15-06-2013 09:17
EU ministers were trying on Friday to convince France its prized "cultural exception" could be safely included in talks on the world's biggest free trade deal with the United States but Paris still refused to budge.
15-06-2013 09:14
The European Union thrashed out a compromise Friday on how to negotiate the world's biggest free trade deal with the United States, meeting France's demands to ensure its prized 'cultural exception' would not be bargained away.
14-06-2013 08:58
France suffered another day of travel chaos on Thursday as striking workers shut down more than half the country's rail lines after an air traffic controllers' strike grounded thousands of flights this week.
13-06-2013 09:59
France's health ministry said Wednesday that a man suspected of having contracted MERS had tested negative for the SARS-like virus which has killed more than 30 people, mostly in Saudi Arabia.
10-06-2013 10:36
Goals from Chelsea midfielder Oscar, Lazio's Hernanes and Lucas Moura from the spot saw Brazil beat France 3-0 Sunday to ensure the French ended their brief trip to South America without a win or a goal.
06-06-2013 14:46
A clinically-taken goal from controversial striker Luis Suarez gave Uruguay a 1-0 win in a tame friendly against a young France side in Montevideo's Centenario Stadium on Wednesday.
05-06-2013 09:24
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sent Roger Federer crashing out of the French Open quarter-finals Tuesday to take a step closer to ending France's 30-year wait for a men's champion at Roland Garros.
30-05-2013 14:25
The European Commission laid down its economic targets Wednesday for EU nations desperately seeking growth and jobs in the fallout from the debt crisis but gave France and Spain extra time in return for deeper reforms.
27-05-2013 14:25
Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova begin their Roland Garros title defences on Monday while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga carries the burden of trying to end France's 30-year wait for a home champion.
25-05-2013 09:39
Italy's Francesco Molinari leads the way after two rounds of the European PGA Championship at Wentworth but several of his European Ryder Cup team mates missed the cut.
14-05-2013 08:27
French aerospace giant Airbus offered a sneak preview of its latest long-haul carrier, the A350, on Monday, rolling out a first model in front of hundreds of staff at its assembly plant in south-western France.
08-05-2013 10:19
“16:30”, a prize-winning 17-minute film by young local director Tran Dung Thanh Huy, will be screened at the 2013 Cannes Festival, which is set to take place in Cannes, France from May 15 to 26.
04-05-2013 19:38
The launch of the Vietnam’s satellite for earth observation on Vega lightweight rocket was put off until an unspecified date due to bad weather conditions at the Guyana Space Center in Kourou, France, said the European Space Agency (ESA).
02-05-2013 09:57
France and Italy presented a united front on the eurozone debt crisis amid deepening divisions over belt-tightening policies in the European Union.
26-04-2013 08:38
Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, will be launched into orbit on May 4 from the Kourou launch pad, Guyana, France.