A French soldier patrols at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has gone out of its way in recent days to warn repeatedly that terrorists may be planning a new attack in France. When an unclaimed package was spotted in a busy Paris subway station Monday, police immediately diverted trains, ordered thousands of frustrated travelers into the street and dispatched a bomb... 

Tourists were asked to leave the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday after a bomb threat. The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champs de Mars park were briefly evacuated on Tuesday because of a bomb alert, the fourth in the Paris region in as many weeks, but a search turned up nothing, police said. The decision to evacuate came after the fire service received a call from a public telephone saying there was a suspect... 

Mr Berlusconi, whose comments in support of Mr Sarkozy follow his stated opposition to a multi-ethnic Italy. Italy’s conservative premier Silvio Berlusconi has given his full support to France’s controversial decision to forcibly repatriate thousands of Roma people to Eastern Europe. And in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, he appeared keen to exploit the row by calling... 

Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security. But the police have been ordered not to intervene. It shows that even though some in the French government want to get tough with Muslims and ban the burqa, other parts... 

French authorities have said the majority are returning on a voluntary basis But as the 124 people landed in Timisoara, in their native Romania, many said they planned to head straight back to France. “Of course I’m thinking about returning to France. Life is better than in Romania,” said 26-year-old Ionut Balasz as he arrived in Romania. Aurel Cioaba echoed his sentiment: “I... 

Traveller minorities blocked the bridge near Bordeaux in protest at plans to remove them Roma (Gypsies) have blocked a major road bridge near Bordeaux in protest after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite. Around 250 vehicles blocked the bridge for five hours on Sunday, causing tailbacks of up to five kilometres on a public holiday weekend. More than 40 illegal camps have been closed... 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, French Alps, Friday, July 30, 2010. Nicolas Sarkozy came in Grenoble to install the new prefect after confrontations between youths and policemen, which came after a local resident suspected in the armed robbery of a casino was killed while fleeing police. Four men, including two minors, were detained in a morning raid Wednesday in the... 

France is saying that the Roma question must be dealt with within a European framework, but starting with the countries of origin France’s Europe minister, Pierre Lellouche, pressed Romania to tackle the question of “integration” of Roma communities on Monday. He softened his tone from a week before by underscoring that all European states had a responsibility in which he laid the... 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is acting racist in its treatment of the group known as Roma. Sarkozy called a government meeting Wednesday after Gypsies clashed with police this month following the shooting death of a youth fleeing officers in the Loire Valley. Sarkozy... 

Photo taken on July 17, 2010 shows disturbance in Grenoble city, southeast France. Between 50 to 60 cars were burned out in an overnight disturbance in Grenoble city, southeast France, from Friday to Saturday after police shot dead an armed malefactor who was on his fly from a robbery. The blaze took place at night at a populous district in Grenoble, the area where policemen killed the young fugitive... 

Mosque in Geneva Jewish businessman Robert Harush who grew up in Ashkelon spends fortune on renovation of large Muslim house of worship in Montereau, in effort to promote co-existence. An unlikely benefactor. An Ashkelon resident who made a fortune in the European real estate business has decided to pay for the construction of a mosque in France for the benefit of the local Muslim community. Father... 

B.James’s title of the album is: “Only Hate” and it is freely distributed in France. So, where is the hate exactly situated? “Just one goal: leaving the Hexagon in bits” “I want these Republican dogs to die and then defecate on their graves” “I defecate on the French flag” “I walk in the streets with bombs” “We take your money,... 

Nicolas Cocaign A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday. Nicolas Cocaign and Thierry Baudry had a fight when Cocaign asked Baudry to wash his hands after he had used the toilet during the night of January 2, 2007. Cocaign strangled Baudry and cut open his chest with a razor blade. Thinking it was the heart, Cocaign then ripped out a... 

The riots sparked Saturday by the inhabitants of the city in Sidi Salem (Annaba, Algeria) Monday continued late into the evening. For the first time, rioters burned the Algerian national flag before marching with the French flag in hand before the elements of the riot squad sent in place force. Information confirmed by Mohamed Ghazi, the Wali of Annaba. Indeed, speaking at a meeting held Monday with... 

A collective of the Franco-Chinese called to protest Sunday in Paris. He denounced the violence reported against members of this community. The event will be the main slogan “security for all, solidarity with the Chinese in Paris. Organizers expect about 10,000 people in the Belleville district, according to AFP. Organizers spoke of a “climate of growing insecurity.” For them, “people...