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.

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France: news

'Le spin'

Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 5:09

Will French President Sarkozy regret courting the media?
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France holds 12 in terror raids

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 12:03

French police arrest 12 people and seize guns and ammunition in anti-terrorism raids in the south of the country, officials say.
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Rogue trader to serve jail term

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 10:53

Former trader Jerome Kerviel is sentenced to three years in jail over his role in a scandal at French bank Societe General that cost the firm 5bn euros ($7bn).
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Murray cruises through in Beijing

Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 6:15
related countries: China
related places: Beijing, Paul

Andy Murray beats French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.
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Sanofi makes hostile Genzyme bid

Monday, October 4th 2010, 8:32
related countries: United States

French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis launches a hostile bid for US counterpart Genzyme after friendly overtures are rejected.
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UK travellers warned over Europe

Sunday, October 3rd 2010, 17:05
related countries: Germany, United Kingdom

The Foreign Office updates its travel advice for Europe, warning of a "high threat" of attacks in countries including France and Germany.
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French hold fresh pension protest

Saturday, October 2nd 2010, 21:05

Hundreds of thousands of people across France have taken to the streets to demonstrate against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age, according to police figures.
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French hold fresh pension protest

Saturday, October 2nd 2010, 17:52

Hundreds of thousands of people across France take part in the third day of demonstrations against pension reform in less than a month.
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Contador wants dope tests revised

Friday, October 1st 2010, 17:27

Triple Tour de France champion Alberto Contrador has called for dope tests to be rethought in cycling, following his positive test for a banned substance.
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Jaguar launches new concept car

Thursday, September 30th 2010, 15:22

Jaguar goes hybrid and electric as it launches a new car at the Paris Motor Show.
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Tour winner in positive dope test

Thursday, September 30th 2010, 3:40

Cyclist Alberto Contador, winner of the 2010 Tour de France, reveals that he has tested positive for a banned substance.
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Lotus unveils five new sportscars

Wednesday, September 29th 2010, 21:15
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Paris

UK-based Lotus reveals details about five new sportscars ahead of their unveiling at the Paris motor show on Thursday.
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French budget aims to cut deficit

Wednesday, September 29th 2010, 14:54

France will make spending cuts and increase taxes but also hopes for stronger-than-forecast economic growth to balance its books.
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EU gives France warning on Roma

Wednesday, September 29th 2010, 14:33
related countries: Bulgaria, Romania

The European Commission threatens France with action over its expulsion of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma (Gypsy) migrants.
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EU mulls suing France over Roma

Wednesday, September 29th 2010, 1:20
related countries: Bulgaria, Romania
related places: Roma

The European Commission is due to decide whether to take legal action against France over its expulsion of thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma (Gypsy) migrants.
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Michelin in 1.2bn euros cash call

Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 16:17

Shares in Michelin tumble 10.21% after the French tyre maker announces a 1.2bn euros rights issue to finance expansion.
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Major exhibition of Gauguin's work

Monday, September 27th 2010, 22:00
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

London's Tate Modern will host a major exhibition by the post-Impressionist French artist Paul Gauguin.
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France's Dati confuses inflation with oral sex

Monday, September 27th 2010, 10:54

France's former justice minister Rachida Dati mixes up the words fellatio and inflation during a TV interview, sparking a viral web video.
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Integrating Roma migrants into France

Friday, September 24th 2010, 5:41
related places: Paris

Local authorities on the outskirts of Paris have built temporary homes for some of the Roma community, in an attempt to integrate them into French society.
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Russian train to serve French Riviera

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 16:45
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow, Nice

Russia launches a rail service from Moscow to Nice, in an echo of the days when its nobility holidayed on the French Riviera.
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France protest numbers in dispute

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 16:15

French unions report turnout of nearly three million people at rallies against pension reform but police figures are much lower.
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France asks al-Qaeda for demands

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 10:44
related countries: Niger

France wants to contact the al-Qaeda group which abducted five of its citizens in Niger, its defence minister says.
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French couple missing in Bolivia

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 10:24
related countries: Bolivia, Brazil

The French embassy in Bolivia expresses concern for a French couple who went missing more than three weeks ago in a Bolivian village on the border with Brazil.
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Strike in France set to cripple services

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 6:30

French trade unions have launched their second 24-hour strike in a month to try to halt President Sarkozy's attempt to increase the official retirement age from 60 to 62.
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Romania 'asked Sarkozy to stop'

