News about France

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 13:44
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 15:26
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 10:48
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 11:07
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 11:40
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 12:04
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 16:03
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 18:56
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 14:25
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 12:47
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 12:48
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 10:45
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 10:32
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 13:29
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 15:23
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 13:33
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 16:50
Hollande heads to Switzerland to mend ties after tax squabbles French President Francois Hollande will arrive in Switzerland for a state visit aimed at mending ties with Bern.
15 April 2015 16:22
French MPs mull new spy laws in wake of attacks More than three months after Islamist attacks in Paris that killed 17, French MPs will debate controversial new laws allowing spies to hoover up data from suspected jihadists.
13 April 2015 17:24
EU foreign ministers pay tribute to Germanwings crash victims The foreign ministers of France, Spain and Germany paid tribute to the victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps at Barcelona airport.
13 April 2015 16:43
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