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Paris's Gare du Nord to get 'Plan Botox' facelift

 

Plan to modernise the Parisian equivalent of St Pancras announced on the 150th anniversary of its construction

19 Apr 2014

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Four French journalists freed after 10-month hostage ordeal in Syria

 

One of group speaks of their joy at being free after capture last June by Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Shams (ISIS)

19 Apr 2014

French holiday homes up to a fifth cheaper

 

Property prices have fallen by up to 20 per cent in some of France’s most desirable holiday locations

18 Apr 2014

Francois Hollande aide quits over conflict of interest case

 

Aquilino Morelle resigns amid claims about lavish lifestyle and advice given to pharmaceutical firms while a civil servant

18 Apr 2014

Eurostar delays cause late start to Easter holidaymakers

 

Passengers on Eurostar trains subjected to four-hour delays due to technical failure and line fatality

17 Apr 2014

Pets no longer just part of furniture in France

Pets - classed under French civil law as property like tables and chairs - are to be given a new legal status as 'sentient beings'

16 Apr 2014

One French student out of 500 refuses DNA test to find rapist

A student aged over 18 has refused to give sample to police investigating school rape in western France

16 Apr 2014

Segolene Royal proposes to tax foreign lorries driving through France

Ségolène Royal has proposed charging foreign lorries for driving through France in move that would breach European regulations

16 Apr 2014

Paris school faces investigation over Opus Dei links

Private Paris school to be investigated after conservative Roman Catholic group members tell students that using contraceptive pill is 'semi-murder'

16 Apr 2014

'Porn without borders' is key benefit of EU, says French MEP

Comment made by Joseph Daul, head of European parliament's biggest conservative group, when asked how to convince young people to vote in the upcoming EU Parliament elections

15 Apr 2014

Paris police order 'systematic eviction' of Roma gypsies

Row erupts over leaked note ordering police in Paris' chic sixth arrondissement to 'systematically evict' Roma gypsies

15 Apr 2014

Vials of deadly SARS virus 'go missing' in France

Thousand of vials of the contagious respiratory disease SARS go missing from its high-security laboratory in France

15 Apr 2014

Murder trial opens for France's 'Black Widow'

Five of Manuela Gonzalez's lovers have died or nearly died in mysterious circumstances but the former driving instructor denies burning her ex husband to death

14 Apr 2014

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Peugeot slashes model range to aid recovery

New models heavily focused on development of plug-in hybrid vehicles and self-driving cars

14 Apr 2014

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France projects growth is meeting deficit targets

Video The country's new finance minister Micel Sapin announces that France is meeting its deficit targets

14 Apr 2014

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Jewish group demands ban on Paris auction of Hitler and Goering effects

France's top Jewish body calls on government to block sale of personal items belonging to Nazi leader and air force chief, branding it a 'moral indecency'

14 Apr 2014

Hundreds of French students and teachers DNA tested to find rapist

Police take samples from 527 male pupils and staff in La Rochelle, western France, in a bid to find rapist who attacked teenager in school toilets in the dark

14 Apr 2014

Former call-girl depicted as Marie-Antoinette sparks row

The choice of a former teenage escort-girl as the model for a portrait of Marie-Antoinette in a state-funded exhibition sparks controversy

13 Apr 2014

Jewish mayor the secret weapon of French far-Right

Fréjus, a touristic Riviera town, has become the latest bastion of the Front National

13 Apr 2014

The French comic with the stand-up routine in Chinese – a language he doesn’t understand

A French comedian’s one-man show in Mandarin becomes a surprise hit – even though he doesn’t understand his own jokes

12 Apr 2014

Paris unveils zoo of the future

Video Zoo structured into "biozones" could revolutionise the way we view animals in captivity

12 Apr 2014

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French prison wardens struggle with drunken inmates

Prisoners are getting friends to throw whiskey and vodka over the gates as guards look powerlessly on

11 Apr 2014

French playboy lawyer jailed for girlfriend’s murder after 37 years

Former Riviera lawyer was convicted of killing a glamorous casino heiress 36 years ago, after a legal battle that has gripped France

11 Apr 2014

Jilted Valérie Trierweiler seeks to embarrass Francois Hollande with tweet

Former partner sets herself on collision course with former French PM over Mexico relations

10 Apr 2014

French teenagers 'stabbed brother in plot to kill family'

France horrified by case of two 13-year-old girls who admitted attacking six-year-old and planning to murder other family members

10 Apr 2014

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