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010, 17:28
related countries: Romania
related places: Roma

Romania's president says he asked his French counterpart to stop the deportation of Roma settling illegally in France.
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French crew kidnapped off Nigeria

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010, 16:43
related countries: Nigeria

Three French crewmen have been kidnapped in an attack on a ship in an oilfield off the Nigerian coast.
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France confirms al-Qaeda kidnap

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010, 12:43
related countries: Niger

France confirms an al-Qaeda group is holding five of its citizens after abducting them from a uranium mine in Niger.
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Paris Hilton denied Japan entry

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010, 9:51
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Socialite Paris Hilton returns to America after being questioned by immigration officials at Tokyo airport.
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France looks into al-Qaeda claim

Tuesday, September 21st 2010, 22:13
related countries: Niger

French intelligence is looking into a claim by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to have kidnapped seven foreign workers at a uranium mine in Niger.
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Fizzy water on tap in Paris

Tuesday, September 21st 2010, 22:11
related places: Paris

A new drinking fountain dispensing still and fizzy tap water has opened in a park in Paris, in an effort to persuade people to drink less bottled water and reduce waste.
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France on heightened terror alert

Tuesday, September 21st 2010, 9:29

France is on heightened alert for possible terror attacks after tip-offs that public places could be targeted, officials say.
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Paris Hilton avoids going to jail

Monday, September 20th 2010, 21:37
related countries: United States

A US judge gives Paris Hilton a one-year, suspended sentence after she pleads guilty to drug possession and obstructing a police officer.
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French troops hunt Niger hostages

Monday, September 20th 2010, 15:53
related countries: Niger
related places: Niamey

France has sent dozens of soldiers to Niger's capital Niamey to try to find seven hostages kidnapped last week by suspected Islamist militants.
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French banks fined for fee cartel

Monday, September 20th 2010, 9:42

France's competition authority fines 11 banks 384.9m euros for colluding to fix the price they charge for handling cheques.
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Frenchman with amputated limbs swims Channel

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 20:06

A Frenchman whose limbs were amputated after an accident successfully completes his attempt to swim the English Channel.
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France ease into Davis Cup final

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 17:20
related countries: Argentina
related places: Lyon

France reach the Davis Cup final by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over Argentina in Lyon.
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Carrefour shares rise on revamp

Friday, September 17th 2010, 16:29

French supermarket giant Carrefour announces plans to rebrand its biggest European stores, sending its shares up by more than 4%.
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France in Roma rift with Germany

Friday, September 17th 2010, 14:10
related countries: Germany

Germany rejects the French president's claim that Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to clear Roma (Gypsy) camps.
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Carla Bruni in secret file claims

Friday, September 17th 2010, 13:01

A biography of French first lady Carla Bruni claims she used police and secret service files to find out who was spreading rumours about the state of her marriage.
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France fears Al-Qaeda kidnap link

Friday, September 17th 2010, 10:58
related countries: Niger

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner says he suspects a group linked to al-Qaeda are behind the kidnapping of seven people in Niger.
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Imam designs 'mosque in a box'

Friday, September 17th 2010, 5:22
related countries: Tunisia
related places: Paris

Muslims in Paris who find themselves too busy to pray have been given a new option, thanks to a Tunisian businessman.
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Franco-German row over Roma camps

Thursday, September 16th 2010, 21:59
related countries: Germany

France and Germany are embroiled in a diplomatic row after contradictory statements on the heated issue of Roma camps.
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French nationals seized in Niger

Thursday, September 16th 2010, 19:58
related countries: Niger

French engineering firm Vinci and nuclear energy group Areva say seven of their employees working at a uranium mine in Niger have been kidnapped.
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Sarkozy attacks Roma row critics

Thursday, September 16th 2010, 17:51
related places: Eu

French President Nicolas Sarkozy denounces as "outrageous" comments by an EU commissioner criticising France's deportation of Roma.
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France faces EU showdown on Roma

Thursday, September 16th 2010, 9:41
related places: Eu

A row between Nicolas Sarkozy and an EU official over France's removal of Roma (Gypsies) looks set to dominate an EU summit.
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France passes pension reform bill

Wednesday, September 15th 2010, 16:35

A controversial bill to raise France's pension age to 62 is approved by the lower house of parliament, amid threats of fresh strike action.
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French fume after EU Roma rebuke

