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Flights cancelled as French air traffic controller strike bites

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Marseille said to be worst affected but other airports hit include Toulouse, Bordeaux, Orly, Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Lyon and Nice.

France's richest man pilloried in low-budget, smash-hit documentary

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Runaway success Merci, Patron!  is about unemployed couple from northern France who lose their jobs when the company opens new factories in Poland.

Salah Abdeslam may have been preparing Brussels attacks: Belgian FM

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Belgian foreign minister says arrested fugitive wanted for November's Paris terrorist attacks was found in Brussels with 'a lot of weapons'.

Arrested Paris attacks fugitive 'to sue French prosecutor'

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Lawyer for Salah Abdeslam, held in Belgium and fighting extradition to France, said weekend comments by French official violated probe's confidentiality.

Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of Stade de France suicide bombing'

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The November Paris attacks fugitive, arrested in Brussels on Friday, told Belgian police he had 'wanted to blow himself up' at football match.

French parliament reduces proposed 'Nutella' tax sum

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A bill of law proposing a punitive 300-euro-per tonne tax on palm oil has been amended to 90 euros per tonne after protests from producer countries.

Salah Abdeslam refuses extraditon to France

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The Paris terror attacks fugitive, arrested in Brussels, has refused to be extradited to France but is 'cooperating' with Belgian police, says his lawyer.

Brussels arrests of Paris terror attacks suspects: live updates

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Belgian PM Charles Michel has confirmed three suspects were arrested in Friday's raids in Brussels, including Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam.

Paris terrorist attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam captured in Brussels

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French national Salah Abdeslam, 26, wanted for his part in the November attacks that left 130 dead, was wounded during his arrest in Molenbeek area of Brussels.

Fingerprints of Paris terror attacks fugitive found in Brussels raid

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Belgian prosecutors said fingerprints of Salah Abdeslam, who took part in the November 13th attacks in Paris, were found in a flat raided earlier this week.