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French minister criticizes Germany over Grexit

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:12:59 +0200

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in an interview Sunday that his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble was "wrong" to propose a temporary withdrawal from the euro for debt-laden Greece, evoking "a clear disagreement".

Reputation of French universities tumbles

Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:00:00 +0100

A league table of the world’s most prestigious universities published on Wednesday should "sound alarm bells" in France with the latest rankings showing the country now only has two institutions in the world's top 100.

Court blesses woman's marriage to father-in-law

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:00:00 +0100

France's highest appeals court made legal history on Wednesday, giving its blessing to the marriage of a woman from the south of France to her ex-father-in-law, according to reports.

Gay Paris braced for anti-gay marriage march

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:06:00 +0100

Thousands of demonstrators - including numerous gay activists - are set to march through the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against the French government’s plans to legalise gay marriage.

Snapper's slander bags million for homeless man

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:32:00 +0100

A former homeless man has won €1 million in court after suing legendary society photographer and one-time Liliane Bettencourt heir François Marie Banier, who accused him of homophobia.

Angry MPs storm out after 'Nazi' taunt

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:18:00 +0100

French Prime Minister François Fillon and his ministers stormed out of parliament in protest on Tuesday after an opposition deputy accused the government of flirting with Nazi ideology.

France giving foreign grads the cold shoulder

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:55:00 +0100

Foreign students have started to feel the effects of stricter work visa policies in France.

French police dismantle Occupy camp

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:29:00 +0100

French police late on Tuesday dismantled a two-week-old makeshift camp of anti-capitalist 'Indignant' protesters in Paris' La Defense business district, an AFP reporter witnessed.

Socialists drop DSK amid new sleaze claims

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:18:00 +0200

Five months after his arrest in New York on attempted rape charges, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is still making lurid headlines and France's Socialists are breathing a sigh of relief at a narrow escape.

President hops aboard new high-speed train

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:20:33 +0200

President Sarkozy will launch a new section of the country's high-speed rail network on Thursday when he takes a trip on the new Rhin-Rhône branch.

French Socialists keep distance from DSK

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:48:00 +0200

French Socialists are distancing themselves from Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF boss once tipped to beat Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential vote, as he heads home after a New York
sex scandal.

France 'could learn from US' on ethnic minorities

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:35:00 +0200

A group of regionally elected officials is calling for the country to change the rules on how it collects data on ethnic minorities.

Presidential hopeful quizzed in DSK case

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:51:00 +0200

Top French presidential hopeful Francois Hollande turned up for questioning by detectives on Wednesday in a probe into an alleged attempted rape by his fellow Socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn.