France

France pulls out of Rwanda genocide memorial after President Paul Kagame’s comments

France has announced that it is pulling out of the 20th anniversary commemorations on Monday for the Rwandan genocide. The…

11 years ago

Stolen Rembrandt painting L’enfant a la bulle de savon recovered in France after 15 years

A Rembrandt painting has been recovered in France, 15 years after it was stolen. The 17th Century painting L'enfant a…

11 years ago

France: 75% tax on high income gets approval

France's highest court has approved a 75% tax on high income. The new tax is one of President Francois Hollande's…

11 years ago

Abdelhakim Dekhar: Paris gun suspect named by French police

Abdelhakim Dekhar has been identified by the French authorities as the man arrested on suspicion of carrying out recent gun…

11 years ago

Paris gunman captured and taken into custody

The Paris gunman has been captured and taken into custody on suspicion of carrying out recent attacks on the Liberation…

11 years ago

IKEA France directors investigated over snooping allegations

IKEA France directors are being investigated by French prosecutors over allegations that they snooped on employees and customers. Chief executive…

11 years ago

Gunman opens fire at Liberation newspaper office in Paris

One man has been seriously injured after a gunman has opened fire inside a Paris office building housing the left-wing…

11 years ago

NSA spied on French diplomats in Washington and at UN

The NSA has spied on French diplomats in Washington and at the UN, according to the latest claims in Le…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden NSA leaks: France summons US ambassador over spy scandal

France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has summoned the US ambassador over Le Monde newspaper claims that the US spied on…

11 years ago

Avon France to be closed by end of October

Cosmetics giant Avon Products has decided to close its French operations by the end of the month. Avon office in…

11 years ago

Reims building explosion and collapse kills at least three people in France

At least three people have been killed by an explosion that partly destroyed a block of flats in the northern…

12 years ago

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid’s death in Mali fight confirmed by France’s presidency

France has confirmed today that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in fighting in Mali. Abdelhamid Abou Zeid…

12 years ago

Arcelor Mittal no longer welcome in France

Arcelor Mittal is no longer welcome in France, Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg has said, accusing the steelmaker of…

12 years ago

France to raise taxes on top 10%

France’s Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said that 9 out of 10 citizens will not see their income taxes rise…

12 years ago

France: police arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids

French police have arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids, President Nicolas Sarkozy told…

13 years ago

Jacques Chirac found guilty of corruption and received 2 years suspended prison sentence

The former French President Jacques Chirac has been given by a court a two-year suspended prison sentence for diverting public…

13 years ago

Danielle Mitterand, former French First Lady, dies at 87

Danielle Mitterrand, the former French First Lady and widow of Francois Mitterrand, has died at the age of 87. Danielle…

13 years ago

DSK under police investigation in France.

DSK is back to France.   DSK freed to return to France.   DSK spent more than three hours in…

13 years ago