World news about “France”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Henry says replay with Irish would be fair Football’s world governing body has again insisted that the controversial France-Ireland World Cup qualifier will not… 20/11/2009 - tags: France, Ireland
Oil giant Total cleared over factory blast … factory near France's southern … the charges, France's biggest … 19/11/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Data theft prompts credit card recall What is believed to be the biggest credit card recall ever in Europe is underway in Germany after the theft of card… 18/11/2009 - tags: Banking, France
France – nocomment 12/11/2009 - tags: France, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy
Air conditioning goes green At the Lac du Bourget near Lyon in France, researchers are testing new air conditioning technology aiming to cut the… 10/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, France
Monsters and marvels of the deep in Marseille The Great Tide took the top prize at this year’s World Festival of Underwater Pictures held in the French port of… 04/11/2009 - tags: France, Festival
Artificial heart goes into production An artificial heart that acts almost like a real one could be available to patients within a few years. 04/11/2009 - tags: France, Medicine, Research
The Icarus Cup: France’s Free Flying Festival If it flies without an engine you’ll find it at the 36th edition of the Icarus Cup The only free-flying festival… 24/09/2009 - tags: France, Festival
Parliament’s challenge to Barroso The only candidate as next President of the European Commission, to succeed himself, has European governments’ support… 11/09/2009 - tags: European Union, France, Politics
Intercultural Lyon, republican contortionism Creating the Europe of tomorrow through cultural diversity… a look at the French city of Lyon, which is embracing… 27/08/2009 - tags: France, Culture
Building Guadeloupe France is looking for ways to rebuild its overseas territory of Guadeloupe, after strong social protests there early… 02/07/2009 - tags: France, Guadeloupe, Economy
EU-Mideast relations The question: “I’d like to know: What will the Middle East’s relations with Europe be like for the future, and how… 01/06/2009 - tags: France, Mideast, European elections
What future for Guadeloupe? Guadeloupe has recently been shaken by a long drawn-out bitter social struggle. euronews met the two main protagonists… 19/03/2009 - tags: France, Guadeloupe
French national freed pending Tehran trial verdictFrench teaching assistant Clotilde Reiss has been has been released on bail pending a final verdict in her trial on… 17/11/2009 - tags: France, Iran, Justice
Syria criticises ‘lack of US plan’ on peaceThe Syrian president has said the US should do more to promote peace between Syria and Israel. Bashar al-Assad… 13/11/2009 - tags: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Diplomacy
Former French president implicated in AngolagateFormer French Interior Minister, Charles Pasqua, is claiming that Jacques Chirac is one of many top politicians who… 13/11/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
Mitterrand praises free speech over politics… she had left France with her … Sarkozy's France as monstruous … 12/11/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Literature
Israel ready to talk peace with SyriaA meeting between the leaders of France and Israel appears to have given a nudge to at least one aspect of Middle… 12/11/2009 - tags: France, Israel, Nicolas Sarkozy
Tentative steps toward Armistice Day commemorations… battlefield: France. … between France and Germany. … 11/11/2009 - tags: France, Germany, War
World War One dead remembered – 91 years onIt was dubbed “the War to end all Wars.” And today, on the 91st anniversary of the Armistice, the victims of World War… 11/11/2009 - tags: France, Germany, War
Total begins appeal in Erika oil-spill caseProsecutors in an oil spill case dating back ten years are to seek a maximum fine against the company Total, as the oil… 11/11/2009 - tags: France, Oil, Justice
French police hunt guard after 11m euro heistFrench police are on the hunt for the driver of an armoured van who reportedly made off with more than 10 million euros… 06/11/2009 - tag: France
Death of a great French thinkerClaude Lévi-Strauss, one of the great philosophers of the 20th century has died aged 100. The death of the… 04/11/2009 - tags: France, Society, Death
Death of French anthropologist Claude Levi-StraussThe world-renowned social anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss has died. He was 100 years old. The Frenchman’s… 03/11/2009 - tags: France, Science, Death
Debate over what it means to be French… with France. But … comes up in France today, it … 03/11/2009 - tags: France, Politics
Faurecia to buy US firm EMCONThe French car parts group Faurecia has struck a deal to buy the US firm EMCON technologies. Faurecia says it will fund… 02/11/2009 - tags: France, Technology
