On June 12 you will be called upon to express your opinion about the Lisbon Treaty.

A small plane crashed in the French Alps, killing the pilot and the only passenger, officials said today.

Nice and Cannes on the French Riviera, best known for glitz and film festivals, were among towns that imposed curfews for minors even as rioting appeared to be abating nationwide.

Rioters defied emergency laws that took effect today as they looted and burned two superstores, set fire to a newspaper office and paralysed France’s second-largest city’s subway system with a firebomb.

Hundreds of security agents and rescuers carried out a readiness exercise today at France’s Nice airport after authorities received a letter threatening a toxic gas attack.