Smoking in France, losing its puff?
It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage. It was banned in offices, and business started getting done in huddles on the sidewalk.
Kazakhstan dancers win 2nd place at Juste Debout in France
Dancers Baurzhan ‘Bauka’ Seifulina and Renat ‘L’eto’ Izmailov made it into the final of the world's most prestigious dance festival Juste Debout 2014 in France.
Obama says Putin 'not fooling anybody' over Ukraine
US President Barack Obama said Russia was not "fooling anybody" over the Ukraine crisis after it denied its forces were operating in Crimea.
30,000-year-old virus from permafrost is reborn
French scientists said they had revived a giant but harmless virus that had been locked in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30,000 years.
French trufflers rise up in defence of their black diamonds
French truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed off fraudulently as the hugely prized local variety.
Femininity with attitude, easy elegance at Paris fashion
Chloe designer Clare Waight Keller on Sunday mixed soft, pastel coloured femininity with untamed attitude while Celine's Phoebe Philo was all about easy elegance on day six of Paris fashion.
Lesbian love, president's lover at French Oscars
A lesbian love movie that dazzled Cannes leads the race ahead of the French Oscars on Friday, where Julie Gayet, the actress outed as the president's lover, is running for an award for a role as a vamp.
Cuban cigar sales up 8 percent in 2013
Cuban cigar sales were up eight percent in 2013, reaching $447 million, with strongest market gains in China.
Tarantino, Scarlett Johansson to attend French Oscars
Quentin Tarantino is to attend France's equivalent of the Oscars -- its Cesar awards -- in Paris on Friday along with actress Scarlett Johansson.
Astana Opera singer to perform in French opera project The Tales of Hoffmann
The leading soloist of the Astana Opera house Medet Chotabayev has been invited to perform a part in The Tales of Hoffmann opera.
Kazakh Little Brother wins Cine Junior film festival in France
Serik Aprymov’s Bayur (Little Brother) film won the International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) prize at the Cine Junior children and youth film festival in France.
New Louis Vuitton designer is star of Paris fashion
Four months after Paris fashion bid farewell to Marc Jacobs, the man who transformed Louis Vuitton into a global style giant, all eyes will next week be on his successor.
C.Africa president asks France to stay till polls
The leader of the strife-torn Central Africa Republic asked French troops Monday to stay until polls due in early 2015, as unabated sectarian violence wrecked Paris' hope of a quick exit.
Free Syrian Army fires military chief over leadership 'paralysis'
The rebel Free Syrian Army said Sunday it had fired Selim Idriss as its military chief, citing the "difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution" in its battle with the regime.
100,000 households without power in France storm
Nearly 100,000 households were without power in western France on Friday as a storm slammed into Brittany packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (90 miles) per hour.
Ablyazov cannot buy French justice: Advocate General
Being an multi-billionaire Ablyazov can afford to buy anything he wanted, fund opposition political parties and create a committee of international human rights watchdogs to defend him, but he cannot buy the French Justice.
Hollande announces new start-up measures for France
French President Francois Hollande announced Wednesday in California measures to favor French start-ups, on the last day of his US visit.
'Ethnic cleansing' taking place in C.Africa: Amnesty
"Ethnic cleansing" is being carried out against Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic, with international peacekeepers unable to prevent it.
Fugitive banker Ablyazov eyeing political asylum in France
Fugitive ex-chairman of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov intends to request a political asylum in France.
Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendship
President Barack Obama will Tuesday highlight a new national security dimension to America's oldest alliance as he deploys the full pageantry of a state visit for France's President Francois Hollande.