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14/05/2012 - France - Iran

Iran ready for forward steps, says ex-French PM Rocard after visit

Former French prime minister Michel Rocard, on a visit to Iran, said on Monday that top Iranian officials had told him they are prepared to take "forward steps" to resolve the standoff ...

04/05/2012 - France

Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist jailed for terror plot

A Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist has been jailed for plotting terror attacks in France.

28/04/2012

French press review 28 April 2012

Campaigns for the second round of the presidential elections continue to fill the front pages of the newspapers.

17/04/2012 - France

Sarkozy denies plan to build nuclear power station in Kadhafi's Libya

Incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday denied that France had plans to build a nuclear power station in Libya under Moamer Kadhafi, despite an agreement to negotiate such a deal signed in ...

The 11 March Sound Kitchen winners
14/04/2012 - The Sound Kitchen

The 11 March Sound Kitchen winners

Are you one of this week’s lucky winners? Today you’ll hear who won the quiz about Netanyahu and Obama’s meeting in Washington, D.C.

06/04/2012 - France

Radioactive leak at France's Penly plant after fires break out

A nuclear reactor at France’s Penly plant on the English Channel near Dieppe was shut down automatically after two small fires broke out causing a joint to leak radioactive water into ...

Nuclear talks with Iran to resume
29/03/2012 - World news explained

Nuclear talks with Iran to resume

Iran has announced that nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers are to resume on 13 April.

26/03/2012 - France

GDF Suez wind turbine plan could create 6,000 jobs

French energy giant GDF Suez says its plan to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs.
 

25/03/2012

French weekly magazines review

Taxes, girls in skirts, the Queen and dream vacations - the French press throws a mixed bag of news our way on this Sunday.

Fukushima - one year on
13/03/2012 - On-the-spot France

Fukushima - one year on

A year ago this week, the world watched as Japan struggled to contain the nuclear disaster that was unfolding in Fukushima in Japan. The developments were closely watched here in France.

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