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Morald Chibout, CEO of Autolib
26/08/2012 - Report: France

Video report: Electric cars break France's social barriers

Morald Chibout is the chief executive officer of the electric-car-sharing scheme Autolib', which started up in the Paris region last year.

Djedjiga Chalal, the business development manager at Time Services
23/08/2012 - Report: France

Video report: A French woman in the man's world of trucking

What's it like being a north African-origin woman in in the male-dominated world of road haulage?

23/08/2012 - France

French government to loosen limits on Roma employment

France’s Socialist government is to loosen restrictions on the employment of Romanians and Bulgarians, following uproar on the left over the deportation of Roma and the razing of two Roma ...

22/08/2012 - France

Madonna waters down anti-Le Pen message, backs Pussy Riot in Nice

Madonna scaled down her challenge to far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen but beefed up support for Russian punk protesters Pussy Riot at a concert in Nice, the last of her European ...

17/08/2012 - France

France may end Roma migrant work ban

France may scrap a ban on Bulgarians and Romanians working in an effort to defuse a row over the dismantling of camps by Roma from the two countries.

09/08/2012 - France

French Socialists under fire as Roma evicted and deported

French authorities on Thursday evicted several hundred Roma from improvised camps in the north of the country and planned to deport others from the southern city of Lyon.

27/07/2012 - France

Madonna challenges Le Pen at Paris concert but no swastika video

Queen of pop Madonna gave her answer to France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen at a concert in Paris with a tribute to France’s tradition of welcoming foreign artists. But she did not give a repeat showing of the video that has led Le Pen’s Front National (FN) to sue her

05/07/2012 - Analysis: Algeria - France

Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence - France keeps mum

Algeria celebrated 50 years of independence on Thursday with musicals and razzamatazz.

27/06/2012 - France's new government

French interior minister to issue 'objective' rules on immigrants' right to stay

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls is to issue new instructions on giving residency papers to immigrants, accusing former President Nicolas Sarkozy of blaming immigration for France’s ...

14/06/2012 - French parliamentary election 2012

Sarkozy party activist assaulted by Front National supporter ahead of parliamentary decider

France’s mainstream right UMP party has condemned a physical assault on one of its members by a supporter of the Front National (FN) in the southern constituency where the party’s ...

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