France

Mobility

500 million-year-old 'Blob' that can think is being blasted into space

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be experimenting with how the curious organism behaves in zero-gravity on the International Space Station.

09/08/2021

Travel News

'Mission impossible': French restaurants grapple with new COVID pass

Since Monday, a health pass is required to visit bars, restaurants, health centres and to use long-distance public transport across France.

09/08/2021

France

Suspect hands himself in after Catholic priest murdered in France

A man handed himself in after a priest was murdered on Monday in France's western region of Vendée. The suspect had been detained last year after admitting setting the Nantes Cathedral on fire.

09/08/2021

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Protests against COVID health pass held across Europe

Protests against COVID health pass were held across Europe on Saturday 7 August.

08/08/2021

France

Protests against COVID health pass held across France

The demonstrations come just two days before the use of the health pass is extended to bars, restaurants and long-distance public transport.

07/08/2021

France

French move to require a COVID pass to access restaurants is approved

The health pass will be extended to restaurants, cafes and some modes of transport from August 9.

05/08/2021

France

France looks to help those jabbed outside EU get a COVID health pass

It comes just days before the health pass will be required to access French restaurants and bars.

05/08/2021

France

France promises €100 million to Lebanon at international conference

France will provide an additional €100 million to Lebanon as the country continues to struggle with a financial crisis one year after the Beirut port explosion.

04/08/2021

France

'Catastrophic situation': French island Guadeloupe in COVID lockdown

"We are in a catastrophic situation, we have exceeded 3,000 cases per week," Guadeloupe health chief Valérie Denux told reporters.

03/08/2021

Nature

Beaches in Marseille are being cleaned up by volunteers and charities

As much as one tonne of rubbish is removed from the beaches in a day.

03/08/2021

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Giant panda gives birth to twin cubs in France

The twins are their second and third cubs after the first panda ever born in France, Yuan Meng, in 2017.

02/08/2021

Tech News

French firefighters are fighting forest fires with this balloon

Firefighters in Marseille are using a balloon equipped with a camera to monitor the landscape for signs of fire 24/7.

02/08/2021

France

Vaccine pass plan provokes protests in France, Switzerland, Italy

Government plans to make access to public spaces conditional on health checks have provoked more protest demonstrations in France, Switzerland and Italy.

01/08/2021

France

French police brace for clashes during anti-vaccine pass protests

France will require the vaccine pass from August 9 in most places. Critics say that the measures are 'absurd' and an attack on liberty.

31/07/2021

France

Armed robbers steal jewellery and €400k from Paris boutique

Two men have stolen an estimated €2 million from a Dinh Van boutique in central Paris.

30/07/2021

France

'Devastating beyond words': Remains of missing hiker found in France

Bones found in the French Pyrenees last week belong to missing UK hiker Esther Dingley, her family has confirmed.

30/07/2021

France

Paris moves hundreds of homeless people from central square

They will be temporarily housed in gymnasiums. The Paris town hall is calling on the government to provide a "lasting solution".

30/07/2021

Travel News

'Infuriating': British expats in France slam UK's quarantine decision

The mandatory 10 day quarantine makes it almost impossible for British expats based in France to visit their families at home.

29/07/2021

France

UK defends France quarantine decision amid row with Paris

The UK transport minister says the beta variant has been a concern not just in French overseas territories but also in parts of mainland France.

29/07/2021

France

France's Macron sues billboard owner for depicting him as Hitler

The offending poster portrays Macron in the uniform of Nazi leader Hitler, with a small moustache, a lock on his forehead and the acronym of the presidential movement LREM turned into a swastika. A message reads: "Obey, get vaccinated."

29/07/2021

France

Two arrested after thief steals €3 million worth of jewellery in Paris

The man who carried out the burglary left the Chaumet shop near the Champs-Elysées on an electric sccoter.

29/07/2021

France

Two suspects arrested over armed robbery of French jeweller

A man on an electric scooter had burst into the shop carrying a handgun, police said.

28/07/2021

France

Newborn baby girl found alive in garbage bag near Lyon

An infant child was found alive in a garbage bag by passers-by near the French city of Lyon.

28/07/2021

France

France owes a debt to French Polynesia over nuclear tests, says Macron

Paris carried out 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996 as part of its nuclear weapons development programme.

28/07/2021

My Europe Series

How legitimate are protests against the use of COVID health passes?

An increasing number of EU countries require people to present a health pass to visit museums, bars and restaurants. But challenging its use might be tricky.

27/07/2021

France

France investigates after Cuban embassy targeted by gasoline bombs

Cuba's Foreign Ministry said that three Molotov cocktails were thrown, with two hitting the embassy and setting a fire

27/07/2021