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'A slightly crazy dream': the French collective reinventing the retirement home

France, Jan. 27 -- Their experiment is La Menardiere, a shared living project in the village of Berat, 40km from Toulouse. On a Saturday lunchtime, six of the 12 current members gather around a large... Read More


Macron seeks to reset France's Africa policy amid shrinking influence

France, Jan. 9 -- Speaking at the Elysee Palace during France's annual meeting with ambassadors on Thursday, Macronsaid French policy towards Africa had undergone a fundamental change since 2017,when ... Read More


France's last paper Braille publisher fights to survive in the digital age

France, Jan. 5 -- 2025 marked the 200th anniversary ofLouis Braille's invention of the six-dot tactile writing system that opened the door to literacy for millions of blind people. Two centuries on, ... Read More


What France can learn from Italy's fight against organised crime

France, Jan. 3 -- Shot dead at the age of 20 while parking his car in Marseille, Mehdi Kessaci was not involved in trafficking. Investigators believe he was targeted because of his brother Amine's out... Read More


'Every time there's a big rape case in France, it's like we're just discovering it'

France, Dec. 11 -- It's been almost a year since Dominique Pelicot and his 50 co-defendants were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting Gisele Pelicot in her family home after she'd been drugg... Read More


Did French media silence enable Brigitte Macron fake news story to go viral?

France, Nov. 24 -- Claims that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman first emerged online in 2021 and have since gone viral. "Two billion people have been exposed to this story in French and 2.5 bill... Read More