Wednesday, September 15th 2010, 15:09
related places: Eu

The two ministers at the heart of France's Roma deportation policy angrily reject criticism from EU justice commissioner.
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France blocks Rwanda extradition

Wednesday, September 15th 2010, 11:13
related countries: Rwanda

A French court refuses to extradite to Rwanda a doctor suspected of taking part in the country's 1994 genocide.
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Eiffel Tower evacuated in scare

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 22:39
related places: Paris

The Eiffel Tower and its surrounding park have been briefly evacuated by police in Paris following a false bomb alert.
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Eiffel Tower in Paris evacuated

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 22:27
related places: Paris

Paris's Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after police received a bomb alert via an anonymous phone call.
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EU condemns French Roma crackdown

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 21:53
related places: Eu

The EU's justice commissioner issues an extraordinarily stern rebuke to France, saying its "disgraceful" treatment of Roma (Gypsies) may trigger legal action
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French Senate approves veil ban

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 17:51

France's Senate approves a controversial bill banning the Islamic full veil in public, in a final step towards making it a law.
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EU condemns French Roma crackdown

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 16:21
related places: Eu

The EU's justice commissioner delivers a stern rebuke to France, saying its "disgraceful" treatment of Roma (Gypsies) may trigger legal action by the EU.
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Castro says Sarkozy going crazy

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 14:04
related countries: Cuba

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to be going "crazy" in an article on the expulsion of Roma migrants from France.
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EU condemns France Roma moves

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 11:54
related places: Eu

EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding says the EU may take legal action against France over its "disgraceful" treatment of Roma (Gypsies).
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Falcons boost Champagne harvest

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 3:56
related places: Champagne

Farmers in the Champagne region of France are hoping for a bumper crop of grapes for a sixth year after introducing falcons to ward off pests.
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Le Monde sues French presidency

Monday, September 13th 2010, 22:21

French newspaper Le Monde is suing the president's office for spying on its reporters, in the latest twist in a party-funding row.
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France angered by Roma criticism

Monday, September 13th 2010, 19:02

France's minister for Europe Pierre Lellouche says he is tired of "unfair" criticism of his country's treatment of Roma gypsies.
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French rally for Iranian on death row

Monday, September 13th 2010, 2:21
related countries: Iran
related places: Paris

Philosophers and singers were among those taking part in a demonstration in Paris in solidarity for an Iranian woman on death row.
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French film-maker Chabrol dies

Sunday, September 12th 2010, 15:18

One of France's best-known film directors, Claude Chabrol, has died at the age of 80, according to the AFP news agency.
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French begin 1994 Rwanda inquiry

Sunday, September 12th 2010, 13:30
related countries: Rwanda

A French legal team arrives in Rwanda to begin a week-long inquiry into the 1994 killing of President Juvenal Habyarimana.
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French couples 'succumb to sex misery'

Sunday, September 12th 2010, 7:45

More than three-quarters of French couples have bad sex lives, a survey by a leading market research group finds.
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Foreign priest influx in France

Sunday, September 12th 2010, 5:08

It is thought there are more than 1,000 foreign priests working in France with a big influx of priests from Africa.
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Journalists killed for their craft in Iraq

Sunday, September 12th 2010, 4:00
related countries: Iraq, United States

More than 200 journalists and media workers have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, according to French report.
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Castro remark on Roma condemned

Saturday, September 11th 2010, 11:17

France says a remark by Fidel Castro that its treatment of Roma migrants amounts to a "racial holocaust" is unacceptable.
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Too 'Anglo-Saxon'

Saturday, September 11th 2010, 11:00

French horror at plans to raise the retirement age... to 62
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France to continue deporting Roma

Friday, September 10th 2010, 9:31
related countries: Romania
related places: Roma

France will not stop deporting Roma (Gypsy) people, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson says on a visit to Romania.
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Euro MPs condemn France over Roma

Thursday, September 9th 2010, 11:38
related countries: Romania
related places: Paris, Roma

Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania.
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Police search Sarkozy party's HQ

Thursday, September 9th 2010, 10:46

French financial police search the headquarters of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party over the inquiry into the L'Oreal party funding scandal, reports say.
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Ferrari escape further punishment

Wednesday, September 8th 2010, 17:15
related places: Paris

Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.
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