News: France

We have started to collect the most important news related to France in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to France – overview

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• December 23rd 2009 – November 19th 2009
• November 19th 2009 – October 24th 2009
• October 23rd 2009 – September 21st 2009
• September 21st 2009 – August 10th 2009
• August 8th 2009 – July 13th 2009
• July 10th 2009 – June 10th 2009
• June 10th 2009 – May 30th 2009
• May 30th 2009 – May 1st 2009
• April 30th 2009 – April 3rd 2009
• April 3rd 2009 – March 2nd 2009
• February 28th 2009 – February 2nd 2009
• February 1st 2009 – December 18th 2008
• December 17th 2008 – November 17th 2008
• November 15th 2008 – October 13th 2008
• October 12th 2008 – September 8th 2008
• September 8th 2008 – August 4th 2008
• August 4th 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – July 4th 2008
• July 4th 2008 – June 17th 2008
• June 17th 2008 – May 28th 2008
• May 28th 2008 – April 12th 2008
• April 11th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 19th 2008 – February 9th 2008
• February 9th 2008 – January 16th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – December 10th 2007
• December 8th 2007 – November 19th 2007
• November 19th 2007 – October 18th 2007
• October 18th 2007 – September 21st 2007
• September 20th 2007 – August 14th 2007
• August 13th 2007 – July 20th 2007
• July 20th 2007 – July 3rd 2007
• July 1st 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 5th 2007 – May 7th 2007
• May 7th 2007 – April 6th 2007
• April 6th 2007 – March 2nd 2007
• March 2nd 2007 – January 26th 2007
• January 25th 2007 – December 4th 2006
• December 4th 2006 – October 27th 2006
• October 27th 2006 – September 14th 2006
• September 11th 2006 – July 23rd 2006
• July 23rd 2006 – July 1st 2006
• June 30th 2006 – May 30th 2006
• May 29th 2006 – April 3rd 2006
• April 2nd 2006 – February 27th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – February 2nd 2006
• February 2nd 2006 – November 29th 2005
• November 28th 2005 – November 11th 2005

France: news

Sarkozy's talent for reinvention

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 12:03

Emma Jane Kirby reflects on why the unpredictability of French President Nicolas Sarkozy means it is difficult to define him.
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France end Wales Grand Slam hopes

Friday, February 27th 2009, 21:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Paris

Wales suffer defeat for the first time in the Six Nations under Warren Gatland, beaten 21-16 by France in Paris.
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France end Wales Grand Slam hopes

Friday, February 27th 2009, 21:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Paris

Wales suffer defeat for the first time in the Six Nations under Warren Gatland, beaten 21-16 by France in Paris.
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Live - France v Wales

Friday, February 27th 2009, 18:59
related countries: United Kingdom

Wales' Grand Slam hopes are dashed as France win 21-16 at the Stade de France.
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Gathering storm

Friday, February 27th 2009, 18:13
related places: Eu

French car workers fear EU leaders will veto rescue loans
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Gabon president's accounts frozen

Thursday, February 26th 2009, 16:51
related countries: Gabon

French bank accounts held by Gabon's president, believed to hold $4m, are frozen.
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18th-Century statues claimed by China sold at YSL auction

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 22:53
related countries: China
related places: Paris

Two 18th-Century statues claimed by China are sold at the Paris auction of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's collection.
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France's Sarkozy finds time in busy schedule to collect stamps

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 12:12

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is still finding time in his busy schedule to collect stamps, it has been revealed.
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Italy and France pen nuclear deal

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 15:52
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

Italy and France sign a nuclear co-operation agreement in Rome to revive nuclear power in Italy.
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Record bids at Yves Saint Laurent auction - the largest of its kind

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 3:45
related places: Paris

An Henri Matisse painting sells for a record 32m euros as works from Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection are auctioned off.
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Record bids at Yves Saint Laurent auction - the largest of its kind

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 21:35
related places: Paris

Bids for Yves Saint Laurent's art collection reach a record 206m euros (£181m) at an auction in Paris.
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Fertiliser blast trial in France

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 15:03
related places: Toulouse

A subsidiary of French energy giant Total goes on trial over an industrial blast in Toulouse in 2001 that killed 30 people.
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German passports for war children

Friday, February 20th 2009, 12:11
related countries: Germany

Germany says it will ease the granting of citizenship to "war children" fathered by German soldiers in France during WWII.
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Sarkozy steps in to end protests

Friday, February 20th 2009, 0:18

France's president pledges $730m (£507m) in economic aid to its Caribbean territories in a bid to head off escalating protests.
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France meets Guadeloupe demands

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 15:48
related countries: Guadeloupe

France agrees to increase payments to workers on its Caribbean territories, as protests and violence escalate.
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WWI French battleship found

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 10:33
related countries: Germany

A French battleship sunk by Germany in 1917 is discovered in remarkable condition on the Mediterranean Sea bed.
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Sarkozy aims to head off unrest

