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Selfie-hating Deneuve says real stars are 'discreet'
Selfies and social media have been the death of film stars, iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve said in an interview published Sunday.
11 May 2015
Authors boycott ceremony as Charlie Hebdo feted in New York
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo received a freedom of expression award at a gala US ceremony.
06 May 2015
Charlie Hebdo cartoonists reject Texas attack comparison
Two Charlie Hebdo journalists have rejected any suggestion of similarities between a deadly attack on the French satirical magazine and a failed armed assault on a Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.
05 May 2015
Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's far-right master provocateur
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a former paratrooper whose inflammatory speeches has made him the figurehead of France's far right, , has not once veered away from the role he loves best -- master provocateur.
05 May 2015
France's Hollande in Qatar for warplane deal
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Qatar to oversee the signing of a multi-billion-euro deal to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to the gas-rich emirate.
04 May 2015
Femen and her father ruin France's Marine Le Pen's big day
Bare-chested Femen activists making Nazi salutes disrupted a speech by France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen at her National Front party's traditional May 1 rally in Paris.
02 May 2015
Germany spied on French and EU officials for US: report
German intelligence services spied on top French officials and the European Commission on behalf of the American spy agency NSA.
30 April 2015
French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt
The case of a Muslim girl who was banned from class twice for wearing a long black skirt seen as too openly religious for secular France has sparked an outcry.
29 April 2015
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen hid 2.2 mn euros in Swiss account: report
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the elderly founder and former chief of France's far-right Front National, hid 2.2 million euros in a secret account in Switzerland.
28 April 2015
Hollande raises Azerbaijan's rights record in Baku talks
French President Francois Hollande raised rights abuses with ex-Soviet Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at talks focused on its simmering dispute with Armenia.
25 April 2015
French music concert to be held in Almaty in April's end
The concert of French music will take place at Zhas Sakhna theatre in Almaty on April 22 and 25.
22 April 2015
Families mourn Mali desert crash victims as military stand by
Relatives of 116 people killed in an Air Algerie crash in July visited the scene of the disaster in remote hazardous northern Mali under tight military guard.
22 April 2015
Don Draper is a 'very weak man' says 'Mad Men' creator
Don Draper, the central and serially seductive character of the hit TV show "Mad Men", is actually a "very weak man", his creator told a Paris audience.
20 April 2015
Hollande to discuss Ukraine with Putin during visit to Armenia
French President Francois Hollande will discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24.
18 April 2015
1,400 mourners join memorial for Germanwings crash victims
Grieving relatives joined political and religious leaders at a sombre German memorial service for the victims of last month's Germanwings crash in the French Alps.
18 April 2015
Bigger risk of Finnish job cuts in Nokia-Alcatel deal: minister
Finnish Finance Minister said that Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia's takeover of rival Alcatel-Lucent will put more jobs at risk in Finland than in France.
18 April 2015
Cathedral service to mourn 150 victims of Germanwings crash
Germany will hold a memorial service to mourn the victims of the Germanwings crash.
17 April 2015
Nazarbayev meets French Total CEO
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with the CEO of French oil giant Total Patrick Pouyanne on Tuesday, April 14.
16 April 2015
Hollande says Nokia must guarantee French jobs in Alcatel deal
French President Francois Hollande said he supported Finnish firm Nokia's 15.6-billion-euro ($16.6 billion) bid to buy its rival Alcatel-Lucent.
16 April 2015
Nokia agrees 15.6-bn-euro deal to buy Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia has struck a 15.6-billion-euro deal to buy its rival Alcatel-Lucent to create the world's biggest supplier of mobile phone network equipment.
15 April 2015