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Chad military says 13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist insurgents have been killed in heavy fighting in the remote part of northern Mali.

Michael Haneke’s movie dominated the French film awards, clinching best film, best director, best actress, best actor and best original screenplay.

France could get longer to reach its public finance goals, if the country makes the necessary reforms, says the EU's economic chief.

Paris needs to "do its homework" and implement more austerity measures and labor market reforms to regain competitiveness, says Michael Fuchs.

The Franco-Dutch airline says it made a 1.19bn euros net loss in 2012, blaming sharply rising fuel costs and trouble with its cargo business.

French president François Hollande says he wants very high-speed internet to reach every household in the country by 2023.

Michael Edwards, 74, is the first Briton to achieve "immortality" by becoming a member of the hallowed institution the Académie Française.

The rumpus in Europe over horsemeat sold as beef is bringing a bonanza for France's 700 surviving horse butchers.

France is poised to drag the eurozone into a fourth quarter of recession as business activity slumps in the region's second-largest economy.

After reports from a French government minister that they had been rescued, the fate of a family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon remains unclear.