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Romania at a crossroads: confronting communist nostalgia on election day

France, May 18 -- As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country's struggle to come to terms with its communist past is taking on new urgency. The legacy of Ceausescu's... Read More


Romania at the crossroads: Grappling with communist nostalgia on election day

France, May 18 -- As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country's struggle to come to terms with its communist past is taking on new urgency. The legacy of Ceausescu's... Read More


Paris to open Seine for swimming this summer after century-long ban

France, May 17 -- One year after the Seine took centre stage at the Paris Olympic Games, hosting open water swimming and triathlon events,public swimming is set to return to the river - for the first ... Read More


Hollywood and the mafia myth: how Italian organised crime went global

France, May 17 -- The Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the Camorra in Naples and the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria - by far the most powerful, but also the least known - are Italy's three main mafia groups. In an int... Read More


Postcard from Cannes #2: A tender tale of women surviving migration in Tunis

France, May 17 -- One of several films from the African continent shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Erige Sehiri's Promised Sky (Promis le ciel) in the Un Certain Regard category, is a powerful and r... Read More


Gaza's ancient past revealed as artefacts survive destruction and exile

France, May 17 -- Ancient artefacts from Gaza - amphorae, statues, mosaics, funerary steles and more - tell the story of 5,000 years of a civilisation, in a Paris exhibition that seeks to preserve a h... Read More


Romanian far-right candidate accuses Macron of election interference

France, May 17 -- Romanian nationalist candidate George Simion, on a visit to Paris on Friday, accused French President Emmanuel Macron of interference in his country's tense presidential election rer... Read More


France's rising infant death rate prompts new bill from lawmakers

France, May 16 -- One in every 250 babies born in France in 2024 died before their first birthday - a total of 2,700 deaths - and that number has been going up for several years.French MPs have introd... Read More


France vows to boost security for crypto executives after spate of kidnappings

France, May 16 -- French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has promised to act swiftly to protect crypto players and their families after a series of violent attacks and kidnappings that have shocked... Read More


Growing French enthusiasm for Eurovision as country gets behind Louane's 'Maman'

France, May 16 -- As one of the "Big Five", France automatically qualifies for the final of Eurovision in Basel on Saturday and yet it hasn't won the competition since 1977. Could this be the year? Ho... Read More