Recent News Headlines : French Environment Ministry
'CALM WILL RETURN TO FRANCE ONLY WITH CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT' - NATIONAL FRONT'S PATRICIA CHAGNON
There have been yet more angry protests against police brutality across France with Paris seeing the biggest gathering in one of its main squares... READ MORE›
'FRANCE HAS HUGE PROBLEM INTEGRATING THOSE GROUPS NOW PROTESTING POLICE BRUTALITY'
Locked loaded 'France has huge problem integrating those groups now protesting police brutality' -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›
BARCELONA PROTESTERS URGE SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IN MORE REFUGEES
Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau, a former anti-eviction activist who has pushed Spain's government to let her city accept more refugees, joined the march... READ MORE›
U.S. STEPS UP PRESSURE ON EUROPE TO BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING
REUTERS Michael Dalder 1 2 left right Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel delivers his speech during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 18, 2017... READ MORE›
US STEPS UP PRESSURE ON EUROPE TO BOOST DEFENCE SPENDING
US Vice President Mike Pence walks with members of his delegation ahead of bilateral talks during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 18, 2017... READ MORE›
STOCKS RISE TO RECORDS DOLLAR GAINS WITH BONDS MARKETS WRAP
Concerns about France's future in the euro region in the event of a Marie Le Pen presidency are roiling the country's assets... READ MORE›
FRENCH LANGUAGE WATCHDOG 'DISAPPROVES' OF PARIS' ENGLISH-LANGUAGE OLYMPIC SLOGAN
Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are vying to host the 2024 Olympics with a decision to be made by the IOC in Lima on September 13... READ MORE›
DON'T EXPECT A FAKE NEWS EPIDEMIC IN EUROPE
Compared with the U.S. last year, European nations that face hotly-contested elections in 2017 aren't seeing a major fake news explosion... READ MORE›
FRENCH ELECTION: MACRON SPARKS ALGERIA ROW AS FILLON HIT BY FRESH BLOW
French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has refused to back down after his far-right rival attacked him for comments he made condemning France's colonial past in Algeria... READ MORE›
DUAL CITIZENSHIP FOR EUROPEANS ONLY, LE PEN SAYS
They listened as Le Pen outlined a policy where dual citizens from non-European countries would be forced to make a choice... READ MORE›
FRANCE AVALANCHE KILLS THREE MEMBERS OF FAMILY AND INSTRUCTOR NEAR TIGNES
One of the worst avalanches in France in the past decade took place in the summer of 2012 in the Mont Blanc range... READ MORE›
FRENCH ELECTIONS: THE HOLLYWOOD CANDIDATE, EMMANUEL MACRON, IS GAINING GROUND
Macron was born to a comfortable, middle-class life in Amiens in northern France, son of medical professionals... READ MORE›
TEEN ARRESTED OVER IMMINENT ATTACK IN FRANCE
Three female jihadists were arrested in September after the discovery of gas cylinders in a car near Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S FILLON DEMANDS INVESTIGATORS DROP 'ILLEGAL' PROBE
Fillon also used public funds to hire two of his adult children when he was a senator, paying them 84,000 euros 91,000 pre-tax between 2005 and 2007... READ MORE›
LE CRUNCH: IS BRITISH CUISINE REALLY BETTER THAN FRENCH?
Because it's only in London that you find every conceivable style of cooking... READ MORE›
EXPLOSIVES SEIZED IN RAID IN FRANCE, TEEN AMONG 4 ARRESTED
Four people were arrested in and around Montpellier on suspicion of planning an imminent attack in France... READ MORE›
FRENCH FARMER WHO AIDED MIGRANTS IS GIVEN SUSPENDED FINE
Agence France-Presse reported that Mr. Herrou had welcomed the decision in an address to a small crowd of supporters in front of the courthouse... READ MORE›
FRANCE THWARTS SUSPECTED NEW TERROR ATTACK
More than 230 people have died in terror attacks in France over the last two years... READ MORE›
FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED IN FRANCE 'FOR PLANNING IMMINENT TERROR ATTACK'
Four people have been arrested in and around the southern French city of Montpellier on suspicion of planning an imminent terrorist attack in France... READ MORE›
GIRL 16 AMONG FOUR HELD OVER FRANCE ATTACK PLOT
It seems that they intended to go through with it and to make several explosive devices, the source said... READ MORE›
JAPAN ACCEPTED ONLY 28 REFUGEES LAST YEAR, DESPITE SOARING APPLICATIONS
Japan accepted only 28 refugees last year, despite soaring applications -- RT News... READ MORE›
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING IN CALAIS
But as Tina explains, the Home Office moved the goalposts, only considering a small percentage of the children from Calais for transfer... READ MORE›
PARIS TO ERECT BULLETPROOF WALL AROUND EIFFEL TOWER
Heightened security measures around the capital's iron lady were put in place as early as 2012 during the European football championships... READ MORE›
A FRENCH FARMER FED AND SHELTERED MIGRANTS. TODAY HE WAS FINED $3,200.