France divided over move to try ChiracThe announcement that former French President Jacques Chirac is to stand trial over corruption charges has provoked… 31/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Jacques Chirac
Chirac ordered to stand trialHe may be one of France’s most popular former presidents, but Jacques Chirac has a rendezvous with justice. Two… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Justice
Varied reaction to Chirac trialJacques Chirac was, in several polls, thought the worst president in the history of the Fifth Republic when he left… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Chirac ordered to face embezzlement trialFrance’s former president Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial on embezzlement charges. The… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Corruption
Asterix celebrates 50 years of Gallic resistanceArguably the world’s best known French character turned 50 on Thursday, October 29, a birthday celebrated by the entire… 29/10/2009 - tags: France, Animation, Anniversary
Prison sentences in French arms scandal… on Tuesday in France's "Angolagate" … returned to France to help fuel … 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
Fines but no ban in French Scientology fraud ruling… Church in France have been … activities in France. The leaders … France regards … 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Religion, Justice
“Angolagate” trial jails former Interior Minister… wound up in France with prison … there and in France, which had not … returned to France to fund … 27/10/2009 - tags: Angola, France, Justice
Scientologists may appeal French fraud conviction… Church in France have been … activities in France. … France regards … 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Unemployment in FranceUnemployment in France increased by 21,600 people in Septmber, which is a slight increase says the government… 26/10/2009 - tags: France, Unemployment
Paedophile trial fuels castration debate in France… a debate in France about the … France, along with a … 26/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Danone’s dairy sales reboundFrench food group Danone has said price cuts and increased advertising helped to speed up a recovery in fresh dairy… 23/10/2009 - tags: Food, France
French welcome young Sarkozy’s change of heartOpponents of a bid by the French president’s son to run the wealthy business district in Paris have been celebrating… 23/10/2009 - tags: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Scandal
Dazzling light show for Eiffel TowerA spectacular light show has decorated the Eiffel Tower as part of the festivities to mark its 120th birthday… 23/10/2009 - tags: France, Anniversary
Sarkozy’s son drops drive for plum postThe 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dropped his bid to take over the public agency that… 22/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Jean Sarkozy
Afghan repatriations slammed by human rights groups… by Britain and France have arrived … said France was forcibly … France has become a … 22/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, France, Human Rights, Immigration
Six freed as supermarket siege ends safelySix supermarket workers in France have escaped unhurt after being held hostage by suspected armed robbers. The… 21/10/2009 - tags: France, hostage taking
Villepin accuses Sarkozy of political vendettaFormer French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of hanging him on a “butcher’s… 21/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique de Villepin, Clearstream scandal
France hit by rail strikeFrance’s rail workers are striking for the first time since last November, and it has produced chaos in Paris… 20/10/2009 - tags: France, Jobs
France introduces speedy entry system… tried out in France for travel to … activists in France oppose the new … 20/10/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Travel
Paris & Madrid welcome ETA seizuresFrench and Spanish police are congratulating each other after a dawn raid in Britanny captured the suspected head of… 19/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, Basque country, ETA
French farmers stage nationwide protests… over France thousands of … in north-east France. … 16/10/2009 - tags: France, Agriculture
French farmers take to the streets over falling pricesFrench farmers today blocked the Champs Elysees in Paris with barricades of burning tyres, hay and wooden pallets… 16/10/2009 - tags: France, Agriculture
Times defends Taliban ‘bribes’ storyA leading newspaper in Britain has defended its claim that Taliban fighters were paid not to attack Italian troops in… 16/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, France, Italy
