France24 - France (A week ago)
The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday launched a search of the French offices of social media platform X. The raid was connected to an ongoing investigation launched in January 2025 over alleged algorithm manipulation and illicit data extraction that has since expanded to look into allegations of complicity in spreading...
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A French court on Tuesday found former senator Joel Guerriau guilty of spiking lawmaker Sandrine Josso's champagne in November 2023 in order to sexually abuse her. The court sentenced him to four years in prison, of which 18 months must be behind bars.
ReadFrance24 - France (A month ago)
A junior minister on Wednesday said the French citizenship granted to Hollywood star George Clooney despite his poor level of French suggested a "double standard". The Clooney family became citizens just days before language requirements were toughened under new rules from January 1.
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The French government on Sunday revealed plans to tighten checks on food imports in response to mounting protests from farmers concerned about unfair competition. Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard announced that a new decree would suspend imports of certain products containing banned substances, ensuring all foreign goods comply with the same...
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A Paris court on Monday found eight men and two women guilty for the cyber harassment of France's First Lady Brigitte Macron. The court pointed to "particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious” comments referring to false claims regarding alleged trans identity and alleged pedocriminality targeting Brigitte Macron.
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President Emmanuel Macron on Monday stated that while the "method" used by the US to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was "neither supported nor approved" by France, Maduro was "a dictator" whose departure was "good news for Venezuelans". His comment followed an initial reaction that Venezuelans "can only rejoice" at Maduro's overthrow,...
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After all the sweet treats of the holidays, France has one more in store: la galette des rois or King Cake. Throughout the month of January, but especially on January 6 for Epiphany or Three Kings' Day, people head to the bakery to buy one. Eugénie Pont from the magazine Fou de Pâtisserie tells us everything you need to know about this...
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Every year, the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris welcomes around 12,000 residents from all backgrounds and nationalities. Students, researchers and artists live there side by side across its 47 campus houses, tucked away in a lush park in the south of Paris. The "Cité U", as locals call it, is celebrating a century of history, with its...
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France and much of Europe saw heavy snow overnight and into the morning on Wednesday as the French capital saw a rare stretch of sub-zero temperatures. A thick blanket of snowfall glistened on streets and monuments across Paris, with some residents resorting to skiing their way across the city.
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In this edition of French Connections, Genie Godula and Florence Villeminot continue their tour of Paris with a stop in the French capital's most populated arrondissement: the 15th. Located in the southwestern corner of the capital, the 15th doesn't boast a lot of tourist attractions. In fact, Parisians love to joke that this residential and...
ReadFrance24 - France (3 months ago)
France's most famous museum, The Louvre, has temporarily closed its Campana Gallery on Monday, after an audit uncovered structural weaknesses in beams supporting the floor above, prompting safety concerns. This comes as the embattled museum is already under scrutiny following last month's $102 million jewellery heist.
ReadFrance24 - France (3 months ago)
The 20-year-old brother of a Green Party activist known for his work on behalf of victims of drug-related crime and their families was shot dead in Marseille on Thursday. Police are still searching for two suspects who fled the scene on a motorbike.
ReadFrance24 - France (3 months ago)
Alix decided not to have children. Bahareh only came to terms with being a victim during the trial in 2021. Sébastien is still struggling with physical pain but is fighting to get better. Survivors of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris share how they are coping with the weight of that terrible night, ten years on.
ReadFrance24 - France (3 months ago)
France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on appeal over Libyan campaign-funding allegations starting March 16, a Paris court said Thursday. Sarkozy was in September found guilty by a lower court and improsoned for 20 days for illegally seeking presidential campaign funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
ReadFrance24 - France (4 months ago)
French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include any non-consensual sexual act, bringing France in line with other European nations that have introduced consent-based legislation. The bill is expected to be passed by the French Senate next week.
ReadFrance24 - France (4 months ago)
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy will have two police officers stationed in prison with him to ensure his safety while he serves a five-year sentence, France's interior minister said on Wednesday. Sarkozy will be held in an isolation unit in a Paris prison, meaning he should not be in contact with other inmates.
ReadFrance24 - France (4 months ago)
French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy will begin his five-year prison sentence Tuesday over a plan to secure funding from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential campaign. The right-wing former leader, who maintains his innocence, discreetly met with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on Friday.
ReadFrance24 - France (4 months ago)
PRESS REVIEW – October 20, 2025: First, the unbelievable robbery at the Louvre Museum is all over the French papers. The details of the brazen seven-minute heist are also being discussed internationally. Next, the use of swearing has been underestimated, according to scientists. A Guardian article looks at the functions and uses of "bad words"....
ReadFrance24 - France (5 months ago)
A 14-year-old student stabbed his music teacher in the face during class in Benfeld, northeastern France, officials said Wednesday. The teacher is in stable condition after surgery, while the student, said to be fascinated by Nazi ideologies, was arrested after injuring himself. Authorities call the attack "isolated".
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
After Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sent a letter accusing Emmanuel Macron of fuelling anti-Semitism in France by calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state, the French presidency snapped back with a statement calling the Israeli leader's claims "abject" and "erroneous".
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
Nightlife fans across France can again crowd into clubs from Friday, despite warnings over a looming surge in Covid cases due to the more contagious Delta variant which looks set to become the dominant strain in the country as soon as this weekend.
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
As France's April presidential election approaches, the campaign is getting under way in earnest. In this edition of our new show, we focus on the French Communist Party attempting a political comeback and discuss at length the battle raging between Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen for leadership of the French far right.
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
Our guest is Fabien Truong, a sociologist, author and associate professor at the University of Paris. A former schoolteacher, he spent a decade following the lives of around 20 of his students, charting their progress from the time they took their end of school exams to when they finished their higher education. Those 10 years took in the riots...
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
France's new military programming law increases the country's defence budget to 2 percent of GDP by 2025. It's an investment in the modernisation of equipment, but also in the training of soldiers. The aim is to teach soldiers to face an army at least as well equipped as that of France in a context of global rearmament. Our reporters Fadile...
ReadFrance24 - France (6 months ago)
Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations – and gaffes – of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign, whether for a news cycle or forever in the history...
ReadFrance24 - France (7 months ago)
France has adopted a modified piece of legislation that will prevent a pesticide believed to pose risks to human health from being reintroduced into the country. The country's main farmers' unions had argued that the pesticide was necessary for French farmers to compete with their European counterparts.
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