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President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to Paris after travelling to Germany.

Less than two months after losing his home in an arson attack, the mayor of a town in western France resigned this week, citing, among other things, a “lack of support from the state”. Amid an increasingly tense political environment, attacks against mayors in France are multiplying. And some say they have been left to fend for themselves.

Taiwanese battery maker Prologium said Friday it will invest billions of dollars in building a new factory in northern France for its first European plant.

France’s vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to feed 15,000 athletes.

Ukraine war: French journalist killed near Bakhmut Arman Soldin, a 32-year-old French journalist working for AFP news agency, was killed by rocket fire near Chasiv…

France’s Interior Minister G?rald Darmanin said Tuesday he had asked local prefects to ban ultra-right-wing demonstrations after coming under criticism for allowing hundreds of far-right activists dressed in black to march through Paris at the weekend.

‘”Are you coming Oskar? I’ve never been this dilated”.’

Today’s News Headlines from the EU News Today French police fire teargas as clashes erupt at May Day pension protests. Cities across France saw another…

City break holiday deals to Paris from London for June 2023 Paris is the perfect place for a city break this summer. Fights to the…

French supermarket giant Carrefour said on Wednesday it would allow female employees to take days off if they suffer from endometriosis, a medical condition that can cause excessive period cramps.

  The French parliament is set to send two delegations to visit Taiwan this month after President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks on China and Taiwan…

  The fallout from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China rippled across the seas on Tuesday as Chinese warships continued to operate near Taiwan,…

Rescuers were on Tuesday searching rubble in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille for two people still missing after a deadly building collapse two days before, while investigators probed the cause of the tragedy.

French Alps avalanche: 5 killed at Armancette glacier Five people have died and one remains missing following an avalanche in the French Alps. The incident…

2 bodies found after Marseille building destroyed in explosion Two bodies have been found after an explosion destroyed a four-storey apartment building in the La…

Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by top French business executives, concluded his trip to China on Friday with a visit to the southern city of Canton, where he met with more Chinese investors. With trade talks on the agenda, several deals between companies from both countries have already been sealed during the French president’s first visit to China since the Covid-19 pandemic. A French economist shares with FRANCE 24 her insight on the concerns surrounding trade ties between Paris and Beijing.

France pension reform: Hundreds of thousands continue strikes and protests  France is bracing for widespread protests and strikes on Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of…

French couple enjoy glass of red wine – A fiery mass shooting out flaming projectiles can’t distract from a good vin rouge.

An elite French gendarme was shot dead in France’s overseas territory of French Guiana in South America while taking part in an operation against illegal gold mining, the French presidency said Saturday.

Breaking – King Charles’s France visit postponed after pension protests Charles III’s first state visit has been postponed, the Elysée Palace has said, as France…

France pension protests: Bordeaux town hall set on fire as protesters take to the street Continuing protests over plans to raise the pension age in…

A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with…

Macron’s government survives no-confidence vote The French government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote that was triggered after it forced through a bill to increase the…

Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government.