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Tax exile Gérard Depardieu has shown the press his new Russian passport before dining with President Vladimir Putin at Black Sea resort of Sochi.

President backs education minister who sparked controversy after ordering private Catholic schools not to debate same-sex marriage bill.

French president rules out state takeover of insolvent oil refinery, a political hot potato, but says financial help is possible if buyer is found.

Five people died after a light aircraft in which they were travelling crashed into woodland near the city of Grenoble in south-eastern France.

Police investigating the September murders of a British family in the French Alps want to question Swiss gunman who killed three women on Wednesday.

Leading French film producer lambasts huge fees paid to the country's cinema stars whose demands are largely met via subsidies paid to the industry.

Music and entertainment store chain says tumlbing sales of CDs and DVDs has made it insolvent, with reported debts of more than 20 million euros.

French cinema icon and animal rights campaigner says she will apply for Russian citizenship unless slaughter of two sick circus elephants is stopped.

France's National Drugs Safety Agency says doctors should only prescribe 3rd and 4th generation birth-control pills 'in very specific circumstances'.

The actor, who recently announced he was moving to Belgium to flee French taxes, is offered Russian citizenship in a decree by President Putin.