France
Paranoia and police swarm French town after killings
A local resident in Toulouse has told of paranoia and police infiltrating the French town after a spate of killings......
Burqa laws passed in France’s Lower House
France’s Lower House of Parliament has voted to ban Muslim women wearing face covering veils in public, as the country......
Eta separatist leader captured
An alleged leader of Spanish separatist group Eta has been arrested in a village south of Paris, along with two......
What’s bothering the French about the Burqa?
French President Nicholas Sarkozy has called for the Islamic burqa to be banned in France. In a speech on Tuesday......
French President condemns the Burqa
French President Nicholas Sarkozy has condemned the wearing of the Burqa as unacceptable in French society. Addressing both chambers of......
‘Racist’ French Immigration laws
The French Parliament’s passed an immigration bill that’s been labelled racist and has been compared to anti-Jewish discrimination during Nazi-ruled......
France heads right with its new president
Overnight France voted in a new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, with 53 per cent of the vote. On being elected he......
Protest places the spotlight on Nuclear France
Strasbourg in France was the epic-centre of a protest last Saturday by anti-nuclear lobby groups that are opposed to the......
French involvement in the Rwandan genocide examined
The Rwandan genocide was a shocking and horrible tragedy notably for the brutality with which the Hutus killed their Tutsi......
France investigates anti-African sentiments
This month, an event called FrançAfrique is being held by pro-African rights group, Survie-France, with the aim of commemorating the......