Eva Joly, the Norwegian-born Green Party candidate for the French presidency, says the solution to the economic crisis in France and abroad is more green politics, not less.
The French silent film sensation "The Artist" swept Sunday's BAFTA awards, winning best film, best director, and best leading actor for star Jean Dujardin (pictured).
French President Nicolas Sarkozy set the stage for his re-election promises in an interview, saying he intends to hold a referendum on whether unemployed people receiving benefits should be allowed to turn down jobs.
Air France said on Friday that its services were returning to normal after a four-day staff strike over a draft law that would require workers to give 48 hrs notice before striking. The strike caused hundreds of flight cancellations.
Firemen in Marseille on Friday brought under control a fire that had broken out at the city's iconic ‘Cité Radieuse’ housing complex. The full extent of the damage is still not yet known.
Perfume impresario Jean-Paul Guerlain went on trial in Paris Thursday over a 2010 incident in which he described himself as working like a "negre" – a racist slur - and then implying that black people were lazy.
Former Labour Minister Eric Woerth was placed under formal investigation Thursday for his involvement in a complicated campaign finance scandal that comes inauspiciously close to the expected re-election bid of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Air France cancelled 65% of its long-haul flights and 75% of its medium- and short-haul flights on Thursday, the final day of a strike over the airline's striking policies. The airline claims the stoppage is costing EUR8-10mn per day.
Air France said it cancelled 40% of its long-haul flights on Wednesday, marking day three of a four-day strike by aviation unions. The airline is expected to run 70 percent its short- and medium-haul journeys.
France's left-wing parties commemorated the 50-year anniversary of the Feb. 8, 1962 killing by French police of nine demonstrators protesting the war in Algeria at the Paris Charonne metro station. The state's role in the killings remains divisive.
French Interior Minister Claude Gueant (pictured) has been accused of reviving Nazi ideology by saying some civilisations are more equal than others. The government is hoping the dust will settle quickly.
Most of France remained on high alert on Wednesday as Arctic conditions continued to bite a day after electricity consumption in the country hit record levels as residents battled the bitter cold. Freezing temperatures are set to continue.
The European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Airbus to check all superjumbo A380 planes for wing cracks Wednesday after cracks were found during "an unscheduled internal inspection". Airbus claims there is no safety risk.
France joined Britain, Spain, Italy and Belgium in recalling its ambassador to Syria, Eric Chevallier (far right), "for consultations" on Tuesday. A foreign ministry spokesman cited Syria's "worsening repression" in announcing the move.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made good her promise to support fellow conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy’s re-election campaign on Monday, by making a series of TV appearances with the leader who has yet to formally announce his candidacy.
The economic policies espoused by the far-right National Front of Marine Le Pen (pictured) ahead of April's presidential election, including a plan to leave the euro, lack credibility among 70% of French voters, a poll released Saturday showed.
American director Abel Ferrara plans to make a film starring Gerard Depardieu (pictured) as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose political career was destroyed by a hotel maid's allegations of rape, with Isabelle Adjani in the role of his wife.
France’s Interior Minister Claude Gueant (pictured) has drawn angry criticism from opposition members after suggesting in a speech to a right-wing student group that all civilisations are “not of equal value”.
A French court has rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding 2009 fraud charges and a 600,000 euro fine for convincing members into spending tens of thousands of euros.
Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise denying that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide.
