French Socialist government leaders and Green deputies are at odds after the death of a protester during clashes with paramilitary police at the site of a controversial dam project in south-west France. Continue reading…
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Fake clown attacks put French police on alert and trigger vigilante response
French police are on high alert after fake clowns have caused panic across France in a spreading phenomenon that has led to violence and a response by vigilantes. Continue reading…
Modiano, who? French minister unable to name book by Nobel winner
When the French novelist Patrick Modiano won the Nobel prize for literature this month, the international reaction could be summed up in two words: who he? Continue reading…
Young French film-makers opt for gritty realism
A young generation of French film-makers is writing a new chapter of cinema history with a spate of films rooted in gritty reality. Continue reading…
France’s high-speed TGV trains “running out of steam” – official report
Many of France’s high-speed TGV trains, long hailed as the standard bearer of the nation’s rail revolution, are travelling in the slow lane, an official report has revealed. Continue reading…
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