French government

After banking on neglect, hostility and mistreatment to discourage a steady trickle of migrants, the new French government was ordered by France’s highest administrative body to do better this week and at least provide water and toilets to the people.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, the left-wing French leader, recently denied his country's responsibility over the roundup and deportation of French Jews during the WWII.

Eurozone governments threw Greece another 11th-hour credit lifeline on on June 15 worth $9.5 billion and sketched new detail on possible debt relief as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally offered to help out after two years of hesitation.

France has launched a judicial inquiry into the Syrian activities of French-Swiss cement and construction giant LafargeHolcim, Paris prosecutors said on June 13.     

French special forces have for months enlisted Iraqi soldiers to hunt and kill French nationals who have joined the senior ranks of Islamic State, according to Iraqi officers and current and former French officials.

A film about the great French thinker, coming from Bulgaria, Julia Krusteva will be presented during the Festival Master of Art for documentaries on April 20 in Sofia.

A police source says the man shot dead after attempting to steal a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly Airport was a “radicalised Muslim” known to security services.

According to new information that have been released, the 40-year-old shot at police officers manning a checkpoint in northern Paris before launching the airport attack.

The appeals court in Colmar, France, will on March 2 announce its decision on Serbia's request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj.

Tanjug reported this on Friday, citing the court's spokesperson.

The Zone Rouge (Red Zone) is a region near Verdun, France spanning some 460 square miles of mostly virgin forest – at least on the surface. It’s teeming with history, making it a major tourist attraction and a source of income for locals – yet no one lives there and nothing is built there.

Russian nuclear group Rosatom would be interested in taking an equity stake in French peer Areva if the French government allows it, a top Rosatom executive said on Dec. 27.