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World AIDS Day: Did you know HIV was a French discovery?

Three French scientists are credited with discovering the virus, while an American later discovered that HIV causes AIDS

How reading Annie Ernaux will help you understand France

The French author has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, having been commended for the unflinching gaze with which she beholds French society

Divisive French virologist and Nobel Prize winner dies aged 89

Professor Luc Montagnier is known for his part in discovering HIV, but has also been denounced for supporting unscientific theories and for opposing certain vaccines

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Strasbourg University boasts third Nobel winner in five years

Jean-Pierre Sauvage wins chemistry award for work on molecular motors - the world's smallest machines

French prefecture rejects Briton's long-stay EU residency card request
French inheritance law: ‘We are being forced to sell our home and leave the country’
Motorway crash, drivers stranded, power cuts: Storm Caetano wreaks havoc across France
Human error may have caused Val Thorens ski lift crash, says prosecutor
Ryanair threatens to end flights to ten regional French airports over tax plan
Electric ants spotted in south of France for second time
Photos: Up to 200 deer emerge from morning fog in France

Nobel prize

World AIDS Day: Did you know HIV was a French discovery?

How reading Annie Ernaux will help you understand France

Divisive French virologist and Nobel Prize winner dies aged 89

Strasbourg University boasts third Nobel winner in five years

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French prefecture rejects Briton's long-stay EU residency card request

French inheritance law: ‘We are being forced to sell our home and leave the country’

Motorway crash, drivers stranded, power cuts: Storm Caetano wreaks havoc across France

Human error may have caused Val Thorens ski lift crash, says prosecutor

Ryanair threatens to end flights to ten regional French airports over tax plan

Electric ants spotted in south of France for second time

Photos: Up to 200 deer emerge from morning fog in France