François Hollande signs into law same-sex marriage

 President François Hollande’s signing of the same-sex marriage law today makes France the 14th country in the world to legalise gay marriage.

18/05/2013

French press review 18 May 2013

Same-sex marriage now signed into law headlines the French papers today, along with a new giant fiscal fraud scandal involving a prominent French art collector.

 

The French Constitutional Court has rejected a challenge to same-sex marriage and adoption rights.
17/05/2013 - France

France’s top court rejects same-sex marriage challenge

France’s Constitutional Council has cleared a bill allowing same-sex marriage and adoption rights, rejecting a challenge to the law.

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of PIP, arrives in court on the trial's opening day on 17 April.
17/05/2013 - France

Breast implant firm denies fraud over faulty implants

Lawyers for the French breast implant firm PIP have used the final day of a fraud trial to deny knowingly making faulty implants.

Franco-Argentinan actress Bérénice Béjo in "Le Passé" by Asghar Farhadi
17/05/2013 - Report: Cannes 2013

The Past by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi

Le Passé or The Past is a slow film which takes place over a few days in the lives of ordinary working people in a Paris suburb in a huis clos of tightly shot, beautifully lit ...

Movie stars at Cannes
17/05/2013 - France - Cannes 2013

Luxury jewellery stolen from Cannes hotel room

Thieves have stolen nearly one million euros’ worth of jewellery destined for movie stars at the Cannes Film Festival.

17/05/2013

French press review 17 May 2013

The news is dominated by President François Hollande’s press conference to mark his first year in office and a shocking suicide committed in front of of school children in Paris.

Martine Aubry has been cleared of manslaughter charges for failing to protect French workers from asbestos.
17/05/2013 - France

Martine Aubry cleared of asbestos manslaughter charges

A court in Paris has cleared former Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry of manslaughter charges for failing to French protect workers from asbestos.

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