In 1859, Frenchman Jules Léotard presented the first ever flying trapeze show at Paris Cirque d’Hiver. 150 years later, the family-ran circus pays a special homage to the impressive act in a new show called “Festive”. The traditional lions, clowns and acrobats are also part of it.
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The cafe has been a quintessential part of French life for centuries. It’s where writers like existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre held court. But times are changing and this tradition is losing ground as discontent brews among its once loyal customers.
Former French president Jacques Chirac is to be tried on allegations that he gave 21 political allies false contracts as ghost workers in Paris city hall.
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French celebrities have been turning old wine barrels into a work of art.
Farming is experiencing a crisis, everyday French farmers have to give up their business.
La crise des agriculteurs français
Confrontés à une grave crise, les agriculteurs français ne cessent de manifester leur colère depuis plusieurs semaines. Nombre d’entre-eux sont contraints de vendre leurs exploitations.
A French court slapped prison terms and stiff fines on Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of late president Francois Mitterrand.
The French branch of the Church of Scientology is found guilty of fraud and fined 600,000 euros, just over 900,000 dollars.
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Salade de pates aux legumes croquants, vinaigrette basilic
It was such a pleasant morning, that we decided to have a wander around the village and take a few photos of the autumn colours. All that exercise and fresh air built up a thirst for a bottle of wine made in the village.
Grenoble and Lyon are the most ecological cities in France
France: les villes-écolos
Cette semaine, retour sur les projets ruraux soucieux de lenvironnement. Grenoble et Lyon font office de pionniers en France.
France’s International Contemporary Art Fair opened on Wednesday with more than 200 exhibitors showing works from 4,200 artists all hoping to buck the downward economic trend.
Three gunmen who took five hostages in a raid on a supermarket are arrested following a tense stand-off with police northeast of Paris.
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Lawyers for former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin accused prosecutors Wednesday of building a case to please the “pernicious prince” Nicolas Sarkozy and called for an acquittal. Villepin is accused of conspiring in 2004 to discredit his long-time rival Sarkozy and derail his presidential bid at a time when the two men were jostling to succeed president Jacques Chirac. Delivering closing arguments in the sensational trial, lawyer Luc Brosselet attacked a “schizophrenic” case against his client that he said hinged on shaky evidence from unreliable witnesses.
Tags: Luc Brosselet, Nicolas Sarkozy
French rail workers are staging a 28-hour national strike over fears that planned reforms could trigger job losses.
In the north of France, River Brigades are targetting drug and weapon traffickers. With the opening of a canal that will link France to European countries further north in 2015, tightening security on French rivers is crucial.
