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France launches war on waste
French Prime Minister Edouard Phlippe on Monday announced a plan to boost the "circular economy", clamping down on waste and encouraging …
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French bikers protest at lower speed limit
Several thousand motorcyclists and other motorists demonstrated across France against the lowering of the speed limits on minor roads to …
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Dozens injured in French police operation to clear airport protest
Clashes continued on Friday at the site of an abandoned airport project in France, despite gendarmes' claims that they had finished an …
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French nuclear-waste protesters jailed
Three campaigners against a project to store nuclear waste at a site in north-west France have been jailed by a French court.
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Snow closes Eiffel Tower again
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Sunday as snow fell again on Paris and the surrounding region. With the thermometer set to drop even more …
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Macron, Modi seek finance at International Solar Alliance launch
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mondi cohosted the founding conference of the International Solar …
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Paris mayor renews Seine-side car ban after court ruling
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has renewed a ban on cars driving on the right bank of the Seine after a court overruled a previous bylaw that …
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Snow traps 3,000 on French motorway overnight
Some 3,000 motorists spent Wednesday night in their cars on a motorway in the south of France after heavy snow hit much of the country. In …
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Fourth death in France as Europe's big chill nears end
A fourth person was found dead in France on Tuesday as the cold spell that has hit Europe reached its peak. Snow fell on Provence and …
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Two dead as Siberian cold hits France
Two homeless men were found dead in France this weekend as temperatures plummeted to their lowest at this time of year since 2005. There …
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French farmers' protests caused 650,000 euros' damage
Protests by farmers on the Toulouse ringroad this month caused damage that will cost 650,000 euros to clear up, the authorities have …
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Pesticides present in three-quarters of French vegetables, study
Three-quarters of non-organic fruit and 41 percent of vegetables sold in France contain traces of pesticides, an NGO has found in a study …
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France to allow 40 wolves to be killed in 2018
Up to 40 wolves may be shot in France this year, the goverment announced on Monday when it unveiled a plan for the protected species that …
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Railworkers, civil servants to protest against Macron reform plans
French railworkers are to join civil servants for a national demonstration on 22 March after the publication of a report that proposes …
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Thousands celebrate French airport project cancellation
Some 8,000 people celebrated the scrapping of a plan to build an airport at the Notre Dame des Landes site in western France on Saturday. …