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The new mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Gregoire

Francuska

23.march 2026 KS

Paris is not given to right-wingers: A leftist inherits a leftist

Paris remains left, Marseille confirms continuity, and Bordeaux changes political direction. Local elections in France have produced results that already hint at what the fight for the presidency in 2027 could look like

Journalism and politics

27.February 2026. KS

Milica Čubrilo Filipović for "Vreme": Why I was fired from "Figaro"

Milica Čubrilo Filipović, the recent correspondent of "Figaroa", talks to "Vreme" about her termination of work for the French newspaper due to critical reporting on the situation in Serbia. The owner of "Figaro" produces the Rafale that Serbia buys from France based on the agreement between Vučić and Macron

A man holds a buzzard on his arm as a plane takes off behind them

Air traffic

18.January 2026 Veit Blimlhuber (DW)

How a buzzard guards the airport in Nantes

A trained buzzard named Tukuman successfully monitors the runway at Nantes airport. His mission is to disperse seagulls and other birds so that they don't get into airplane engines. And he's reportedly doing great

In memoriam: Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025)

28.December 2025 Milan Milošević

Icon of absolute freedom

Nine decades of BB blonde sex bombshell of 1950s French cinema, bikini pioneer, existentialist icon of "absolute freedom" who got tired of stripping

Francuska

18.December 2025 IN THE

Scandal in Paris: Feminists sue Brigitte Macron for insult

343 women, a symbolic number in the history of French feminism, have filed criminal charges against Brigitte Macron for statements made to feminist activists protesting against the actor accused of rape

Vučić-Macron meeting

19.November 2025 Radomir Diklić

Mr. President's night jobs

Vučić's departure to Paris had only one goal. And that is that in the part of the public that still believes in him, protests, hunger strikes, sanctions are "buried" lex specialis, a possible winter with cold apartments and empty tanks... Or: "Look at me, my people, I am the interlocutor of great European statesmen, everyone welcomes me, I am a dear guest of the Elysée Palace, Zakharova can't do anything to me... Serbia - that's me"

Francuska

10.November 2025 Caroline Dilla / DW

When you are examined alone, and the doctor looks at you through the camera

In places with few doctors, patients in France are using "medical containers" for self-examinations under the supervision of doctors via video calls, in an attempt to alleviate the problem of "medical deserts"

Francuska

21.October 2025 IN THE

President in prison: Sarkozy begins serving his prison sentence

From the Elysée Palace to a prison cell: Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, today begins serving a five-year sentence, convicted of a plot that shook French politics

Louvre

20.October 2025 KS

Theft at the Louvre: What is missing and what is the value of the stolen exhibits

Eight expensive exhibits disappeared in the seven-minute robbery. How the robbery of the famous museum was carried out

Closed museum

19.October 2025 MLJ

The Louvre was robbed.

In the most famous museum in the world, the Louvre, there was a robbery, which is why it was closed, and the police are investigating

Francuska

16.October 2025 NM

The Sarkozy case: When the president of France has to go to prison

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence in Paris next week for illegally receiving funds from ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Francuska

09.October 2025 Ivan Šepić

In the jaws of political crisis

The fall of the Government in France seems to be no longer news. President Macron has "spent" his third prime minister since the dissolution of Parliament and special elections in the summer of 2024 (the fifth since 2022 and the beginning of his second term), which unexpectedly deepened the French political and parliamentary crisis.

Francuska

06.October 2025 IN THE

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecourt resigned

Just hours after introducing a new government, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecourny tendered his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron. The opposition is calling for early elections, while the country is facing a budget and political crisis.

Francuska

25.September 2025 B. B.

Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison

The court found the former French president guilty of criminal conspiracy from 2005 to 2007 for financing his campaign with funds from Libya, in exchange for diplomatic favors.

Trade unions

18.September 2025 MS

Protests in France: Public service journalist and police officer injured

During the conflict between the police and a group of masked protesters in Lyon, a journalist and a policeman were injured. Protests are taking place across France due to the government's announced austerity measures

Francuska

18.September 2025 KS

Protests in France: 800.000 people are expected on the streets

France is on its feet - 800.000 protesters and 80.000 police officers are expected on the streets on Thursday

Francuska

11.September 2025 Lisa Lui (DW)

A new season of protests: When anger and frustration take to the streets

A day of protests in France showed deep dissatisfaction with current politics - and brought huge numbers of police officers to the streets. Is this the new beginning of the protracted demonstrations

Francuska

10.September 2025 B. B.

"Block everything" protest: Mass arrests across France

80.000 members of the security forces have been deployed across France, of which 6.000 are in Paris, in an attempt by the authorities to suppress the great discontent of citizens that spilled into the streets.

Francuska

09.September 2025 KS

Macron appointed a new prime minister

Emmanuel Macron appointed Sébastien Lecornu as the new prime minister

Francuska

09.September 2025 MLJ

Deep political crisis: Looking for the third prime minister of France in a year

The French parliament voted no-confidence in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou after only nine months in office, which will push the second largest economy of the Eurozone into a kind of political crisis.

New political crisis

08.September 2025 KS

The fallen government of France

The French Parliament has voted no confidence in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou

Palestine

25.July 2025 NM

Who recognizes the state of Palestine?

France will recognize the state of Palestine in September at the session of the UN General Assembly, French President Emmanuel Macron said. Who has recognized Palestine so far and what is the status of Serbia

France and armament

24.July 2025 Ivan Šepić

To arms, citizens!

This shout that begins the chorus Marseillaise - for many, including the French themselves, one of the most bloodthirsty anthems in the world - perhaps best reflects the state of mind of the French political and military leadership since the war in Ukraine pointed not only to certain shortcomings of the French defense model, but also to potential cracks in cohesion at the level of NATO and the EU (unpredictable Trump). And all this in the midst of radically changed immediate threats to peace on the European continent (unpredictable Putin)

Aviation

17.June 2025 KS

Serbia borrows 1,9 billion euros from the French to buy French Rafales

At an extraordinary session of the parliament, a law was adopted approving a loan of 1,9 billion euros for the purchase of Rafale aircraft. The opposition is against, but the amendments did not pass

Fast fashion

12.June 2025 TS

The fight against cheap rags: Temu and Shein on the attack

A new law in France brings taxes, bans and stricter environmental criteria for ultra-fast fashion and companies like Shein and Temu. While Europe imposes restrictions, Serbia remains awash in cheap clothing with almost no rules. Can domestic legislators follow the French example

Francuska

04.June 2025 Ivan Šepić

Unbearable ease of loading

Since the verdict against Marine Le Pen and her National Assembly, which almost everyone has already somewhat forgotten, France has been rocked by increasingly dark affairs interspersed with mimes of Macron's (to say the least) bizarre adventures, all against the background of deep political turmoil and slight stumbling under the burden of the budget crisis and public debt. Even the recent victory of PSG in the Champions League could not pass without the "expectedly" tragic incidents, which is just another indicator of the far wider social crisis that France has fallen into.

Crisis of the judicial system

29.April 2025. IN THE

France: Prisoners will pay prison terms

In an effort to secure additional funds for the justice system, French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanen has announced a new measure - prisoners will bear part of the costs of their stay behind bars. Although the amounts have not yet been specified, the minister points out that the contribution will be symbolic, but mandatory