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 17:44

French President Sarkozy unveils economic benefits for people hit by the credit crunch, hoping to quell discontent.
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Guadeloupe protests turn deadly

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 11:58
related countries: Guadeloupe

France appeals for calm on its Caribbean island of Guadeloupe after a man is killed amid escalating economic protests.
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SocGen cautious despite profit

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 7:38

French bank Societe Generale reports a fourth-quarter profit but says conditions will remain challenging in 2009.
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Trio quit Wasps to play in France

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 16:53

Wasps confirm that James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Palmer will leave the club at the end of the season to play in France.
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Violent strikes on French island

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 3:37
related countries: Guadeloupe

Police on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe hold dozens of people as protests against the rising cost of living turn violent.
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French Holocaust role recognised

Monday, February 16th 2009, 16:59

France's top court recognises the state's "responsibility" for deporting Jews in WWII, but says reparations have been made.
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Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic

Monday, February 16th 2009, 16:05

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French submarine in the middle of the Atlantic, the MoD says.
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Live text - Six Nations

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 16:13
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cardiff, Paris

England take on Six Nations champions Wales in Cardiff after Scotland go down to a 22-13 defeat by France in Paris.
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Jilted man jailed for fire attack

Friday, February 13th 2009, 14:02
related countries: Pakistan

A Pakistani man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting fire to an ex-girlfriend in France after she refused to marry him.
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Veteran crooner Aznavour to become Armenian envoy

Friday, February 13th 2009, 13:50
related countries: Armenia, Switzerland

The French singer, Charles Aznavour, agrees to become ambassador to Switzerland for his ancestral homeland of Armenia.
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How President Sarkozy wooed 'wild' Bruni on blind date

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 13:05

French President Nicolas Sarkozy "proposed" to Carla Bruni within two hours of meeting the former model, it has been claimed.
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French Polynesia elects president

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 4:53
related countries: French Polynesia

French Polynesia's assembly elects Oscar Temaru as the French colony's new president, for the fourth time.
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Fortis shareholders reject sale

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 16:03
related countries: Netherlands

Fortis shareholders reject the sale of parts of the bank to French bank BNP Paribas and to the Dutch government.
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Peugeot Citroen to cut 11,000 jobs

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 12:56

France's biggest carmaker, Peugeot Citroen, announces it will slash more than 11,000 jobs in 2009, starting outside France.
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Thefts and vandalism put brakes on popular Paris bike scheme

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 16:09
related places: Paris

A popular bicycle rental scheme in the French capital runs into problems just 18 months after its successful launch.
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Thefts and vandalism put brakes on popular Paris bike scheme

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 14:40
related places: Paris

A popular bicycle rental scheme in the French capital runs into problems just 18 months after its successful launch.
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Sarkozy pays first visit to Iraq

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 12:53
related countries: Iraq

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Iraq - the first visit by a French leader since Saddam Hussein's overthrow in 2003.
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High winds hit north-west France

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 9:53
related places: Paris

Winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) batter northern and western France, disrupting power and transport services.
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French carmakers get 6.5bn euros

Monday, February 9th 2009, 17:28
related places: Renault

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces that Renault and Peugeot-Citroen are to get 6.5bn euros ($8.5bn) of state loans.
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Forgotten Bugatti sells for 3.4m euros

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 19:34
related places: Paris

A Bugatti car, which gathered dust in a Tyneside garage for 47 years, sells for 3.4m euros (£3m) at an auction in Paris.
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Live text - Six Nations

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 13:29
related countries: Ireland, Italy

Ireland take on France in Dublin after England labour to a 36-11 victory against Italy.
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Sarkozy defends plans for economy

Friday, February 6th 2009, 11:53

French President Nicolas Sarkozy defends his plans to revive the economy, saying state aid for banks has cost nothing.
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Impressive Irish hold off France

Friday, February 6th 2009, 8:29
related countries: Ireland

Ireland begin their first Six Nations campaign under Declan Kidney aiming to improve on last year's dismal fourth-place showing.
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Two jailed over Tunisia bombing

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 22:05
related countries: Tunisia

A French court sentences two men over an attack on a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people in 2002.
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Kouchner hits out at book claims

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 16:47

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner rejects allegations in a book of unethical links with governments in Africa.
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Six-nation talks to discuss Iran

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 4:12
related countries: Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Representatives of Britain, the US, Germany, France, China and Russia are to hold talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
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German troops 'to be based in France'

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 17:51
related countries: Germany

German troops will be based in France for the first time since WWII, under plans reportedly being drawn up.
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Sarkozy 'snubbed' by sports star

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 17:36

Former French football star Lilian Thuram says he has rejected President Nicolas Sarkozy's offer to join the government.
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France unveils stimulus package

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 14:04

France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon announces a series of measures designed to "revitalise" the French economy.
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