France
Demonstrations continue as French senate debates reform bill
October 21, 2010Demonstrators protesting a proposed French law to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 continued to disrupt France for a seventh day. Some public transport in Paris, and many regional trains were running better than when the protests against raising...
French protesters block airport road
October 21, 2010France is dealing with another day of protests against plans to raise the country's retirement age. Demonstrators on Thursday blocked a road leading to the airport in the southern port city of Marseilles. The protesters stopped cars from reaching the...
French police break blockades at three oil depots
October 20, 2010The BBC's Christian Fraser says the French government has authorised the use of a special intervention force to deal with protesters blocking fuel depots. The French government has used the security forces to lift blockades by strikers at three fuel...
UN urges France to stop collective deportation of Roma
August 30, 2010A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls collective expulsions a violation under international law. The Committee monitors...
France launches crackdown on Roma and traveling communities
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July 29, 2010Illegal Roma, Gypsy and travelers camps in France will be torn down due to 'security problems,' the government has announced. Critics have accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to create a scapegoat. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered...
U.S., France, Italy condemn Iranian violence
December 28, 2009The United States, Italy, and France have all come out with statements condemning violence by Iranian security forces against civilian protesters. The White House said it "strongly condemns" what it described as the "unjust suppression...
France Moves to Impose Ban on Burqa
June 19, 2009By Lisa Bryant The French government says it may impose restrictions on wearing the burqa, or face-and-body-covering veil, if a parliamentary probe finds the garment degrading for women. The burqa debate is dividing politicians and the Muslim community...
France reports four ducks found with bird flu
August 15, 2007French authorities say four ducks have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in northeastern France. The ducks were found dead last week in an area known as Diane Capelle in the Moselle region. Two dead swans had already been discovered...
National Day of France marked in Chisinau
July 16, 2007The relations between Moldova and France go trough one of the best period in their history at present. Speaker Marian Lupu made statements to this affect at a reception given by the embassy of France in Chisinau on 14 July on the occasion of this country...
Woman trapped for four days in lift in France
December 29, 2006Paris (dpa) - An 18-year-old French woman was trapped for four days and three nights in a lift that broke down in her apartment building in Saint-Denis near Paris, local media reported Friday. According to the daily Le Parisien, the young woman was...
