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With card payments on the rise, could France ditch cash to fight crime?

France, June 7 -- While Nordic countries are backtracking on going cash-free, France's justice minister has suggested eliminating cash in order to fight crime. But even as French consumers increasingl... Read More


Changing France's approach to volunteering, one hour at a time

France, June 1 -- With its strong social safety net, France has not traditionally been a country with a strong culture of volunteerism. But that may be changing, with a new initiative to encourage peo... Read More


France draws US scientists amid Trump cuts but slashes €1bn at home

France, May 16 -- Following President Donald Trump's slashing of research budgets, France has been recruiting scientists from the United States, while climate scientists who arrived in France during t... Read More


Meet Jean-Zay, the supercomputer powering France's AI ambitions

France, May 3 -- France ranks fifth globally in terms of its number of supercomputers - high-performance machines that can make millions, even billions, of calculations per second, and which are key t... Read More


French farmers contend with drop in demand for organic food

France, March 21 -- A drop in demand for organic food in France is raising difficult questions for the country's organic farmers. A new law passed in March maintained organic farming targets, but crit... Read More