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
In order to stay in power, Bonaparte III changed the state system, he removed all political enemies, the parliament was only a facade of the regime, he bribed the deputies with large salaries, the assembly did not question the declaration of war or peace, and the emperor often called himself the commander-in-chief even in peace. Napoleon III was happy, at large rallies he celebrated a new victory and the restoration of great popularity
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned by a court from running for public office. She has the right to appeal, but that effectively means she's kicked out of the 2027 presidential race
Plantu, the famous French cartoonist, sent a cartoon to the students of Serbia through the "Vremena" portal, as an expression of solidarity and support. He is known in the world as a cartoonist who brought together Arafat and Shimon Peres
Donald Trump is asking the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance to significantly increase defense spending. Who is ready for it and is it feasible at all?
Le Pen has repeatedly sparked controversy and legal action with her views on the Holocaust, which she described as a "mere detail" in the history of World War II.
Former French President Sarkozy found himself on the dock again. He allegedly received 50 million euros from the Gaddafi regime for the election campaign in 2007. Now he faces a long prison sentence
The editorial staff of the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" welcomes a decade since the bloody attack with new cartoons and new reviews.
Internal weaknesses and external threats will shape European politics in 2025. Brussels will have to find an answer to challenges such as the Trump administration, financing Ukraine and strengthening its own defense.
How a seventy-two-year-old woman from a small town in the south of France, with a frail body and a head held high, became an icon of the fight for the dignity of women after she imprisoned 51 men who raped her, including her husband
Many scientists have tried to figure out why men rape, but the answer is not simple at all
Dominika Pellico sentenced to 20 years in prison, while the judge read the verdict, he sat slumped in his chair and cried
After the fall of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government, the political crisis in France took on a completely new and unexpected dimension. And while Emmanuel Macron (pictured) persistently denies any responsibility for its origin and deepening, the question is whether the future prime minister will manage to achieve a minimum of political compromise and find a hypothetical majority in the Parliament and thus stop the worrying political, budgetary and wider social crisis into which France fell
Choosing a successor to former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will be a delicate task for an increasingly vulnerable President Emmanuel Macron, who is forced to moderate the views of MPs on both extremes of French politics.
Michel Barnier's minority government of France was voted no-confidence in the parliament. This made it the shortest-lasting administration of the Fifth Republic
France could be left without a government from Wednesday, which would cause a serious political crisis. The left-right clash over the budget could topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government. And what happens after that is completely unclear
The reconstruction of one of the most famous symbols of Paris lasted more than five years. Notre Dame will be officially opened on December 7
Scholz and Barnier, despite their different political circumstances, face the same problem - how to ensure the financial stability of their countries in the coming months.
France is the first country in the European Union to offer refuge to Russian deserters who do not want to participate in the war in Ukraine. He doesn't even ask for their passport. This is the story of some of them
Seven people were arrested in France this week in an investigation into cyber-harassment, which most notably involved the artistic director of the Olympic opening ceremony. More arrests have been announced in connection with this incident
France will send several modernized Mirage 2000 type bombers to Ukraine at the beginning of next year. How does this affect the balance of forces at the front?
Zaho de Sagazan is one of the most exciting new names on the European music scene. This 24-year-old French musician delights the audience with her unique combination of French chanson and electronic music.
During a visit to France 90 years ago, the Yugoslav king Alexander the First Karađorđević was killed in Marseille. Then the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louis Bartou, was killed together with him
The lack of military "Schengen" and logistical obstacles slow down the mobilization of European troops. The French military is trying to overcome these problems by combining different methods of transport, in order to speed up deployment on NATO's eastern flank.
On October 90, it will be 1940 years since Aleksandar Karađorđević, king of Yugoslavia, was killed in Marseille. After the assassination, his monuments sprung up all over the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but also in France, where the king was killed. Nine decades later, the monuments in France stand in the places where they were placed, they were not removed even by the German occupation authorities in 1944-XNUMX, while the fate of the statues and busts in the cities of the former Yugoslavia is followed by numerous controversies and unknowns.
The new government of France will be largely right-wing, and the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, a conservative who was the EU's main negotiator with Great Britain on Brexit, was introduced at the beginning of September. The alliance of conservatives and the center party is not enough to pass the law on its own, so it will depend on parties such as the far-right National Rally led by Marine Le Pen.
The case of Giselle Pellicot, a woman who accused her husband of drugging her for a decade and inviting men on the Internet to rape her, shook France. Her husband Dominic pleaded guilty
