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French fans poured onto the Champs Elysees after the 4-2 win over Croatia

Millions celebrate France's World Cup win

Millions of French fans partied into the night to mark the country's World Cup victory, celebrating football and the power of the game to bring a nation together.

World Cup 2018 • 16 Jul 18

Redoine Faid broke out after a helicopter landed in the grounds of the prison

Manhunt under way after thief flees jail in helicopter

A French gangster is on the run after being sprung from jail by heavily armed gunmen and escaping in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds, the justice minister said today.

News • 01 Jul 18

Bank of America is refurbishing an 11,000 square metre office in Paris to create a European trading hub that will serve clients after Brexit

Bank of America raises Paris job moves before Brexit

Bank of America is looking to move more jobs than originally envisaged to its new Paris office, in what is expected to be one of the biggest such shifts from London ahead of Brexit.

Business • 08 Jun 18

Paris has previously offered free public transport during particularly bad spells of pollution

Paris mayor considers free transport to curb pollution

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is commissioning a study into making public transport free in the French capital to bring down grim levels of air pollution.

News Lens • 20 Mar 18

Nissan looks to buy France's stake in Renault - Reuters

Renault and alliance partner Nissan are discussing plans for a closer tie-up in which the Japanese carmaker would acquire the bulk of the French state's 15% Renault holding.

Business • 07 Mar 18

Floodwaters overflow the banks of the Seine river near the Liberty Statue in Paris

Nearly 1,500 evacuated in Paris as Seine floods banks

Nearly 1,500 people have been evacuated from homes in the Paris region, with authorities on alert for any major flood risk after the levels of the swollen River Seine rose further today.

World • 28 Jan 18

The River Seine is expected to peak at more than six metres today, which is at least four metres higher than normal height

River Seine continues to rise after record rainfall

The River Seine in Paris is continuing to rise, flooding streets and putting museums on an emergency footing as record rainfall pushed rivers over their banks across northeastern France.

Europe • 27 Jan 18

Axe-wielding robbers carried out a raid at the hotel on Wednesday

All jewellery stolen in Ritz robbery recovered

All the jewellery stolen from shops in Paris's Ritz hotel has been recovered, a source close to the case said.

Crime • 12 Jan 18

Two suspected thieves are still on the run, according to a police source

Jewels and watches recovered after Paris heist

Some of the jewels stolen during an armed raid at the Ritz Hotel in Paris have been recovered, according to a police source.

France • 11 Jan 18

There were colourful firework displays in Sydney, Hong Kong and London (above)

Tight security as world welcomes 2018

Revellers gathered in Dublin and cities and towns all over the country to celebrate the new year, while more than two million people in New York braved the coldest new year weather for a century to welcome 2018 in Times Square.

New Year • 01 Jan 18

Salah Abdeslam is the only surviving suspect in the Paris attacks which killed 130 people

Date set for Abdeslam's trial over Brussels shootout

A Belgian court has delayed until February the trial of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam over a shooting in Brussels that led to his capture.

World • 18 Dec 17

The tiger escaped from the Cirque Bormann-Moreno, which had just moved to the area

Tiger shot dead on Paris street after escaping circus

A tiger that escaped from a circus in Paris today was shot dead by the owner, who was then taken into custody, French police said.

World • 24 Nov 17

A ban on petrol-fuelled vehicles marks a radical escalation of policy in the world's most visited city

Paris plans to banish petrol and diesel cars by 2030

Paris authorities plan to banish all petrol- and diesel-fuelled cars from the world's most visited city by 2030, Paris City Hall has said.

World • 13 Oct 17

The incident happened in an expensive area of Paris

Five held in Paris over suspected bomb

French police have arrested five people, including one on a terror watch list, after discovering a suspected home-made bomb in one of Paris's most exclusive neighbourhoods at the weekend.

World • 03 Oct 17

Starting a debate - french style

The French government of Emmanuel Macron is currently fizzing with ideas on all manner of topics.

Business • 27 Sep 17

Sources said that Bank of America was looking to move some of the investment bank activities to Paris

Bank of America looking for more office space in Paris

Bank of America is looking to lease more office space in Paris as the bank prepares to expand its operations in the French capital to cope with the impact of Britain's exit from the European Union

Business • 27 Sep 17

Nearly half of the firms surveyed said they would have to move staff or restructure their businesses because of Brexit

10,000 UK finance jobs affected in Brexit's first wave

Around 10,000 finance jobs will be shifted out of Britain or created overseas in the next few years if the UK is denied access to Europe's single market.

Business • 18 Sep 17

Police raided the flat in Paris following a tip-off from someone who works in the building

Paris 'bomb factory' suspects linked to Syria

Police in France investigating a suspected 'bomb factory' near Paris believe that the three men arrested in connection with it were preparing attacks and had made calls to Syria, a French minister said.

World • 07 Sep 17

Salah Abdeslam has refused to speak about the attacks to investigators in France

Paris attack suspect to be tried separately in Belgium

Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in 2015 Islamist attacks on Paris who is currently jailed in France, will face trial in Belgium over a police shootout at his suspected hideout in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors said.

World • 17 Aug 17

The crash happened in the village of Sept-Sorts, 55km east of Paris

Man who crashed into pizzeria was heavily medicated

A driver who rammed his car into a pizzeria near Paris yesterday, killing a girl and injuring 13 people, had consumed large quantities of medication and had severe mental health problems, officials said this afternoon.

paris • 15 Aug 17

French police officers and emergency workers are seen beside the damaged car

Suspect shot, arrested after French soldiers attacked

French police shot and arrested a man suspected of deliberately ramming his car into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb, injuring six of them in what the government called a deliberate attack.

Europe • 09 Aug 17

In November two Qataris were robbed of €5 million worth of jewellery and clothing

20 tourists robbed outside Paris hotel

Masked men armed with tear gas robbed around 20 tourists who were waiting for shuttle buses outside a Paris airport hotel at the weekend, sources close to the investigation said.

News • 10 Jul 17

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveils latest efforts to attract London banks to Paris

France steps up efforts to lure London banks to Paris

French authorities have stepped up efforts to attract London banks to Paris after Brexit by pledging to cut labour costs and ensure they do not face tougher regulations than European rivals.

Business • 07 Jul 17

The attacker died in yesterday's incident

Champs-Elysees attacker pledged allegiance to IS

The man who rammed a car into a police van on Paris's Champs-Elysees yesterday pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State militant group in a letter found by investigators, a source close to the probe said this evening.

World • 20 Jun 17

Large section of the avenue was cordoned off by police

Terror probe launched into incident on Champs Elysees

A driver deliberately rammed his car into a police van as it drove down Paris' Champs Elysees avenue and was killed, police said, adding that no officers or bystanders were injured and the situation was under control.

Europe • 19 Jun 17