For the past two years, Herrou, 37, has continually defied French authorities by shepherding undocumented migrants across the Italian border and onto his hillside farm... READ MORE›
ANOTHER 26 ARRESTS MADE AMID UNREST IN TROUBLED PARIS SUBURBS
One officer was charged on Sunday with aggravated rape and three were charged with aggravated assault... READ MORE›
WHAT DO EUROPEANS THINK OF MUSLIM IMMIGRATION? MAJORITY AGREE WITH TRUMP
Fifty-five percent of 10,000 people surveyed in 10 European countries support the idea that all further migration from mainly Muslim countries should be stopped... READ MORE›
HUNGARIAN MAYOR SAYS MUSLIMS AND GAY PEOPLE NOT WELCOME IN HIS VILLAGE
The mayor of a village in Hungary has said Muslims and gay people are not welcome, despite a need to fill houses in the area... READ MORE›
PARIS RIOTS: VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON FIFTH NIGHT OF UNREST AFTER YOUNG BLACK MAN 'BEATEN AND RAPED BY POLICE OFFICERS'
Many youths in those suburbs say they are often humiliated by police and are constantly stopped and asked for their identity papers... READ MORE›
'DETERMINED' FILLON STRIKES BACK WITH A LETTER TO THE FRENCH
Le Pen, who has a seat in the European Parliament, is refusing to meet the demands, saying she did nothing wrong... READ MORE›
JUSTICE FOR THEO: PROTESTS ERUPT AFTER POLICE RAPE
Hundreds marched on Monday in the northern Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois to demand justice for the alleged victim, named as Theo... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : French Environment Ministry
FRENCH EMPLOYEES CAN LEGALLY IGNORE WORK EMAILS OUTSIDE OF OFFICE HOURS
The right to disconnect bill was packaged with new and controversial labor reforms introduced in France earlier this year... READ MORE›
FARMER ON TRIAL DEFENDS SMUGGLING MIGRANTS
They are saying M. Herrou is endangering the Republic, Mr. Oloumi told the three judges... READ MORE›
WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN DONALD TRUMP'S 'MUSLIM BAN'
European leaders, the United Nations and international groups have condemned US President Donald Trump's measures against refugees and travellers from several Muslim-majority countries... READ MORE›
FREXIT: LE PEN PROMISES TO TAKE FRANCE OUT OF EU & NATO
Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front and a candidate for the 2017 presidential elections, is known for her Euroscepticism and anti-immigrant views... READ MORE›
EUROPEANS GREATLY OVERESTIMATE MUSLIM POPULATION, POLL SHOWS
According to Pew Research, France's Muslim population actually stood at 7.5 percent in 2010, or one in 13 people... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL CALLS FOR WIDESPREAD BAN ON 'FULL VEIL' ISLAMIC COVERINGS
On Tuesday, she also criticized the alleged spread of Islamic sharia law... READ MORE›
GERMANY WELCOMED 280,000 MIGRANTS LAST YEAR, FAR LOWER THAN 2015
Then came a deal between the European Union and Turkey that reduced arrivals crossing the Aegean Sea... READ MORE›
HERE'S ANOTHER REASON TO MOVE TO FRANCE
Here's another reason to move to France No after-work emails... READ MORE›
GERMAN MEDIA SAY BOY, 12, PLANNED TWIN BOMB ATTACKS
European security agencies believe the Islamic State is currently developingA new tactics to strike at the West including kidnapping and car bombs... READ MORE›
MIGRANT DEATHS IN MEDITERRANEAN TOPS RECORD 5,000 THIS YEAR
So far this year, about 359,000 migrants and refugeesA fleeing war-torn areas of the Middle East and AfricaA have reached Europe by sea, according to IOM figures... READ MORE›
THE ELECTIONS THAT COULD DERAIL THE EU IN 2017
France, Germany and the Netherlands The elections that could derail the EU in 2017... READ MORE›
LOUVRE KNIFE ATTACK SPARKS FRESH WARNINGS OF FRENCH TERROR THREAT
Michel Cadot, the Paris police prefect, said the man had headed towards soldiers armed with a machete and shouting threats and Allahu Akbar ... READ MORE›