New suicide hits France Telecom… telecoms giant France Telecom has … France Telecom is … spiral," said France Telecom CEO … because of France Telecom, … 16/10/2009 - tags: France, Economy, Telecommunication
Renault under pressure to help AvtoVAZThe Russian government is increasing pressure on Renault to help debt-laden carmaker AvtoVAZ. The French company… 15/10/2009 - tags: Cars, France, Russia, Renault
Plutonium find halts work at French nuclear site… plant in France has been … France's nuclear … reputation of France's … 15/10/2009 - tags: France, Scandal, nuclear accidents
Italy says will sue “Times” over Afghan claimsThe Italian government has vehemently denied a report in “The Times” that it paid off Afghan warlords and was… 15/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, France, Italy, Controversy
Italy accused of paying off TalibanIt was the costliest battle for the French military in a quarter of a century. Ten soldiers were killed in August 2008… 15/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, France, Italy
Charities face fraud probeParis prosecutors have opened up a judicial inquiry into the activities of 17 charities, including organisations that… 14/10/2009 - tags: France, Aid, Scandal
Jean Sarkozy demands a chance in nepotism rowThe son of France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken for the first time since triggering a public outcry with his… 14/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy rebuts nepotism accusations… nepotism: "In France, it's … What counts in France, to become … 13/10/2009 - tags: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Controversy, Jean Sarkozy
EDF denies Russian nuclear waste linkFrench energy giant EDF has denied allegations its sending atomic waste to Russia. The electricity firm has come… 13/10/2009 - tags: France, Nuclear Energy, Russia, EDF
Sea crash pilot hailed a hero by passengersThe passengers of a plane that crashed into the Mediterranean have hailed the pilot a hero after all those on board… 13/10/2009 - tags: France, Corsica
“Miraculous” escape as plane crashes into MedSurvivors of a plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea say they have had a miraculous escape. The six people on… 13/10/2009 - tags: France, Corsica
Sarkozy junior in nepotism row… La Defense, France's top … In France, elected … 12/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, Controversy
French police arrest two ETA suspects at arms dumpPolice in the French city of Montpellier have arrested two men suspected of being members of the Basque separatists… 12/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
ETA investigators claim triple breakthroughSpanish and French police say they have made three breakthroughs in the last 24 hours in their decades-long effort to… 11/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
Arrested al-Qaeda suspect worked for CERN It has been revealed that one of two people arrested in France this week accused of having links to al-Qaeda worked at… 09/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda
I’m no paedophile says MitterrandFrance’s Culture Minister Frederique Mitterrand has refused to resign and has hit back at his critics in the main… 09/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Controversy, Scandal
Sex trade scandal engulfs French ministerA French cabinet minister who has written about paying young boys for sex in Bangkok is facing growing calls to resign… 08/10/2009 - tags: France, Scandal
French naval vessel repels Somali piratesSomali pirates in two small boats bit off more than they could chew when they attacked the French navy. They apparently… 08/10/2009 - tags: France, Somalia, Piracy
Record dinosaur footprints found in FranceThe biggest dinosaur footprints ever found have been discovered in France. Two amateur enthusiasts stumbled across the… 07/10/2009 - tags: France, Archaeology, Dinosaur
Border wars: France attacks ‘racist’ Swiss ad… travel between France and … because France and … 07/10/2009 - tags: France, Switzerland, Politics
SocGen raises cash to repay aidFrench bank Societe Generale is to sell 4.8 billion euros worth of new shares. The cash raised will be used to… 06/10/2009 - tags: Banking, France, Financial Crisis, Societe Generale
Clearstream witness damages de VillepinThe corruption trial involving an alleged attempt to smear French President Nicolas Sarkozy has heard sensational… 06/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
France Telecom deputy CEO quits… Lombard, France Telecom's … France Telecom has … 05/10/2009 - tags: France, Telecommunication
Paris pret-a-porter roundupVivienne Westwood’s pret-a-porter collection, shown in Paris was typically anarchic – this time apparently in reference… 05/10/2009 - tags: Fashion, France, Paris, France
Morellet tickles Le CorbusierThe Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon in France, was designed by Le Corbusier in the mid-50s. These… 02/10/2009 - tags: France, Architecture, Exhibition
