Author Simon Kuper speaks on the reality of life in Paris
Paris is a city of huge positives but also negatives. That's the view of the author of a new book on what he calls an "Impossible City". Simon Kuper, a journalist for…
French police crack down on migrant camp near Paris
At dawn, at the foot of the Stade de France on the outskirts of Paris, French police begin clearing a large migrant camp in Saint-Denis. Over 2,000 migrants were evacuated and put…
US exits Paris climate agreement
The US has formally left the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Future US participation in the international pact will depend on the outcome of the presidential election.…
France holds defiant rallies after murder of teacher
Paris, Lyon and Marseille held solidarity demonstrations for the French teacher beheaded in an Islamist terror attack. Samuel Paty was killed days after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.…
Paris police implement new Covid-19 curfew in the capital
"We have nobody in the streets at the moment": Police Commissioner teams patrol restaurants and coffee shops in the Luxembourg suburb of Paris to enforce the curfew, a measure taken by the…
Woman denied entry to Musée d’Orsay over revealing neckline
The Musée d'Orsay art museum in Paris apologised to a woman after agents refused to let her in until she covered up a low-cut dress.…
Kourtrajmé gets its close-up: Grassroots cinema from the Paris suburbs
In 1995 "La Haine" rocked French cinema to its core, and the shockwaves were felt across society, from artistic circles to the underprivileged suburbs it depicted. One bittersweet phrase from the film's…
Trial begins for 14 accused in January 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris
The trial of 14 suspected accomplices for the January 2015 jihadist attacks, gets underway at the Palais de Justice in Paris.…
Paris’s Grand Mosque partially reopens, with new hygiene measures
After two and a half months of closure, Paris's main mosque reopens its doors, albeit with new, strict sanitary measures and a limited number of places.…
Culture in confinement #2
As FRANCE 24's culture team continue to explore how to make you television from their homes in Paris, Eve Jackson brings you ideas about how you can have a cultural life from…