Contents: Thousands of migrants in Calais France causing Eurotunnel crisis; Britain’s PM Cameron’s ‘swarm of migrants’ remarks causing outrage; Number of lone children migrants to Britain soaring
Three members of a gang of teenage girls and women accused of beating a bikini-clad 21-year-old in a French park have been identified. Police now say the violent assault was a fight between rival female gangs and had “absolutely nothing to do with religion”
The Saudi King has added to his list of outlandish demands on locals as he takes a brief holiday on the French Riviera. His Royal Highness has reportedly demanded that no female police officers be stationed near the beach where he
Social networks across France responded angrily to the news a 21-year-old woman was beaten up by a gang of girls and young women for the crime of wearing a bikini in a park. Authorities are yet to have identified the attackers but
France looks set to pass a new law that could lead to jail sentences for people who insult or discriminate against the poor. Under the proposals, offenders guilty of insulting the poor or refusing them jobs, healthcare or housing would face
VALLAURIS, France, July 26 (UPI) — More than 100,000 people have signed a petition against a decision to close a strip of beach in France for personal use by the visiting king of Saudi Arabia. The beach is located on
Burning tyres, blockaded roads, diverted traffic, dumped farm produce and militant workers marching arm-in-arm through busy city streets. These are the images of French unionism in revolt seen around the world as strikers try and draw attention to their cause. This
French Police in the picturesque Alpine town of Annecy are issuing notices to tourists wearing full face veils to remind them of France’s total burka ban in public. Swiss newspaper Le Temps reports many of the tourists in question cross on day trips from Switzerland
The French cross-Channel rail tunnel operator is seeking €9.7 million ($10.67 million) in compensation for disruption caused by illegal migrants in and around Calais with Britain expected to help foot the bill. Eurotunnel is charging London and Paris after it incurred a security
A carbon dioxide detector which can alert truck drivers to illegal migrants hiding in their loads went on sale in Britain yesterday. The product is aimed at freight companies such as those using the French port of Calais where hundreds of migrants have been boarding Britain-bound
PARIS (AP) — The remains of Jewish gas chamber victims subjected to Nazi anatomy experiments have been traced to a medical research facility in the western French city of Strasbourg.
As fears of anti-Semitic violence in some European counties continue to grow, the Israeli government is predicting 2015 will see a 25 per cent increase on 2014 of the number of French Jews leaving for Israel. According to figures released by the Ministry
An Islamist plot to kidnap and behead a senior military officer has been foiled by French terror police, as the country weathers its most violent Bastille Day in decades. A gang of four “radicalised Muslims” were arrested on Monday by
Three deliberate, simultaneous explosions rocked a major petrochemical plant in France on Bastille Day, but as usual it is still ‘too early to talk about terrorism’. Despite the nature and severity of the attack, which French investigations have conceded was deliberate and
Figures recently published by the French Interior Ministry and Le Service de Protection de la Communauté Juive (SPCJ) show a sharp rise in the number of anti-Semitic acts since the beginning of 2015. In reaction Jewish representative groups have denounced the hidden anti-Semitism found in the
Today marks the 226th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in Paris, France. The euphoria experienced by those who believed they had finally shattered monarchical tyranny and aristocratic privilege was only matched by the horror of the following ‘Reign of Terror.’
Contents: France-Germany split over 3-day ultimatum to Greece leads to flared tempers; Eurogroup imposes harsh demands on Greece to remain in eurozone; China police crack down ahead of another volatile week in stocks
Three gunmen are on the run after police lifted a siege at a Primark store in suburban Paris. The men entered the store in Villeneuve-la-Garenne at 6.30 am local time and took 18 people hostage. One employee sent a text
Contents: Pope Francis in Paraguay alludes to 1860s War of the Triple Alliance; Distrust of Greece dominates indecisive Eurogroup meeting on Saturday; France and Italy welcome Greece’s proposals
The leader of a banned French group was sentenced to nine years in jail on Friday on terrorism charges after police raids found weapons and a list of Jewish targets in his personal files. The Paris court handed down the
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy signed a petition on Thursday to oppose the ‘repurposing’ of unused churches into mosques, a proposal made by Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque in Paris and president of the Muslim Council of France. Sarkozy, who hopes to fight
Germany and France have volunteered to between them take in more than one third of the 60,000 asylum seekers that the European Commission wanted placed across Europe after many states objected strongly to mandatory quotas. Around 40,000 mostly Syrians and
The boss of Eurostar has blamed Britain for recent strikes which saw French workers blockade road and rail lines by setting tyres on fire, bringing the cross-Channel rail service to a halt. He said that “British protectionism” was behind the
Authorities in southern France are looking at proposals to administer ‘bone tests’ to migrants to determine their true ages to prevent adults accessing aid and assistance reserved for children. French law gives special provision to vulnerable migrants such as children,
Socialism is having its moment here in America, even as socialism abroad is collapsing in disarray.