Paris: pret-a-porterFelipe Oliveira Baptista showed his spring and summer pret-a-porter collection at the Paris shows. The look was rock… 01/10/2009 - tags: Fashion, France
Payback time BNP ParibasBNP Paribas has made moves to repay the French Government for its financial support during the economic crisis. The… 29/09/2009 - tags: Banking, France
Football in shock at French fan’s death in SerbiaEuropean football is in shock after a French fan died after being beaten up before a game in Serbia ten days ago… 29/09/2009 - tags: France, Serbia, Violence
French football fan dies after Belgrade riotA French football fan has died after being attacked before a game in Serbia earlier this month. 28-year-old Toulouse… 29/09/2009 - tags: France, Serbia
24th suicide at France Telecom… the 24th France Telecom worker … market, France Telecom has … to monitor France Telecom's … 29/09/2009 - tags: France, Society, Telecommunication
International Theatre in LyonThe first International Theatre Festival of Lyon in France explored themes of memory, identity and resistance. Theatre… 25/09/2009 - tags: France, Culture, Theater
Sarkozy muddies Clearstream caseFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of interfering in the trial of former prime minister Dominique de… 24/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
Total joins Venezuela in oil searchFrance’s Total and Venezuela are to invest around 17 billion euros to develop an oil field in the country’s Orinoco… 23/09/2009 - tags: France, Oil, Venezuela
French shop less in AugustFrench consumer spending fell in August. It was much worse than economists had predicted – down one percent… 23/09/2009 - tags: Consumer Confidence, Consumers, France
French government under fire over camp clearanceA day after France evacuated the coastal camp dubbed ‘the jungle’ the debris is disappearing, but the problem of… 23/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Calais, Immigrants
Ahmadinejad hints at prisoner swap with France… and staying in France's embassy in … comments France's Nicolas … held in France is Ali Vakili … 23/09/2009 - tags: France, Iran, Crisis
Mixed reaction to migrant clear-out at CalaisAn empty field near Calais is all that remains of what was home to over 500 migrants and asylum seekers. They were… 23/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Calais
Milk strikers hand it out free in ParisFrench milk producers after two weeks on strike have been giving it away free in central Paris. 22,000 litres was… 22/09/2009 - tags: European Union, France, Italy, Agriculture
Migrants evicted from Calais ‘jungle’ campIt took barely two hours to clear ‘the jungle.’ Resigned and bewildered, there was little resistance from those who… 22/09/2009 - tags: European Union, France, Immigration, Calais, United Kingdom
Anger greets destruction of Calais ‘jungle’The French left is leading the attack on the government’s dismantling of the Calais “jungle” for immigrants. The… 22/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Calais, United Kingdom
French defend decision to clear ‘the jungle’As migrants were led away from “the jungle”, the French immigration minister defended his government’s decision to… 22/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Calais
France clears Calais migrant campFrench security forces have been evicting migrants from a sprawling makeshift camp on the Channel coast known as “the… 22/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Calais
EU discusses refugee care outsourcing… could ask for France's protection … between France and Britain. … has denounced France's plans in … 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration, Immigrants
Clearstream a murky pool for French ex-PMThe Clearstream scandal is a first-rate example of the dark and dirty side of French politics. It has balooned out of… 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Nicolas Sarkozy
Ex-French PM goes on trial in Sarkozy smear case… been flying as France's most … being dubbed France's trial of the … 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarko versus Villepin in French ‘trial of the century’Their rivalry in politics was legendary. And today Dominque de Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy begin a legal showdown in… 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
Spain and France hit by flash floods… flooding in France and Spain has … south-east of France near the Cote … 19/09/2009 - tags: France, Weather, Natural disasters, Flood
Agnès Varda turns from film to installation artAt over 80 years of age, Agnès Varda is still reinventing herself. She started her career as a photographer before… 18/09/2009 - tags: France, Lyon, Contemporary art
Calais migrant ‘jungle’ to closeA makeshift immigrant camp that has sprung up not far from the former Sangatte official clearing centre outside Calais… 17/09/2009 - tags: France, Immigration
