Press freedom in a ‘deplorable’ state worldwide: journalism federation chief

As the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) opens the 32nd world congress in its 100-year history, outgoing president Dominique Pradalié, hit out in an interview with RFI at the “deplorable” state of... Read more »

French senators clear path for return of Kali’na remains to French Guiana

French senators are preparing to debate a law that will allow the remains of six Kali’na indigenous people brought to Paris to feature in a human zoo to be sent back to... Read more »

Labour Day sees clashes as French unions demand pay rise and bakery row continues

Labour Day marches across France on Friday focused on wages, workers’ rights and the future of the 1 May public holiday, as unions pushed for higher pay, bakers and florists opened despite... Read more »

Fighting racism ‘must be at heart of presidential debate’, French mayor tells RFI

France needs to take concrete action to tackle growing racism before the 2027 presidential election, the newly installed mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko tells RFI, after facing racist abuse in the weeks... Read more »

France steps up vaccination push as anti-vax fears grow in Europe

France is using European Immunisation Week to push a nationwide vaccination campaign to raise protection among adolescents and young adults, while scientists warn that anti-vaccine disinformation seen in the United States could... Read more »

France’s Foreign Legion still built for ‘hardest combat’ as drones reshape war

France’s Foreign Legion – an elite force of foreign volunteers serving under French command – will on Thursday hold its most important annual commemoration. The legion’s commander, General Cyrille Youchtchenko, spoke to... Read more »

Abuse at French after-school programmes: Parents sound the alarm – France in focus

In Paris, parents are now dropping their children off at school in a climate of anxiety. For several months, reports of physical and sexual abuse involving nursery school children have been mounting. These... Read more »

Libya ‘corruption pact’: Sarkozy returns to court as his former right-hand man turns against him

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returned to the witness stand on Wednesday to be questioned about two sworn written statements from Claude Guéant, his former friend who served as chief of staff, secretary-general, and eventually interior minister during his... Read more »

France investigates return of banned website linked to rape and sexual abuse

France has launched an investigation into the reappearance of the website that enabled Dominique Pelicot to recruit dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, Gisèle, after it was banned two... Read more »

French scale back holiday plans amid global tensions and inflation

French people are scaling back their summer holiday plans, spending less and staying closer to home as international tensions, rising energy costs and inflation weigh on travel decisions, a survey published on... Read more »