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Jewellery worth over $1 million stolen at Cannes
File photo of a Chopard necklace. Photo:AFP

Jewellery worth over $1 million stolen at Cannes

Thieves have stolen Chopard jewellery worth $1 million at Cannes Film Festival, French police reported on Friday. The jewellery was due to be loaned to film stars over the coming days. READ () »

Jackal trial begins in Paris amid confusion
A court sketch made on November 8, 2011 in Paris, shows Venezuelan militant cell leader Carlos the Jackal (C) at Paris courthouse during his trial. Photo: Benoit Peyrucq/AFP

Jackal trial begins in Paris amid confusion

The high-profile appeal hearing of Carlos the Jackal got underway in a French court on Monday amid confusion after he asked his defence lawyers to stay away from court. Carlos is appealing against his conviction for a series of bombings 30 years ago. READ () »

Women and children die in blaze at Roma squat
File photo of another Roma camp beofre it was dismantled by French police. Photo: AFP

Women and children die in blaze at Roma squat

Two women and a child died in a blaze at a derelict factory near the city of Lyon that was being used as a makeshift camp by hundreds of Roma people, firefighters reported on Monday. Authorities say the death toll could yet rise. READ () »

France indicts six ETA suspects
French police arrested six members of Basque separist group ETA last week. Photo: AFP

France indicts six ETA suspects

French anti-terrorism judges on Saturday indicted six suspected ETA members described as the logistical core of the Basque separatist group, a judicial source said. READ () »

France confirms new SARS-like virus case
The hospital where a 65-year-old man has been diagnosed with deadly SARS-like virus. Photo: Denis Charlet/AFP

France confirms new SARS-like virus case

French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected, following tests that cleared another three patients. READ () »

Five French feared dead in Malta boat accident
File photo of the coast of Gozo: Michael Borg (Fuji HS20EXR)/Flickr

Five French feared dead in Malta boat accident

Five French tourists were feared dead on Wednesday after their boat apparently capsized in stormy seas in Malta, where rescuers have recovered three unidentified bodies. READ () »

Six 'ETA separatists' arrested in France
French police arrested six members of Basque separist group ETA on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Six 'ETA separatists' arrested in France

Despite Basque separist group ETA officially having ended its armed campaign French authorities continue to hunt down its members. On Tuesday six suspected members of the organisation were arrested in raids across France. READ () »

North-east France placed under high flood alert
The flooded city of Dijon on Saturday. Photo: Philippe Desmazes/AFP

North-east France placed under high flood alert

Departments of north-eastern France were placed under a high alert for flooding on Monday, with water levels expected to rise into the evening. READ () »

Actress Keira Knightley weds in south of France
Keira Knightley: Tony Shek/Wikimedia. The town of Mazan: jaybergesen/Flickr

Actress Keira Knightley weds in south of France

British actress Keira Knightley married singer James Righton in a discreet ceremony in the southern French village of Mazan on Saturday, according to the mayor. READ () »

Man behind French 'heist of century' hangs self
Toulon. Photo: styeb

Man behind French 'heist of century' hangs self

Marc Armando, the suspected mastermind behind one of France's most spectacular bank heists two decades ago, has committed suicide in prison, sources close to the investigation said Saturday. READ () »

Enough! 'It's time to stop sport of French-bashing'
French Minister Fleur Pellerin (right) looks around a showroom of Samsung Electronics in Seoul on March 26, 2013. Photo: Jung Yeon-Je/ AFP

Enough! 'It's time to stop sport of French-bashing'

The French must put an end to the culture of self-denigration and French expats need to stop "bashing" their home country, a government minister demanded on Tuesday as she called for a change of mentality to boost the economy. READ () »

The French village with too much money
The wind farm miracle, which has left one French village with too much money to spend. Photo: Peter Rood

The French village with too much money

It’s a story that you would not expect to hear about in a time of austerity with the French economy struggling under mounting debt, but one village mayor in the Tarn region has so much money to spend he does not know what to do with it. READ () »

Bomb scare closes Arc de Triomphe roundabout
File photo of French soldiers patrolling the area around the Arc de Triomphe in February. Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP

Bomb scare closes Arc de Triomphe roundabout

The roundabout surrounding the Arc de Triomphe, one of the busiest and most famous in Paris, was evacuated on Monday after a bomb scare. READ () »

France set to cut 20,000 posts in armed forces
French forces prepare for the military intervention in Mali. Photo: AFP

France set to cut 20,000 posts in armed forces

France’s drive to balance the books will see it delete 20,000 posts from its armed forces by 2019, French media reports claimed on Monday. The ground forces are set to bear the brunt of the reductions. READ () »

Probe launched after fatal building collapse
Photo: Francois Nascimbeni/AFP

Probe launched after fatal building collapse

Three people died and 14 were injured on Sunday when part of an apartment block in the French city of Reims collapsed after a suspected gas blast, just three weeks after a similar tragedy not far away. READ () »

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