NEARLY 100 REFUGEES MISSING AFTER BOAT SINKS OFF LIBYA
Nearly 100 people are missing after a boat packed with refugees and migrants sank off the Libyan coast, killing at least eight, according to the Italian coastguard... READ MORE›
FRENCH WORKERS GET 'RIGHT TO DISCONNECT' FROM EMAILS OUT OF HOURS
France employees are getting the legal right to avoid work emails outside working hours... READ MORE›
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
Francois Hollande, the least popular French president since the second world war, has announced he will not run for a second term in office... READ MORE›
FRANCE AND GERMANY UNITED IN CRITICISM OF TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION BAN
France and Germany on Saturday criticised US President Donald Trump's contentious decision to limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim countries, notably Syria... READ MORE›
THE PHOTO THAT CAPTURES 2016'S POLITICAL TSUNAMIS
Angela Merkel said she will run for a fourth term as German Chancellor in elections next year... READ MORE›
LE PEN RIDES TRUMP, BREXIT WAVE IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Marine Le Pen, France's far-right presidential candidate, has formally launched a campaign echoing many of the themes that propelled Donald Trump to the White House... READ MORE›
FRENCH POLITICIAN PROMISES REFUGE FOR U.S. SCIENTISTS IN AGE OF TRUMP
PARIS -- Emmanuel Macron, the independent, centrist candidate for the French presidency, had an unusual message for Americans in his campaign launch Saturday... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS PROTEST IN LONDON AND PARIS AGAINST TRUMP TRAVEL BAN
Just say no at the demonstration against the ban and Trump's foreign policy... READ MORE›
FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MACRON SHOCKS BY SPEAKING ENGLISH
He also tweeted from the conference in both English and in French... READ MORE›
HUNGARIAN CAMERAWOMAN WHO KICKED MIGRANTS SENTENCED
Video of Petra Laszlo kicking or tripping up migrants near the Hungary-Serbia border went viral... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF REFUGEES REACHING EUROPE PLUNGED IN 2016
In addition, EU countries have not found a way to quickly send back economic migrants... READ MORE›
IN SECULAR FRANCE, CATHOLIC CONSERVATISM MAKES A COMEBACK
They may have studied in a Catholic school, they marry in churches, and they baptize their children... READ MORE›
FRANCOIS FILLON SINKS IN POLLS AFTER 'PENELOPEGATE' SCANDAL
Le Pen is also under investigation for misusing almost EUR300,000 from European parliament funds to pay the salaries of FN staff, including a personal bodyguard... READ MORE›
FRENCH POLICE UNDER FIRE FOR DRESSING AS MUSLIMS DURING DRUG RAID (VIDEO)
In the neighborhoods, there are people who act as lookouts and immediately alert the dealers when the police are coming, said Clara, another local resident... READ MORE›
NEW BLOW FOR HINKLEY POINT CONTRACTOR EDF AFTER FRENCH SAFETY CHECKS
Safety issues force many reactors offline with warnings of power cuts across France, higher energy prices and a rise in emissions... READ MORE›
ISRAEL 'REDUCES' TIES TO COUNTRIES WHO VOTED TO HALT SETTLEMENTS
Israel is temporarily reducing ties with 10 countries that voted for the UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to settlement building in the Palestinian territories, Israel ..... READ MORE›
FOR FRANCEA??S LEFT, A TIME OF CRISIS
A member of France's oldest trade union, Mr. Ducourtioux, 52, was a stalwart Socialist Party voter who once might have been inside, cheering... READ MORE›
CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE BELOVED TRADITION BUT A CHALLENGE TO PROTECT
PARIS -- In France this year, the annual Strasbourg Christmas market opened under heavy security... READ MORE›