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Don’t blame 2024 Olympics for France’s social problems, says sports minister
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra steps into row over suggestion homeless people to be moved out of Paris region for Games
Kim Willsher in Paris
31, May, 2023 @1:39 PM
France opens first electric vehicle battery gigafactory
Plant expected to create 2,000 jobs as France aims to be self-sufficient in vehicle battery production by 2027
Kim Willsher in Paris
30, May, 2023 @3:05 PM
Anger over plan to persuade homeless people to leave Paris before Olympics
Moving people including asylum seekers to temporary regional centres would free up accommodation
Angelique Chrisafis and Kim Willsher in Paris
24, May, 2023 @4:21 PM
Russia-Ukraine war updates: ‘exceptionally’ intense air strikes on Kyiv overnight; European leaders meet in Iceland – live
Deputy defence minister says Ukraine have taken back territory from around the eastern city but Russian forces had advanced ‘somewhat’ in the city
Nadeem Badshah, Harry Taylor, Martin Belam, Helen Sullivan and Helen Livingstone
16, May, 2023 @5:42 PM
France to compensate thousands more relatives of Algerian Harki fighters
Number of people who can claim compensation over treatment of those who fought for French in war of independence to rise
Kim Willsher
16, May, 2023 @11:12 AM
Adèle Haenel retires over French film sector’s ‘complacency’ towards sexual predators
Actor says ‘cancelling’ film from her life is way to protest against sector’s ostracism of women who speak up
Kim Willsher
09, May, 2023 @5:39 PM
No croaks: French police intervene in neighbours’ frog row
Gendarmes turn up at home of 92-year-old woman after receiving complaint about squatters in her garden
Kim Willsher in Paris
09, May, 2023 @11:34 AM
Napoleon’s bed, anyone? French treasures go under the hammer
The interior designer who redecorated Versailles and the Louvre is auctioning 75 of his most cherished pieces
Kim Willsher
07, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
Film director Catherine Corsini denies wrongdoing on set of film shortlisted for Palme d’Or
The row over Le Retour, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Cannes film festival, has divided France’s film world with one director announcing a boycott
Kim Willsher
26, Apr, 2023 @3:54 PM
French electricity workers may pull plug on Cannes film festival over pension law
Monaco Grand Prix and French Open may also be interrupted after new legislation to raise retirement age
Kim Willsher in Paris
24, Apr, 2023 @5:30 PM
Furious French raid kitchen cupboards to send Macron a noisy message
The long tradition of bashing pots and pans in protest has been revived, with ministers facing a cookware cacophony across the country
Kim Willsher in Paris
23, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM
French trade minister to visit UK after post-Brexit ‘hiccup’
Olivier Becht says two countries have moved on since tensions with government of Boris Johnson
Kim Willsher in Paris
19, Apr, 2023 @3:00 AM
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