All news on the topic: Paris

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Six questioned in France as EPPO probes €160 million cross-border VAT fraud network
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), searches were carried out in the Paris region and six individuals were questioned as part of an investigation into a suspected multi-million VAT fraud scheme.
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Princess Diana paparazzo claims spies tried to destroy evidence after fatal crash
The paparazzo who took graphic photographs of Princess Diana’s final moments claims he feared spies tried to blow up him and his London-based photo agency to destroy evidence linked to her death.
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French Justice Ministry seeks to censor Egypt Papers probe into civilian killings
The French Justice Ministry has called for our 2021 investigation into France’s complicity in crimes committed by the Egyptian dictatorship to be “unpublished”.
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Corsican organised crime figure convicted over €120,000 EU farm subsidy fraud
A man linked to Corsican organised crime was convicted in Paris of aggravated EU subsidy fraud after falsely claiming CAP payments while in prison.
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French court convicts seven in organised €1.13m energy-renovation grant fraud
Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving the French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris.
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Rifaat al-Assad’s stolen fortune leaves Syria chasing justice after his death
Inside a stone farmhouse south-west of Paris, the walls are lined with Khaled Alkhani’s oil paintings: dark, blurred figures with closed eyes or faces hidden beneath heavy black marks. Each canvas is part of his attempt to process the violence that shattered his family in Syria four decades ago.
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AI chatbot founder can read users’ intimate messages despite encryption claims
Sitting in his Paris flat, Noé Campo reads the transcript of an exchange between an AI chatbot and a real person. The conversation took place on Seewa AI, the companion chatbot platform he built in three weeks. The exchange is intimate, personal and private. Or so the person thought.
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Al Fayed survivors demand trafficking probe into Harrods abuse network
Yorkshire council orders £1.05m woodland holiday homes torn down after illegal build.
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One dead, hundreds arrested as PSG victory sparks riots across France
One person has died, another is seriously injured, and hundreds have been detained across France after thousands of supporters took to the streets following PSG’s win over Arsenal in the Champions League final.
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Violence engulfs Paris after PSG’s Champions League triumph as police make 400+ arrests
More than 400 people have been arrested in France as thousands of fans caused chaos on the streets of Paris after PSG’s victory against Arsenal in the Champions League final.
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French searches target suspected EU subsidy fraud in post-pandemic recovery programme
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), searches were carried out in Ajaccio, Corsica, and surrounding areas, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement and subsidy fraud in connection with the post-pandemic recovery plan.
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Leaked Kremlin files expose covert campaign to inflame anti-Muslim hatred across Europe
In September 2025, nine mosques and cultural centers in and around Paris were targeted with a grotesque Islamophobic stunt.
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“Coco” reborn as “Cocoland” sparks outrage over links to rape, murder and child abuse
France has launched an investigation into the reappearance of the website that enabled Dominique Pelicot.
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Backed by LVMH-linked clients, The Independents considers major stake sale above $1bn
Luxury marketing collective The Independents has conducted discussions with its investors about selling a business stake worth over $1 billion, despite the downturn in the luxury market.
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French prosecutors investigate X over alleged algorithm meddling and illegal AI content
Billionaire owner chooses not to attend voluntary interview as part of investigation by French cybercrime unit.
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French cinema icon Nathalie Baye dies aged 75 as long career and illness revealed
The actress – best known for her appearances in Downton Abbey: A New Era, Catch Me If You Can, and Laurence Anyways – passed away on April 17th at her home in Paris.
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Nadia Fares of The Crimson Rivers dies aged 57 after drowning horror
Actress Nadia Farès has died aged 57 after being found unconscious in a gym swimming pool.
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Starmer and Macron unite to protect global shipping as Hormuz crisis threatens energy lifeline
International leaders will gather in Paris on Friday in the hopes of developing a plan to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open to shipping after the war in the Middle East ends.
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€100 ticket could land you a Picasso as charity raffle returns to France
Number of tickets to win Tête de Femme will be capped at 120,000 and proceeds will go to Alzheimer’s research.
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Marine Le Pen met with LVMH chief Bernard Arnault and other top French business leaders at an exclusive dinner in Paris
Marine Le Pen dined with LVMH chief Bernard Arnault and other influential French corporate leaders on Tuesday, a meeting that offers another indication that her far-right party, the National Rally, has become a mainstream movement that is no longer ostracized by the business community.
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French court tries 22 defendants accused of running a Freemason-linked hit squad network
Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centered on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
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Paris police arrest four men on suspicion of gang-raping 13-year-old girl in KFC
A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped in the toilets at a KFC restaurant by several men.
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The Rakhimov clan and the shadow of Uzbekistan’s President Mirziyoyev: the kidnapping of banker Olimov exposed France’s failure to combat ethnic organized crime groups
Paris continues to demonstrate helplessness in the face of ethnic organized crime groups, the outlet rusbri reports.
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Paris prosecutors probe Grok over alleged antisemitic, Holocaust-denying posts
French prosecutors initiated a criminal investigation into X, concerning allegations that the company manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of "foreign interference."
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Pro-Palestine protester beaten after lighting flare during Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
This is the shocking moment a pro-Palestine protester lights a flare at a classical music performance – and receives a brutal beating.