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21 Oct
After last week's murder of French high school literature teacher Dominique Bernard by a radicalised former pupil, many teachers are concerned about the rise in violations of France's secular laws in schools. Amid fear, self-censorship and threats, for some teachers, simply doing their job has become of a source of anxiety. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's James Mulholland.
15 Oct
In the Breton language, its name means "little sea". The Gulf of Morbihan, in the French region of Brittany, is made up of around 40 islands, all of them small paradises. The largest of them, l'Île aux Moines, is the most popular with tourists. Others belong to private owners, who live out their desert island dream. Oysters are farmed all year round on this storm-protected inland sea. We take a closer look.
14 Oct
The governments of France and Germany are meeting for consultations. What is expected is harmony on the outside and tough negotiations on the inside.
9 Oct
French President Emmanuel Macron joined para athletes for a game of wheelchair basketball in Paris on Sunday, the eve of tickets going on sale for next year's Paralympic games.
9 Oct
Located in southern France, the Aubrac plateau is the scene of an explosion of colours and flavours in summer. The Aubrac dairy cows graze in rich meadows. Their cheese, tomme, is the main ingredient in the local specialty dish: aligot. The lush slopes are also home to the narcissus flower, which is harvested in the old-fashioned way with a raking tool. These delicate, fragrant flowers deck the region in white and are used by perfumers for their finest creations. We take a closer look.
7 Oct
From bedbugs to wild boars, this week in French Connections we explore the many species that are considered a nuisance to French people. There's even a term for these species: "les nuisibles". But not everyone agrees on which wild animals, birds and pests should be on the government's list of harmful species. We take a closer look.
5 Oct
Azeri President Aliyev has declined to meet Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in Spain as part of EU-brokered talks. The two were to discuss the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku called French and EU bias deal-breakers.
3 Oct
A nationwide vaccination campaign against bird flu in ducks kicked off in France on Monday, with the country hoping to put an end to costly mass culls. But the poultry industry is risking a trade backlash.
1 Oct 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday night that France will withdraw 1,500 military troops by the end of the year and that France, the former colonial power in Niger, refused to "be held hostage by the putchists."
30 Sep 2023
Germany and France decided to jointly develop key weapons systems, but several have been abandoned. And now, the MGCS battle tank prestige project is meeting a lot of resistance.
29 Sep 2023
This week we find out why bullying has been making headlines in France. We hear from students, parents, anti-bullying activists and France's education minister on why combating harassment in schools, and online, is one of the government's top priorities.
28 Sep 2023
The next Olympic host nation has been embroiled in a debate around head coverings, even though no high-level French athletes wear them. It has become an increasingly thorny subject in a number of sports.