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29  mars     07h34
Macron joins online jokes about cuddly ’wedding’ pics with Lula
RFI    French President Emmanuel Macron joined social media users Thursday in their jokes that likened his cozy pictures with Brazilian President Lula to those from a wedding album.
28  mars     15h02
Podcast: France-Russia relations, hair discrimination, tax history
Sarah Elzas    How France’s new hardline position on Russia marks a major shift away from decades of pro Russia policies. The fight to make hair discrimination illegal. And why VAT a tax introduced years ago is so important to French finances, despite being deeply unequal.
    14h20
RFI targeted by Russian disinformation
Olivier Fourt and Grégory Genevrier    On Wednesday, th March, in the afternoon, a fake video report appeared online under the logo of Radio France Internationale.
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French MPs pave way for day to mark 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris
Paul Myers    Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly on Thursday backed a move that could lead to a day to commemorate the October police crackdown in Paris that killed dozens of Algerians protesting for their country’s independence.
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French PM vows to reform benefits, reduce deficit and test four-day week
RFI    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has unveiled plans to overhaul unemployment benefits, while promising to reduce France’s spiralling deficit. The government will also test out a four day working week.
    11h13
Poland and Ukraine struggle to thrash out deal on grain imports
RFI    Talks were underway on Thursday in Warsaw between the governments of Poland and Ukraine as part of an attempt to defuse a row over grain imports that has caused mass protests by farmers throughout the European Union.
    09h43
French lawmakers vote in favour of bill to ban hair discrimination
Jessica Phelan with RFI    France’s National Assembly on Thursday approved legislation against a form of discrimination that’s often overlooked: prejudicial treatment on the basis of hair. The bill, which still faces a vote in the Senate, is inspired by laws in the United States, where anti racism campaigners have long...
27  mars     16h49
School principal resigns after receiving death threats in hijab row
RFI    French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday expressed dismay over the resignation of a Paris school principal who had received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim veil on the premises.
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Corsica’s regional assembly to vote on new autonomy proposals
RFI    Corsica’s Assembly is set to vote on an agreement reached between the French government and the island’s elected representatives regarding ’constitutional texts’ that will provide for the recognition of autonomy for the island, while remaining within the Fifth Republic.
    10h45
Olympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 Games
RFI    The Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum for the duration of the Paris Games in July and August, according to reports from French news agency AFP.
    08h29
Climate disasters cost French insurers 6.5bn in ’worrying uptick’
RFI    Climate disasters in France cost insurers . billion in a worrying increase in claims that comes as temperature records are successively broken.
    07h28
France’s Macron visits Brazil to launch 1bn Amazon protection plan
RFI    French President Emmanuel Macron, who has criticized Brazil for not doing enough to protect the Amazon, is in the South American country for a three day visit. Alongside President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, he’ll launch a billion euro green investment plan for the rainforest.
26  mars     14h42
Migrant transfers from Paris ahead of Olympics anger French mayors and NGOs
RFI    Mayors in rural and small town France are increasingly angry over the transfer of migrants from the capital to their communities, which they believe is linked to clean up efforts ahead of the Paris Olympics.
    13h37
France deploys 4,000 more troops amid security fears in run up to Olympics
RFI    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says security measures will be stepped up with, extra soldiers deployed nationwide in the coming days. The country’s terror threat was raised to its highest level on Sunday following a deadly attack in Moscow that was claimed by the Islamic State.
    10h27
French budget deficit widens but government promises no tax hike
RFI    France’s budget deficit widened more than forecast in , official figures showed Tuesday, undermining President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to bring national finances back on track within the next four years.
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French lawmakers to investigate effects of nuclear tests in South Pacific
RFI    French lawmakers are considering launching a probe into the impact of the country’s nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia over three decades.
25  mars     13h11
Police arrest nearly 200 in massive anti-drug operations across France
Paul Myers    French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Monday that more than people had been arrested as part of massive anti drug operations carried out simultaneously in several cities in France.
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Macron returns to French Guiana for thorny talks on autonomy and illegal mining
RFI    France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the overseas department of French Guiana on Monday for a two day visit, to discuss poverty, crime and greater autonomy a prickly topic between Cayenne and Paris. The trip will be followed by a visit to neighbouring Brazil, where Macron will address...
    08h31
France raises security alert to highest level after Moscow attack
Paul Myers    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Sunday that the country was raising its security alert to the highest level after Friday’s Moscow concert hall attack that left people dead and nearly injured.
24  mars     08h04
Waiters race for glory as Paris revives century-old tradition
RFI    Some aproned competitors took their places on the starting blocks Sunday for a tradition that goes back more than a hundred years: the Paris waiters’ race.
23  mars     13h35
Massive meltdown as French town breaks world raclette record
Amanda Morrow with RFI    What do you get if you combine kg of cheese, kg of charcuterie and a tonne of potatoes The answer is the world’s largest ever raclette feast a certified triumph achieved in the south eastern French city of Saint Etienne.
22  mars     17h20
Four years on, what has France learned from its first Covid lockdown?
Sarah Elzas    In spring , France shut down schools and businesses as the world faced a mysterious new illness Covid . The first of three lockdowns was imposed but why did people accept strict limits on movement in a country that is so used to protests and debates
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Flamboyant former culture minister and bad boy Frédéric Mitterrand dies age 76
Alison Hird with RFI    Former culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand, a high profile and sometimes controversial figure on France’s arts scene, died on Thursday in Paris at the age of after several months battling cancer.
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Tiger mosquitoes now everywhere in France after spreading to Normandy
RFI    Health authorities in the northern region of Normandy have recorded the presence of tiger mosquitoes an invasive species that is now ubiquitous in mainland France. The biting insects, native to Asia, can carry viruses including dengue, Zika and chikungunya.
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French military chief backs Macron over possibility of sending troops to Ukraine
RFI    Russia should not expect the West to limit its support for Ukraine to supplying arms, says the chief of staff of France’s armed forces, General Thierry Burkhard. His words echo President Emmanuel Macron’s recent controversial suggestion that a military intervention could not be ruled out.
    10h02
After a lull during Covid, France sees rise in tuberculosis cases
RFI    A report published by France’s health body shows that tuberculosis although at a low level saw a rebound in cases in . The uptick coincides with the arrival of refugees from Ukraine in .
    09h47
French Senate rejects EU-Canada free trade agreement
RFI    French senators have voted by a large majority against the ratification of the free trade deal between the European Union and Canada known as Ceta. In a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron, the rejection follows weeks of protests by farmers opposed to such liberal trade policies.
21  mars     14h55
French schools sent threatening messages and beheading videos, says ministry
RFI    At least schools in the Paris region have this week received threatening messages accompanied by shocking footage of beheadings, the education ministry said on Thursday.
20  mars     16h59
Dozens jailed for cyberbullying French ’queen of influencers’
RFI    Twenty eight people who joined an online harassment campaign launched by a rapper against France’s queen of influencers have been handed jail terms in the country’s largest cyberbullying case.
    16h53
Why a changing French language is nothing to be afraid of
Jessica Phelan    With more than million speakers globally, French is the world’s fifth most spoken language. But traditionalists complain that spelling, grammar and vocabulary are on the decline. On International French Language Day, one linguist tells RFI that change isn’t just inevitable it’s healthy.