Reference

France

Sites

* BBC World Service news in French
* Le Bien Publique Dijon
General local, national and international news. Large amount of wine news. In French
* La Dépêche du Midi Toulouse
General local, national and international news. In French Particularly strong on sport, especially rugby.
* Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace Strasbourg
DNA is the daily paper of Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament. It is a regional newspaper but has good coverage of national and international events. In French There is a good archive for searching earlier issues, and business news, including updates from the Paris Stock Exchange.
* L'Express.fr
Weekly French newspaper. Publishes very recent book reviews and discussions on cultural issues. In French
* Le Figaro
* France News
From the Washington Post and the Associated Press. May require free registration.
* L'Humanité St. Denis
The daily newspaper of the French Communist Party. In French
* indymedia - grenoble
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - lille
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - marseille
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - nantes
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - nice
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - Paris
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* indymedia - Paris
a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth.
* International Herald Tribune Paris
IHT calls itself "The World's Newspaper" and has a circulation of about 181,000 worldwide. In English, with an American point of view although its European headquarters are in Paris. In English
* Libération Paris
General and political news. In French
* Le Monde Paris
* Le Monde Diplomatique Paris
A French monthly newspaper in its online form. Articles are often long and are usually very closey argued academic discussions. Requires registration to read some articles. In French.
* News from Radio Deutsche Welle in French
* Nice-Matin Nice
The regional newspaper of the French Riviera and Corsica. Local, regional and national news, weather and sport. In French
* Le Nouvel Observateur Paris
One of France's great weekly news magazines. Extensive coverage of news of all sorts, the economy, the arts and intellectual life in general. In French
* Ouest France
Online version of the major French regional daily, based in Rennes
* Paris Match Paris
French media institution. Weekly coverage of celebrity goings-on in the sport, entertainment, royalty areas. Noted for its powerful photography. In French
* Le Télégramme
Local, national and international news from Brittany. Includes a free, searchable archive
* La Voix du Nord Lille
Extracts form the daily newspaper of the Lille/Calais region of northern France. In French