31-08-2018 16:04
France's biggest international star Gerard Depardieu on Thursday (Aug 30) issued a strong denial after it emerged he faces an inquiry into allegations by a young actress of rape and sexual assault.
27-08-2018 15:53
Claude Brendel, director of the Conservatory of Rouen in France, will lead the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in a concert at the Opera House on Wednesday.
25-08-2018 09:03
France's World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris has been charged with drink driving after the Tottenham keeper was stopped by police in the early hours of Friday morning (Aug 24).
18-08-2018 11:37
A French fishing trawler netted a World War II bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives off the coast of Normandy on Friday (Aug 17), prompting the emergency evacuation of the crew while the device was returned to the seabed, authorities said.
14-08-2018 21:06
Paris Saint-Germain defender Presnel Kimpembe, a member of France's World Cup-winning squad, signed a two-year contract extension on Monday (Aug 13) keeping him at the club until 2023.
13-08-2018 09:00
Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday (Aug 12) as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.
13-08-2018 07:12
France plans to introduce a penalty system that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic, part of a pledge to use only recycled plastic nationwide by 2025, an environment ministry official said on Sunday (Aug 12).
03-08-2018 10:11
The Eiffel Tower - closed to visitors since Wednesday afternoon - is to reopen on Friday (Aug 2) after workers went on strike over unacceptably long queues at the Paris landmark.
03-08-2018 09:46
Two of France's best-known rappers were set to spend a second night in custody on Thursday (Aug 2), a day after a brawl between them and their entourages delayed flights at a Paris airport.
02-08-2018 12:44
Giant corporations from the US, Switzerland and France are rushing into Vietnam to invest in promising liquefied natural gas-to-power projects, raising the question whether Vietnam’s gas sources and infrastructure will be up to the task of meeting the demand.
02-08-2018 10:44
UEFA extended former France international Samir Nasri's doping ban from six to 18 months on Wednesday (Aug 1) over the intravenous drip treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016.
02-08-2018 10:23
France's Ligue 1 will use the video assistant referee (VAR) system in every game in the coming season, the French football federation said on Wednesday (Aug 1).
02-08-2018 09:45
A young woman who posted a shocking video of a man punching her outside a Paris cafe launched a website on Wednesday (Aug 1) which allows victims of harassment to tell their stories.
01-08-2018 10:44
As Ligue 1 prepares to kick off in the glow of France's summer triumph, Nice will be one of the clubs that can boast a World Cup winner, but theirs is of an older vintage.
31-07-2018 08:41
Thousands of people hoping to hit beaches along France's Atlantic coast faced massive train cancellations and delays Monday as workers struggled to restore electricity to a key Paris station after a fire last week.