Opinion – After Greenland, is French Guiana America’s Next Territorial Prize?
Europe now faces the uncomfortable truth that NATO’s long-term viability in a post-Greenland scenario is uncertain.
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Trump tariffs hurt French wine and spirits exports
US tariffs hit French wine and spirits shipments hard last year, playing a major role in the overall drop of eight percent in value of one of France’s top exports, a trade body said Tuesday.
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru and mentor to theatre and comedy greats, dies aged 82
Teacher who ran school outside Paris was a formative influence on generations of comedians and actors including Helena Bonham Carter and Emma ThompsonMaster clown Philippe Gaulier, the influential founder of France’s École Philippe Gaulier, has died ag…
EU’s von der Leyen calls for bloc to ‘deepen’ the single market – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereCuriously, US vice-president JD Vance – who dominated the headlines with his highly confrontational speech on Europe last year – is not attending the MSC this year.He spe…
Legal advice, translation lacking in UK–France migrant returns deal: report
Migrants deported from Britain to France under the British government’s “one-in one-out” scheme were left without adequate access to translators, legal advice or clear information about their futures, according to an inspectors’ report published on Mo…
DAC Set To Greenlight 114 Rafale Jets For IAF Ahead of Macron Visit
The Indian Air Force’s ambitious proposal to acquire 114 additional Rafale fighter jets is set to be presented before the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) imminently, timed ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s forthcoming visit to India.Macron is slated to arrive in New Delhi for an AI Summit from 15 to 17 February 2026, adding a layer of diplomatic momentum to the procurement
French riot officers go on trial accused of beating gilets jaunes protesters
Nine members of police’s CRS division allegedly ‘repeatedly struck non-hostile demonstrators’ in Paris in 2018Nine officers from the French riot police have gone on trial in Paris accused of beating peaceful protesters who were sheltering from teargas …
Judge seeks to declassify documents in 2013 killing of RFI journalists in Mali
More than a decade after the killing of RFI journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in northern Mali, a French judge is requesting to declassify more documents that may shed new light on the case.
Former French minister Lang resigns from Arab World Institute over Epstein ties
France’s former culture minister Jack Lang has officially resigned as president of the Arab World Institute in Paris, bowing to mounting political pressure after his name surfaced repeatedly in newly released US files linked to convicted sex offender …
French riot police officers on trial over beating of Yellow Vest protesters
The trial of nine French CRS officers, who were filmed beating Yellow Vest protesters in Paris in December 2018, opens in the capital on Monday.