In New Year Greetings message, French President Francois Hollande, dogged by record low popularity and poor economic record, tried on Wednesday, to bring hope and confidence to discontent citizens, pledging "progress of all the fields and for everyone" in 2015.
Grand Slam tennis French Open unveiled the Roland-Garros 2015 poster here on Thursday, while its designer Du Zhenjun has become the first Chinese artist in 35 years to create a work of art for the tournament.
French anti-terror police on Monday dismantled a recruiting network for Syria jihad and arrested 10 people on allegations of sending nationals to fight alongside Islamist insurgents in the Arab-torn country, interior ministry said.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday won the race to the leadership of crisis-hit conservative party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a step crucial to bid for the presidency in 2017.
Under fire for poor economic record, French President Francois Hollande said he would not to seek a second term if fails to lower a long-running rise in unemployment rate.
Russian investigators have detained at least one person over the deadly air crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, and are mulling more detentions and arrests.
France is able to treat any eventual cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its territory, French President Francois Hollande said Monday, urging more efforts to seek for an efficient vaccine.
New York City officials on Thursday reassured the public that it was safe to ride the subways following Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's warning of the Islamic State (IS) network's plot to attack subways in the United States and Paris.
An Algerian armed group claimed on Monday responsibility for the abduction of a French tourist in the central north of Algeria, according to a video posted on internet by the group.
Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak opened the 22nd International Defense Industry Exhibition in Polish city of Kielce on Monday.
The French government on Sunday announced the acquisition of 20 percent stake in Alstom, making it the major shareholder in the country's main engineering group and paving the way for a tie-up with American General Electrics (GE).
French national suspect of Jewish museum shooting in Brussels, on Thursday reiterated his refusal to be extradited to Belgium, according to local reports.
With a major gain, first such performance in four decades, French far-right National Front (FN) topped the race to the European Parliament (EP) more than a week ago with 24.85 percent of the vote, outpacing the conservatives that garnered 20.8 percent and pushed the Socialist Party (PS) to third place with a poor score of 13.98 percent.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet said Tuesday that it would receive a French-made Mistral-class helicopter carrier, without revealing the exact time of deployment.
A French journalist was assassinated in the Central African Republic (CAR), French President Francois Hollande said in a statement on Tuesday.
President Francois Hollande on Tuesday voiced determination to fight against the rising menace of Syrian Jihadist by taking "all measures" to prevent his nationals from joining conflict in the country and put at risk French security.
French President Francois Hollande on Monday named Interior Minister Manuel Valls to head his new "fighting" executive team, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault after the Socialists suffered a severe setback in local elections.
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