In France, one prisoner commits suicide every three days. FRANCE 24 went behind the scenes of this hidden world to bring you previously unseen footage of punishment cells. Our reporter met both prisoners and guards.
Milk producers across Europe have been hit hard by falling prices. A group of French dairy farmers tell FRANCE 24’s Nicolas Ransom about their everyday struggle to make ends meet.
A 48-year-old engineer working for France Telecom in Brittany hung himself on Thursday. It is the 25th case of suicide at the French telecommunication giant since February 2008.
France Telecom CEO Didier Lombard has vowed to end the company's shocking string of staff suicides as French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde renewed her confidence in Lombard to lead the company through the crisis.
The French opposition have called for the resignation of France Telecom's chief executive. On Monday morning, another employee of the French company killed himself, bringing the number of suicides to 24 in just over 18 months.
On Monday morning, another employee of France Telecom killed himself, bringing the number of suicides at France's biggest telecom company to 24 in just over 18 months. The company recently began talks with unions to deal with the problem.
