Standard & Poor's will probably drop the credit ratings of France and five other European countries by one or two notches if the region slips into recession and government borrowings increase, the rating agency said... more
David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly house-hunting in France. They are said to have hired a US real estate agency to find a "triplex apartment" that their family can use as a base... more
The collapse of the front row at the Balenciaga show set the tone for a Paris Fashion Week that fell short of London's impact, says Karen Dacre... more
France humiliated as ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit score of two of the nation's biggest banks on fears over the devastating impact of a Greek default... more
Societe Generale shares traded in Frankfurt recovered some ground after the bank's head sought to reassure investors that a host of rumours that wiped 15 per cent off its stock were unfounded... more
Stock markets this morning failed to bounce back from the massive sell-offs yesterday despite strong denials of the rumours about France that triggered those falls... more
Dominique Strauss-Kahn had a secret nine-month affair with a 23-year-old lawyer before dumping her and driving her to attempt suicide, she claims... more
British drivers in Europe will be hit with record speeding fines totalling £10million this summer as police try to curb appalling road accident statistics, it is claimed... more
The European business of Toyota will be lossmaking in the first half of the year but it still aims to be profitable at the operating level by the end of the 12 months, it has said... more
Resurgent Germany and France left the UK limping in the economic slow lane during the first quarter of the year, as the eurozone powerhouses motored ahead, new figures have revealed... more
A 'Ferrero Rocher league' of hospitality spending by UK embassies abroad shows Paris tops the table after spending almost £350,000 in a single year on dinners and receptions... more
Five people died and almost 60 were injured, including several young children, after a fire ripped through a block of flats in Paris early today... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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