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As six teenagers go on trial for allegedly helping to incite the murder of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded near Paris three years ago, 13 of his colleagues are watching the case from the courtroom. They told RFI why it was important for them to try to understand…

A special tribunal on Wednesday acquitted French Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti in a conflict of interest in a case that has embarrassed President Emmanuel Macron's government.

It all started with the tragic death of a teenage boy attending a village dance in southern France. Although the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, members of France’s ultra-right immediately blamed it on “anti-French” sentiment, descending on the region en masse to avenge his death.

Lawyers for the woman argued the ban infringed her right to religious freedoms

Despite some flamboyant inaccuracies, Ridley Scott’s biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix is a truthful exploration of how France ended up crowning an emperor just years after beheading a king, writes Clémence Michallon

Public parks, forests and areas near schools will also become smoke-free as part of nationwide move

French authorities on Tuesday arrested 41 people in raids against a controversial yoga sect, including its leader, the guru Gregorian Bivolaru, a source close to the case told AFP. The sect is accused of numerous abuses under Bivolaru, who has been repeatedly in the crosshairs of judicial authorities in Romania,…

Minister warns of risk from militias after death of 16-year-old blamed on immigrants and minorities

Nuclear firm Newcleo CEO Stefano Buono is making inroads in Italy and France.