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France's Foreign Minister Barrot set to meet Ukrainian leaders during visit

France, July 21 -- France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a fact-finding tour and meetings with the country's top politicians just days after the European Union ad... Read More


Mural celebrating life of star performer Josephine Baker unveiled in Paris

France, July 20 -- Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Pantheon in Paris, a street art festival in the north-eastern part of the city has h... Read More


'Rewriting history': Claim filed to ICC over Russian looting of Ukrainian heritage

France, July 20 -- A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting ... Read More


Elite anti-riot squad to remain in Limoges after armed gangs clash with police

France, July 20 -- An elite "snatch squad" of police is scheduled to stay in Limoges, south-western France, on Sunday after hundreds of masked rioters wielding iron bars and baseball bats rampaged alo... Read More


'The urban space has a subconscious': a tour of Marseille's colonial history

France, July 20 -- In the port city of Marseille in the south of France, a local artist is leading tours that shed light on the city's colonial past - a history little known today. One morning onMars... Read More


A beach in Biarritz closed to swimming due to a toxic algae

France, July 19 -- A beach in Biarritz, in southwestern France, was closed to swimming on Thursday due to a high concentration of a toxic micro-algae, which had caused a wave of panic and the closure ... Read More


Why do French people want to have fewer children, or none at all?

France, July 19 -- In the last 20 years, the desire to have children has fallen sharply in France, according to a study published by theFrenchInstitutefor Demographic Studies last week - and the count... Read More


One teacher's French love story: 'It changed my life, it gave me my career'

France, July 19 -- More than a thousand French teachers from around the world gathered this week in Besancon, eastern France, for the 16th World Congress of the International Federation of French Teac... Read More


Barrot hails release of Franco-American tourist in prisoner swap in Venezuela

France, July 19 -- France's Foreign Affairs MinisterJean-Noel Barrot on Saturday hailed his American counterparts for their role in securing the release of the Franco-American tourist Lucas Hunter who... Read More


European diplomats urge Iran's foreign minister to push for a nuclear deal

France, July 19 -- French diplomats have added their weight to European efforts to convince Iranian authorities of the need to make progress on talks to moderate the country's nuclear programme. Iran... Read More