Paris planning major clampdown on car traffic Car traffic will be drastically reduced in the heart of Paris next year under a plan by the city's mayor, the latest step in her ... World • 14 May
UK hits back at EU 'threats' over financial sector deal The UK government has accused the European Union of "issuing threats at any sign of difficulties" after suggestions France plans to delay a financial services ... Brexit • 13 May
French govt condemns soldiers warning of 'civil war' The government of French President Emmanuel Macron has reacted with fury after a group of serving French soldiers published an open letter warning that "civil ... World • 10 May
Threat to cut Jersey power supply 'unacceptable' - UK The UK has described French threats to cut off electricity to the Channel Island of Jersey "unacceptable" in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights. UK • 05 May
May Day demonstrations held in cities across France Thousands of people joined traditional May Day protests across France today, gathering despite Covid-19 restrictions. World • 01 May
French economy returns to growth despite virus curbs The French economy returned to growth in the first quarter, sustained by consumer spending even after Covid-19 restritions were re-imposed to curb a surge in ... Business • 30 Apr
BNP Paribas beats quarterly expectations France's BNP Paribas has today reported a better than expected first quarter profit, helped by lower provisions for pandemic-related bad loans and a rebound in ... Business • 30 Apr
French volunteers leave cave after 40-day trial A group of 15 French volunteers have left a cave where they had stayed for 40 days, in an experiment examining the limits of human ... World • 24 Apr
Three arrested after woman killed in France stabbing French police have arrested three people after a female police employee was stabbed to death at her workplace southwest of Paris, by a suspected Islamist ... World • 23 Apr
France seeks conspiracy theorist over girl's abduction French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for a leading figure in conspiracy circles who is suspected of helping to organise the kidnapping of ... World • 20 Apr
Kidnapped French girl, 8, rescued in Switzerland An eight-year-old girl was rescued in Switzerland yesterday, five days after being kidnapped from her grandmother's French home in a "military" style operation with the ... World • 19 Apr
EU 'concerned' over Navalny's health in penal colony The EU has said it is "deeply concerned" about reports that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's health was failing in a Russian penal colony and called ... World • 18 Apr
€1bn aid for French farmers and winemakers after frost French Prime Minister Jean Castex has pledged more than €1 billion in aid for farmers and winemakers reeling from the worst frost in decades. World • 17 Apr
Police catch 100 people at underground Paris restaurant Police in Paris have fined more than 100 people who were caught flouting coronavirus restrictions at an underground restaurant last night. Coronavirus • 10 Apr
French MPs divided over 'existential' euthanasia bill A bill to legalise euthanasia went before a deeply divided French parliament today, with right-wingers planning to torpedo any vote with thousands of amendments and ... World • 08 Apr
French winemakers light up vineyards overnight French winemakers have lit candles and burned bales of straw to try to protect their vineyards from sharp spring frosts, with the forecast of more ... News Lens • 07 Apr
France complains about delays over EU virus fund France has taken aim at the failure of some EU countries to rapidly ratify an emergency programme for the bloc's coronavirus-hit economies, singling out Germany. Europe • 02 Apr
France orders schools closed, widens Covid restrictions French President Emmanuel Macron has extended movement restrictions to cover the whole of France, and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought ... Coronavirus • 31 Mar
France seeking UNESCO heritage status for the baguette France has chosen the baguette as its candidate for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status, the government said, seeking recognition for that most quintessential of French ... News Lens • 26 Mar
French retailer Carrefour buys BIG in Brazil Shares in Carrefour moved higher today after the French supermarket retailer said it would buy Grupo BIG in a deal that values Brazil's third-biggest food ... Business • 24 Mar
Barclays expands private bank to France and Italy Barclays has expanded its private banking business to France and Italy as it seeks to grow its European wealth business in the wake of Britain's ... Business • 22 Mar
IKEA France on trial for spying on staff The French branch of Swedish retailing giant IKEA is on trial accused of running an elaborate system to spy on staff and job applicants using ... World • 22 Mar
MDMA seized in France was actually strawberry sweets A major haul of the drug MDMA announced by the Paris police this week has turned out to be nothing more sinister than strawberry sweets, ... World • 19 Mar
France fells oaks to rebuild the Notre-Dame spire Tree surgeons began felling centuries-old oak trees which will be used to rebuild the wooden-framed spire of Notre-Dame de Paris after it was destroyed by ... News Lens • 10 Mar
Italy arrests 'forger' over links to 2015 Paris attack Italian police say they had arrested a 36-year-old Algerian man on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group and helping the authors of the ... Europe • 08 Mar
