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  • French answer to 'House of Cards' set in Marseille

    France — Link

    But makers of new Netflix political drama insist they will avoid stereotyping 'larger than life' Mediterranean city as crime-ridden and seamy.

  • Israeli officials head to France in bid to block Iran nuclear deal

    International — Link

    Israeli intelligence minister in last-minute meetings with top French diplomats involved in the talks over Tehran's nuclear programme.

  • France faces 'unprecedented' terror threat

    France — Link

    High-level official in the French defence ministry says the threat comes from 'pros, not dropouts' and that new attacks are inevitable.

  • The secret of France's baby boom

    France — Link

    The key, say demographic experts, is combining idea of a modern family based on gender equality with effective government policies.

  • Top museum lifts photo ban in wake of French culture minister’s Instagram gaffe

    France — Link

    People complained museum had one rule for public and one rule for ministers after Fleur Pellerin posted image of French masterpiece online.

  • French local elections: the results and reactions

    France

    France went to the polls on Sunday in nationwide local elections in what is as an important test for the Right and Left at this midway point of the socialist government’s five-year term of office. Opinion polls forecast the far-right Front National party to make massive gains, and the Socialist Party to suffer a drubbing, while the uncertainty hung over the capacity of the conservative UMP party, now headed by former president Nicolas Sarkozy, to retain its place as the leading party of the Right. The elections, which concern 43 milion voters, will decide the makeup of the councils governing France’s 101 départements, equivalent to counties, and are held over two rounds, this Sunday and next, with only those candidates who garner more than 50% of votes cast tonight being elected outright. Follow the results as they come in with this election night special report (please refresh the article page for latest updates).

  • Smog prompts Paris region vehicle-ban for half of drivers

    France — Link

    Vehicles allowed to circulate in the city will be only those with odd-number registrations on odd-number dates, and the reverse on even dates.

  • Socialists braced for drubbing as French local elections get underway

    France — Link

    The nationwide local council elections are a mid-term test for the ruling socialist government, with the Right and far-right tipped to win majority.

  • Mario Monti says France has become 'big problem' for Europe

    International — Link

    Former Italian PM said French economic decline and a rise in Eurosceptism and populism weakens Franco-German 'entente' and therefore the EU.

  • Tidal surge turns France's Mont Saint-Michel into an island

    France — Link

    Thousands flocked to see 'tide of the century' transform the UNESCO world heritage site, an ancient abbey linked to the mainland by a causeway.

  • Smog-hit Paris topped world air pollution chart

    France — Link

    The pall of pollution that has shrouded the French capital for days briefly made it the most polluted of 60 cities monitored around the world.

  • Retired French electrician and wife guilty of 'receiving' stolen Picasso hoard

    France — Link

    The pensioner claimed 271 works by Pablo Picasso, stored in his garage, were gifts from the artist's widow for odd jobs he did at her home.

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