Marseille, Europe’s new cultural capital, seeks to shed its shady image
As Marseille takes the baton as European Capital of Culture 2013, it is hoping its full programme of arts and entertainment events will reshape traditional – and less savoury – perceptions of the city....
View ArticleIN PICTURES: France's Ligue 1 football kicks off
The new season of the French Football League is kicking off on August 9, with reigning champs Paris Saint-Germain hoping to keep their title. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the players and teams promising...
View ArticleProbe into teen’s deportation claims father was abusive
A probe ordered by French Interior Minister into the circumstances surrounding the high-profile deportation of a 15-year-old girl and her family claims they showed little interest in integrating into...
View ArticleTop cop vs leftist icon rivalry grips French Socialists
The rivalry between Interior Minister Manuel Valls and Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has fed the French media through the silly season. Attention is now turning to its effect on the ruling...
View ArticleFrench fury at Senator’s ‘killer instinct’ jibe
A French Senator’s quip that President François Hollande and his ministers were the target of his “killer instinct”, followed by a colleague’s joke that he would “supply the Kalashnikovs”, has gone...
View ArticleHollande in hotseat as Roma deportations divide govt
President François Hollande was under mounting pressure Monday as a row over deporting France's Roma population strained relations with his Green Party coalition partners. The policy has been publicly...
View ArticleFrance set to deport hard-line imams
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has said that a handful of radical imams will be expelled from the country in the coming days as part of ongoing efforts to deport foreign-born preachers who...
View ArticleFrench billionaire Senator Dassault ‘paid for votes’
French Senator and billionaire Serge Dassault paid hundreds of thousands of euros to influence a mayoral election in 2010, according to a French news site that on Sunday presented new evidence “he will...
View ArticleOrange CEO’s job in question as Lagarde’s image takes hit
A French government official has raised doubts over whether Orange chief executive Stéphane Richard will keep his job after being investigated for fraud, in a case that has brought IMF head Christine...
View ArticleFrench lawmaker on defensive over Hitler reference
PARIS (AP) — A French lawmaker is defending himself against accusations that he told a group of Gypsies he wished the Nazis had killed more members of the minority during World War II. Gilles...
View ArticleParis Communist suggests tearing down Sacré-Coeur
A top Parisian Communist has said that if he were mayor, he would close down the Sacré-Coeur and replace it with a "solidarity space". The remark comes after Paris’s Communists vowed to back the...
View ArticleAdolf Hitler 'did not kill enough travellers': French mayor
London: A politician in France has caused outrage by suggesting that Adolf Hitler 'did not kill enough' of French Travelers. Gilles Bourdouleix, MP and mayor of the town of Cholet in the Maine...
View ArticleVenezuelan soldiers arrested over huge Air France cocaine haul
Two Venezuelan National Guard sergeants and one lieutenant were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine, valued at 200 million euros, on an Air France...
View ArticleVenezuela arrests soldiers over Air France cocaine haul
Two Venezuelan National Guard sergeants and one lieutenant were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine, valued at 200 million euros, on an Air France...
View ArticleFrench politician sparks outrage by suggesting Adolf Hitler 'did not kill...
Tweet London, July 24 (ANI): A politician in France has caused outrage by suggesting that Adolf Hitler 'did not kill enough' of French Travelers. Gilles Bourdouleix, MP and mayor of the town of Cholet...
View ArticleFrance looks to fast-track asylum applications
France’s tough-talking Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday that the asylum process needs to be speeded up to stop applicants becoming, “too used to being in France.” By Tony Todd (text)...
View ArticleFrance hails huge drop in road deaths
Road safety in France is improving at record rates – with a huge 15 percent drop in the number of fatalities in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year. By FRANCE 24 (text) The...
View ArticleFrench minister’s wife ‘delighted’ with his sex appeal
Anne Gravoin, the wife of France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls, says she is happy that a recent poll showed that 20 percent of French women aged between 20 and 40 would have a “torrid affair” with...
View ArticleRoma children schooled at French police station
A group of 20 Roma (Gypsy) children near Lyon in southwest France have been refused access to local schools and are attending classes in a local police station instead. By FRANCE 24 (text) A group of...
View ArticleMP faces prosecution in France over Hitler Roma remark
A French MP is facing prosecution for allegedly endorsing Hitler's crimes against the Roma (Gypsies) during a confrontation with travellers. Gilles Bourdouleix has tried to defend himself after he was...
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