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The ambiguous legacy of Francois Mitterrand, France's transformational president

France, Jan. 8 -- Mitterand died on 8 January 1996, yet he remains a presence in French politics. The Socialist Party figurehead did not merely lead France from 1981 to 1995; he rearranged the countr... Read More


Russia frees French researcher Laurent Vinatier in prisoner swap

France, Jan. 8 -- Russia's FSB security service said Vinatier, 49, had been pardoned by President Vladimir Putin, according to the RIA news agency. The announcement came after France freed Russian ba... Read More


DRC remembers fatal plane crash in Kinshasa city centre, 30 years on

France, Jan. 8 -- The Antonov An-32B cargo plane was flying under the name of Air Africa, operated by Moscow Airways and leased to the private airline Scibe Airlift. Dangerously overweight, according... Read More


Macron accuses US of 'breaking free from international rules'

France, Jan. 8 -- Macron delivered his annual speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace as European powers are scrambling to come up with a coordinated response to US assertive foreign policy ... Read More


Russia says foreign troops sent to Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets'

France, Jan. 8 -- A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said "militaristic declarations" by a coalition of pro-Ukraine Western governments were becoming increasingly dangerous. Russia was responding f... Read More


Crackdown on Uganda's opposition intensifies as elections draw near

France, Jan. 8 -- The campaign for this month's general elections began calmly enough, according toKristof Titeca, an expert on governance in Uganda at the Institute of Development Policy at the Unive... Read More


Angry French farmers defy ban and block Paris streets over Mercosur deal

France, Jan. 8 -- Around 100 tractors were positioned at several symbolic locations in the capital by 8am local time, including near the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, the Interior Ministry sai... Read More


UK armed forces helped US mission to seize Russian tanker, MoD says

France, Jan. 8 -- The US Coast Guard stopped the tanker - which was being shadowed by a Russian submarine - on Wednesday, after pursuing it for more than two weeks across the Atlantic as part of Washi... Read More


France halts imports of food with traces of banned pesticides

France, Jan. 7 -- The decree, published on Wednesday, prohibits food imports containing traces of the fungicides mancozeb, thiophanate-methyl, carbendazim and benomyl, as well as the herbicide glufosi... Read More


Saint-Tropez bids adieu to Brigitte Bardot with funeral and public tribute

France, Jan. 7 -- The animal rightsactivist and far-right supporter died on 28 December age 91 at her home in southern France. Her husband, Bernard d'Ormale, said in an interview with Paris Match mag... Read More