France provides 550 mln euros in aid to Lebanon to boost economy
France said on Friday it would provide Lebanon 550 million euros ($672 million) to support economic reforms in a country struggling from the impact of
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French PM Edouard Philippe gets tough with SNCF
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Thursday he would not back down on plans to overhaul the state-run SNCF railways, as the pro-reform CFDT
France hit by second day of rail chaos as strike bites
Millions of French commuters suffered a second consecutive day of travel chaos on Wednesday as striking rail workers locked horns with President Emmanuel Macron’s government
Turkey says France “completely wrong” on Syria
A senior Turkish official said on Friday that a French pledge to help stabilise a region of northern Syria controlled by Kurdish-dominated forces amounted to
France to spend 1.5 bn euros on artificial intelligence by 2022
France will invest 1.5 billion euros of public money into artificial intelligence research by 2022 in a bid to catch up with the United States
France’s Sarkozy to face trial for corruption, influence peddling
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in
Police arrest man who tried to run down soldiers in southern France (Update 2)
French police arrested a man suspected of driving a stolen car at a group of soldiers jogging outside their base in the foothills of the
France honours soldier killed in Islamist attack
President Emmanuel Macron led national tributes on Wednesday to the gendarme who switched places with a woman hostage during an attack on a supermarket in
Macron to continue dialogue with Turkey on Cyprus and Aegean
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his willingness to continue the close dialogue with Turkey on the situation off Cyprus and in the Aegean, a statement
French gendarme who traded places with hostage is dead
The French gendarme who voluntarily took the place of a hostage during a deadly supermarket siege in southwestern France on Friday has died, Interior Minister
Three killed in French supermarket hostage-taking (Update 3)
Three people were killed in south-western France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket,
Britain’s new Brexit passport to be made in France (Updated)
By Costas Pitas The new blue British passports that Prime Minister Theresa May called “an expression of our independence and sovereignty” after Brexit will
French civil servants, rail staff strike in test for Macron
Teachers, hospital nurses, train conductors and airline controllers will walk off the job and take to the streets across France on Thursday in a test
France’s Sarkozy faces second day of questioning in Gaddafi case
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy faced a second day of questioning on Wednesday by investigators looking into allegations that his 2007 election campaign had received funds from
Former French leader Sarkozy held over Libyan funding inquiry
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody on Tuesday and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi helped finance his
French ex-president Sarkozy in custody in campaign funding probe (Update)
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his
Merkel heads to Paris for euro reform talks with Macron
German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Paris on Friday enthusiastic about talks with French President Emmanuel Macron but at odds with him over the pace and scope
France ‘backs Macron’ in standoff with rail unions
President Emmanuel Macron is squaring off against rail unions with most voters on his side, a poll showed, as a labour force with a history of confrontation
Polls show Macron hitting speed bump in French reform drive
French voters are happy with Emmanuel Macron‘s plans to shrink parliament and scrap perks enjoyed by 150,000 railway workers, but less pleased by the president’s effort
Germany to start work on trade, China, Syria war – Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy, the war in Syria and competition