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The tapestry had soaked up huge amounts of water, which swelled its weight to three tonnes from just one tonne

Rare tapestry damaged in Notre Dame fire to be restored

News Lens / 13 Sep

Libra could cause risks to consumers and financial stability, warns French Finance Minister Bruno le Maire

France urges EU rules on cryptocurrencies

Business / 13 Sep

Google pays little tax in most European countries as it reports almost all it sales here in Ireland

Google to pay €1bn to settle French tax probe

Business / 12 Sep

The FFF president insisted racism and homophobia 'are not the same thing'

French refs told not to stop games for homophobic abuse

News Lens / 10 Sep

They have to tell us what they want, the French minister said of Britain

French minister says 'no' to more Brexit delays

Brexit / 08 Sep

Thousands of people climb Mont Blanc every year

Mayor asks Macron to stop 'wackos' climbing Mont Blanc

News Lens / 03 Sep

Police said one suspect remained on the run

One dead, eight wounded in French knife attack

Burnt Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil

G7 to supply more than €20m in battle over Amazon fires

The incident happened in the Noisy-le-Grand suburb

Waiter shot dead over slow service in Paris suburb

The Salsigne mine is located in the Aude valley in France (Pic: Google Maps)

Arsenic found in children near former French mine

Social media users highlighted apparent discrepancies

French politician accused of staging glacier photo

News Lens / 13 Aug

The figures cast doubt on the government's ability to reach its target of full-year growth of 1.4%

French economic growth slows for Q2

Business / 30 Jul

Didier Guillaume rejected claims by Donald Trump that American wine is better than French wine

French minister says Trump's wine tax threat 'moronic'

Europe / 30 Jul

Two-metre long bone of sauropod dinosaur discovered in France

Two-metre dinosaur bone discovered in south of France

Europe / 29 Jul

The lake has shrunk from an average size of 100 hectares to 15 hectares, and is still falling

Fish out of water as drought sees lake dry up in France

News Lens / 26 Jul

Renault said its half yearly operating profit dropped 13.6% to €1.654 billion

Renault cuts revenue goal after weaker first half

Business / 26 Jul

Notre-Dame cathedral on fire on 15 April

High lead levels in Notre-Dame cause schools to close

Europe / 25 Jul

Franky Zapata hoped to reach to Dover from Sangette, France in about 20 minutes, flying at speeds up to 140kmph

Flying Frenchman falls into sea on Channel crossing bid

People cool down at the fountains of Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower

France sweats in new record-breaking Europe heatwave

Europe / 23 Jul

Minerve submarine was lost off France's southern coast with 52 sailors on board on 17 January 1968

French Submarine found 51 years after disappearance

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the members of the G7 have expressed 'serious worry' about Facebook's Libra plan

G7 ministers reach consensus on taxing digital giants

Business / 18 Jul

Former jet-skiing champion Franky Zapata developed the flyboard

Hoverboard steals the show at Bastille Day parade

News Lens / 15 Jul

French soldiers take part in the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris

Macron showcases Europe military pride for Bastille Day

Vincent Lambert was left in a vegetative state since a car crash in 2008

French patient dies following life-support legal case

Europe / 11 Jul

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the Senate that France wants to create taxation 'that is fair and efficient'

French Senate approves controversial tax on tech giants

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