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Date created : 17/02/2019 – 05:15Latest update : 17/02/2019 – 07:33 French President Emmanuel Macron condemned anti-Semitic abuse of a leading intellectual by “yellow vest” protestors and said it would not be tolerated. ADVERTISING Read more Police intervened to protect philosopher and writer Alain Finkielkraut after he was targeted by […]

Date created : 15/02/2019 – 14:11Latest update : 16/02/2019 – 09:14 French champagne house Taittinger has stepped up production this year as it sends more bottles to the United Kingdom in preparation for the likelihood of a “no-deal” Brexit on March 29. ADVERTISING Read more “We don’t have a crystal […]

Date created : 15/02/2019 – 23:05 Under a bright blue sky on an unseasonably warm February day, several hundred high school and university students skipped class to demonstrate in front of the French ministry for the environment in Paris. ADVERTISING Read more “Look at your Rolex, it’s time for a […]

Date created : 16/02/2019 – 11:45Latest update : 16/02/2019 – 12:00 Demonstrators are to hit French city streets again Saturday, marking three months of “yellow vest” protests as a poll now suggests that most of the country wants them to stop. ADVERTISING Read more The number of those attending the […]

Date created : 15/02/2019 – 12:22 The Vatican’s envoy to France is being investigated for sexual assault after he was accused of molesting an official at the Paris mayor’s office during a ceremony last month, a judicial source told AFP. ADVERTISING Read more The envoy, 74-year-old Luigi Ventura, has been […]

Date created : 14/02/2019 – 00:45Latest update : 14/02/2019 – 07:50 A Paris court gave a year-long firm jail sentence on Wednesday to a former French boxing champion who was filmed raining blows on riot officers during a “yellow vest” protest last month. ADVERTISING Read more Christophe Dettinger, 37, was […]

A spate of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents has shocked France, where officials say attacks against Jews rose by 74% last year – an alarming trend experts have linked to the spread of hate speech and the tension surrounding “Yellow Vest” protests. ADVERTISING Read more During a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, French […]

Date created : 11/02/2019 – 22:55 Ismaël Emelien, a close aide to President Emmanuel Macron whose name has recently been linked to the so-called “Benalla Affair”, has become the latest member of the president’s entourage to announce his resignation. ADVERTISING Read more Emelien, who served as Macron’s “special advisor” and […]

Date created : 12/02/2019 – 04:04Latest update : 12/02/2019 – 07:58 A group of young French media executives was condemned Monday for running a macho “boys’ club” that harassed female colleagues online. ADVERTISING Read more Their closed Facebook group “League of LOL” — made up mostly of men in their […]

Date created : 12/02/2019 – 07:38Latest update : 12/02/2019 – 10:20 A tree planted in a Paris suburb in memory of a young Jewish man who was tortured to death in 2006 has been chopped down, authorities said Monday, confirming the latest in a series of anti-Semitic acts in France. […]

Date created : 11/02/2019 – 08:25 Winger Jonny May scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes as a scintillating England ripped through a sorry France for a 44-8 victory at Twickenham on Sunday to put them top of the Six Nations table after two rounds. ADVERTISING Read more After […]

Turnout at Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests fell sharply, with 51,400 attending demonstrations nationwide as opposed to 69,000 just two weeks ago. The movement is falling prey to deep internal divisions even as it seeks greater legitimacy. ADVERTISING Read more After drawing 282,000 people nationwide during the first weekend of protests […]

Date created : 09/02/2019 – 15:49Latest update : 09/02/2019 – 16:11 Nearly 2 million lorries pass through the port of Calais every year. It is a vital supply route between continental Europe and the UK, and consequently the prospect of no deal Brexit is taken very seriously there. Planning started […]

Date created : 09/02/2019 – 11:41Latest update : 10/02/2019 – 12:07 Yellow Vest protests in Paris turned violent on Saturday in front of the National Assembly, with one protester losing a hand amid reports of other casualties. ADVERTISING Read more Paramedics huddled around the injured protester near the gates of […]

Date created : 08/02/2019 – 15:07Latest update : 08/02/2019 – 16:22 Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman and CEO of French carmaker Renault, on Friday announced he was willing to “reimburse” a €50,000 gift from the chateau of Versailles, reportedly linked to his lavish wedding at the royal estate. ADVERTISING Read […]

Date created : 09/02/2019 – 11:41Latest update : 09/02/2019 – 12:14 Yellow Vests protesters will demonstrate for a 13th consecutive weekend on Saturday, with multiple rallies planned throughout France. But the latest protests are increasingly plagued by internal quarrels over how to secure more political gains. ADVERTISING Read more The […]

Date created : 07/02/2019 – 18:04Latest update : 07/02/2019 – 18:12 Former officials of France’s Green Party (Europe Ecologie Les Verts) say they should have acted earlier on reports of sexual misconduct by an ex-lawmaker accused by six women of harassment and abuse. ADVERTISING Read more The ex-politicians were testifying […]

Date created : 07/02/2019 – 14:10Latest update : 07/02/2019 – 19:25 French President Emmanuel Macron’s government recalled its ambassador to Rome on Thursday in a move unprecedented since World War Two, saying it was fed up with “repeated, baseless” attacks by Italian political leaders against France. ADVERTISING Read more The […]

Date created : 07/02/2019 – 11:17 Two French journalists on Thursday told a terror trial in Brussels that Mehdi Nemmouche, the main defendant in the May 2014 Jewish museum murders, had imprisoned and tortured them in Syria. ADVERTISING Read more The journalists who were freed in April 2014 came to […]

Date created : 06/02/2019 – 14:55Latest update : 06/02/2019 – 15:00 Paul François, a farmer from France’s rural Charente region, is seeking more than €1 million in damages from Monsanto, arguing that use of the company’s Lasso weed killer has left him disabled. ADVERTISING Read more Paul François is exhausted, […]