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A LONG-RUNNING investigation into alleged corruption by former French president Jacques Chirac looks likely to be dropped after prosecutors decided he had "no case to answer." Judges have been lookin...

MAYOR Of Paris Bertrand Delanoë has demanded that the government withdraw current plans for developing Le Grand Paris (Greater Paris). The idea involves schemes to consolidate the wider Paris area a...

YOUNG jobseekers are to benefit from a €500 million scheme to help them move into employment. Under-25s will be eligible for the Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA) welfare-to-work scheme if they hav...

The French government has decided to drop its public support for Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning director held in Switzerland over a child sex case dating back more than 30 years. The government ha...

YOUNG jobseekers are to benefit from a €500 million scheme to help them move into employment. Under-25s will be eligible for the Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA) welfare-to-work scheme if they hav...

A FRANCE Telecom worker threw himself from a motorway bridge to become the 24th employee to commit suicide in the past 19 months. The 51-year-old man, who was married with two children, left a note b...