Parisians dine on calf’s head in tribute to Chirac
Some queued outside the Elysee Palace under lead-grey skies to pay tribute to Jacques Chirac who died on Thursday. Others flocked to bistrot Le Pere...
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Paris commuters hit by transport strike over pension overhaul
By Leigh Thomas and Matthias Blamont PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Parisian commuters faced travel chaos on Friday as transport workers went on strike over...
Fire in Paris district kills ten, 36 injured (update 3 with video)
By Clotaire Achi Flames tore through an apartment block in Paris, killing at least 10 residents in the early hours of Tuesday, after what prosecutors...
Fire breaks out on rooftop of Lyon university
Lyon, France, Jan 17 (Reuters) – A large fire has broken out on the rooftop of a university in the French city of Lyon and...
‘Yellow vests’ hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite calls...
President has brief contacts with leaders in Paris
Brief contacts with a series of world leaders were made by President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday in Paris while he was attending events to mark...
Cyprus president in Paris for Armistice Day events
President Nicos Anastasiades is in Paris on Sunday to take part in commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of WWI. The ceremony will...
Anastasiades to attend WWI memorial in Paris
President Nicos Anastasiades travelled to Paris on Thursday to attend upcoming commemoration events for the centennial of the World War I armistice. Anastasiades was in...
Knifeman kills mother, sister in Paris suburb attack – source (Updated)
By Emmanuel Jarry A knifeman killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Thursday and seriously wounded a third person, a French Interior...
Police find getaway car, hunt two after Paris Ritz jewel heist
French police on Thursday sought two men after finding the getaway car used by a gang of axe-wielding thieves who snatched jewellery from a store...
Armed robbers steal millions from Ritz Paris hotel
Axe-wielding robbers stole jewellery on Wednesday possibly worth more than $5 million from a store in the famed Ritz Paris hotel, police said. Five thieves...
Anastasiades visits Louvre
President Nicos Anastasiades, who on an official visit to Paris with the First Lady and a delegation, on Monday visited the Louvre, and specifically the...
‘Anastasiades’ Paris visit important for bilateral ties’
The upcoming visit by President Nicos Anastasiades to Paris is important as France and Cyprus have a very close and strong relationship both at a...
Police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris area
French counter-terrorism investigators questioned five people on Tuesday after police over the weekend found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building...
Soldier attacked in Paris, terrorism probe opened (Update)
France opened a counter-terrorism inquiry after a man wielding a knife attacked a soldier in a Paris subway station on Friday, the latest incident targeting...
Ice-cool Froome on brink of fourth Tour triumph
Chris Froome kept his composure in a hostile environment as he virtually secured a fourth Tour de France title after extending his overall lead with a good...
Bastille Day march-past closes Trump’s Paris visit
President Donald Trump watched US and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States...
Police evict thousands of migrants from north Paris sidewalks
French police evicted thousands of migrants living on sidewalks in an area of northern Paris as dawn broke on Friday – many of them people who fled...
Pars’ Gare du Nord reopens after fruitless hunt for militants
Paris’ Gare du Nord – one of the French capital’s main railway stations – reopened on Tuesday after police evacuated it late on Monday to...
France mobilised for election security after attack (Update)
France said its security forces were fully mobilised for a presidential election at the weekend after the killing of a policeman by an Islamist militant...
