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France to peddle its delights as world's greatest free show saddles up
Despite recent doping scandals that have rocked the sport, the Tour de France remains as popular as ever.
Effects of cost cutting evident at this year's Paris Air Show
One of the world's most reliable barometers of the state of the aviation and space industries swings into action tomorrow as the romance and business of flight come together for the 50th Paris Air Show.
Billions missing amid much talk and little action
For all their differences, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Qaddafi shared a resolve to rule their countries with iron hands.
EU steps up hunt for stolen wealth of Arab Spring nations
Frustration at the lack of progress in the international effort to repatriate billions of dollars in cash and valuables to countries where dictators were toppled in the Arab Spring has prompted Europe to take the initiative.
Data puts stereotype of lazy French worker in question
Are the French lazy? It is a question foreigners often ask, and to which they invariably have a mischievously affirmative answer.
Two sides to the employment coin in France
On an elegant avenue off the Champs-Elysées, a well-dressed woman stops to answer a journalist's random questions about France's employee-friendly labour laws.
Arms race threatens to escalate Syrian war
European Union lifts embargo on arming rebel forces, prompting swift reaction from Russia to supply more military hardware to Bashar Al Assad's regime. Colin Randall reports
EU pushes to maintain sanctions against Syria's Assad
Europe's foreign ministers begin last-ditch attempts in Brussels to avoid the collapse of sanctions against Bashar Al Assad's Syrian regime amid divisions on whether arms should be supplied to rebels. Colin Randall reports
Europe must get its head down
One professional judgement on Europe's advances in providing power from renewable energy sources reads a little like a promising but inconsistent pupil's school report card: "Makes steady progress but could do better."
Notre Dame suicide generates political debate
Controversial historian Dominique Venner carries out the "spectacular and symbolic" gesture he advocated to bring attention to his far-right views on Islam and immigration in Europe.
Football tax row threatens to muddy Monaco's racy image
On Sunday, the streets of Monaco will reverberate to the roar of high-powered racing cars as the principality stages its 71st Grand Prix, bringing together the worlds of Formula 1 and cinema.
Monaco €1 billion reclamation plan for luxury homes district
Monaco, the tiny principality surrounded on three sides by France and bearing a name synomous with glamour and wealth, has growth on its mind.
Violence taints Qatar's PSG dream
When the Qatari sovereign fund bought PSG, hopes were high that the fans would leave behind their reputation for racism and thuggery. But after France's richest club won the league, celebrations turned ugly as supporters clashed with riot police in Paris.
Recession is 'threatening the identity of Europe': Hollande
French president outlines bold plan for full political union within the beleaguered euro zone as France slips back into recession.Colin Randall reports from Marseille
Boats bridge gap for city travellers
Until the 19th Century, Venice - its two main parts divided by the Grand Canal and known by the translation from Italian of "over here" and "over there" - had only one bridge, the Rialto.
