France

France

France approves vaccines for young children amid 'critical' situation

With Omicron taking hold in France, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Wednesday "the situation is critical."

22/12/2021

France

Volunteers gather to help freezing migrants cross the Alps

"Why are we doing this? Because sailors never leave a person to die at sea, same as a mountaineer will never leave a person to die in the mountains," revealed Paquerette Forest, a retired teacher who volunteered to help migrants.

21/12/2021

France

France mulls extending COVID health pass to workplaces

One union said the proposal was a covert attempt to impose mandatory vaccination.

21/12/2021

France

Man arrested after taking woman hostage in Paris shop overnight

The hostage-taker is a 56-year-old man known to police for having harassed a local doctor at her surgery, according to a police source.

21/12/2021

France

French police have detected 182,000 fake COVID passes in six months

France first rolled out its COVID pass in late July. It is necessary to visit restaurants, bars, cultural venues, large events and long-distance public transport.

20/12/2021

Eco-Innovation

This enormous kite is dragging ships across the Atlantic Ocean

This innovative solution is one of a number being explored to cut the carbon emissions of shipping.

20/12/2021

Sport

Football violence stops French Cup match in Paris

Crowd trouble forced the Round of 64 domestic cup match between Lyon and host Paris FC to be called off after half-time on Friday.

18/12/2021

Health news

French eye doctors take essential services on the road to rural areas

This Winter, the ‘Tom’ Lorry, short for “mobile tele ophthalmology”, is bringing sorely needed tele-consultations to remote parts of France which have been deserted by private ophthalmologists.

17/12/2021

France

Paris to ask EU to begin legal action against UK over fishing licences

Under the Brexit trade deal concluded just before Christmas 2020, EU fishing boats can continue to fish in British waters if they obtain a licence.

17/12/2021

Culture news

Over 16,000 French libraries to be protected in new law

The law was signed in unanimously, with one senator noting the symbolic importance of books in the fight against fascism.

17/12/2021

Europe Decoded

Facial recognition company breaks EU data privacy rules, says France

Clearview has amassed a database of billions of people's photos, but France says the data has been collected without citizens' consent.

16/12/2021

Musica

Paris Opera - attracting a younger audience

The new Music Director of the Paris Opera is aiming to attract a younger audience to opera with a little help from accessible tickets and wicked plots

16/12/2021

Art

'Barbarism' and war poetry: Inside Anselm Kiefer's Paris installations

A new exhibition created by the German painter and sculptor at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, depicts the war poems of Paul Celan, through immersive, giant installations.

16/12/2021

France

France drastically restricts travel to and from UK over Omicron fears

From Saturday, travellers will need to provide "compelling reasons", and entry into France will be restricted mostly to French and EU nationals, residents and their families.

16/12/2021

Culture news

Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO

Leena Nair will join the global fashion entity from her executive role at Unilever – the first Asian woman to do so, and the third woman outside of the Chanel's themselves.

15/12/2021

Health news

Pregnant women with COVID ‘more likely’ to have premature birth

A team of researchers compared almost 250,000 pregnancies, to observe the impact of COVID on expectant mothers.

15/12/2021

France

Bordeaux's famous 'Grands Crus' become a thieves' favourites

Since 2018, the phenomenon of fine wine thefts has become significant in the region, with at least 20 break-ins against warehouses, private or small specialised cellars, as well as supermarkets.

14/12/2021

Culture news

The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony will take place on the Seine

Tony Estanguet, Paris 2024 Organising Committee President and former athlete, revealed the ambitious scope of the city's plans to make this ceremony one to remember.

14/12/2021

France

French presidential candidates say Macron flouting campaign rules

Macron's party is the only one not to have officially nominated a candidate for the April 2022 election.

14/12/2021

France

Nazi reference as COVID pass protesters vandalise French WWII memorial

The two letters ‘s’ from the word “Pass” were drawn to resemble the acronym SS, referring to Nazi Germany’s paramilitary force.

14/12/2021

France

'I'm a feminist,' claims newly crowned Miss France

The Miss France contest is open only to single women of at least 1.70 metres in height and under 25 years of age.

13/12/2021

Food and Drink

Lyon's official event foie gras ban is 'not a boycott' says Mayor

Lyon's mayor and Green Party representative Grégory Doucet took to the media to clear up some misinformation about his government's ban on foie gras.

13/12/2021

France

400 investigations into fake COVID-19 health passes opened in France

The government is tightening the rules on the passes, required to enter all restaurants and a growing number of events and venues.

13/12/2021

France

French skier Noël opens slalom season with dominating win

French skier Clément Noël dominated the first slalom of the World Cup season for his ninth career win as many other pre-race favourites faltered.

12/12/2021

France

UK grants 23 additional fishing licences to French vessels

The UK granted 23 additional licences to French fishing vessels, while France has said it's waiting for around 100 licences.

11/12/2021

France

New Caledonia votes to remain French after pro-independence boycott

The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted to remain French in a referendum on Sunday.

11/12/2021