Interpol elects French woman as first female president Interpol on Thursday elected a French police commissioner known for her drive against organised crime in Bordeaux and Corsica as its first female president at its general assembly in Rome.
10 November 2012
French socialist party ex-chief probed in asbestos scandal Former French socialist party leader Martine Aubry said Tuesday she had come under investigation for "involuntary manslaughter and causing bodily harm by negligence" in an asbestos scandal.
07 November 2012
Restaurant fury as France hikes taxes on eating out Dining out and staying in a hotel in France will become more expensive from the end of next year after the government announced plans Tuesday to hike VAT and hinted at an even bigger increase.
07 November 2012
Crisis-hit Europe 'still economic power': FranceTop European leaders jetting into Laos for a major summit are on a mission to reassure Asia that their crisis-hit region is "still an economic power".
05 November 2012
Hollande warns Iran after meeting Israeli PM French President Francois Hollande said he wanted "concrete acts" from Iran to prove it was not pursuing a nuclear arms drive after his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
02 November 2012
'Digital eternity' beckons as death goes high-tech Death is no longer the fusty business it once was: from swipeable bar codes on headstones to designer urns, webcam-based ceremonies and virtual memorials, funerals have shot into the 21st century.
Hollande discusses debt crisis with top global headsFrench President Francois Hollande holds talks on Monday with the heads of the World Bank and other top economic bodies to discuss the eurozone debt crisis and ways to kickstart growth.
29 October 2012
Shangri-La chef named France's best Philippe Labbe, the executive chef at the Shangri-La hotel in Paris, has been named France's chef of the year by the influential Gault Millau restaurant guide.
23 October 2012
Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot' Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.
22 October 2012
Dead Kadhafi son linked to French Riviera prostitution ringA hearing opens in a French court Monday in a case involving a high-end prostitution ring that was active during the Cannes Film Festival and possibly had ties to a son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
22 October 2012
Twitter 'to remove anti-Semitic posts' after legal threat Twitter, a day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi account in Germany in a global first, made another major concession Friday by agreeing to remove anti-Semitic posts in France.
20 October 2012
Beethoven score sells for 252,750 euros in Paris An unpublished Beethoven manuscript sold for 252,750 euros ($331,000) at auction in Paris, part of a major collection put together over 50 years by the late French-born banker Andre Meyer.
Sarkozy resurfaces at New York bank conference Five months after losing re-election, an unshaven French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared Thursday at a New York banking conference and reportedly said he looked forward to a "new life."
13 October 2012
Brad Pitt becomes first male face of Chanel No.5 Brad Pitt is set to become the first male face of Chanel No.5, a role previously filled by such fellow Hollywood luminaries as Marilyn Monroe and Nicole Kidman.
13 October 2012
Spain, France vow action on eurozone crisis The leaders of France and Spain vowed concerted action on the eurozone as they met on Wednesday amid IMF calls for new measures to control the debt crisis threatening the global economy.