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France's top football league nets financial lifeline with new TV deal

"It's a short reprieve," sports journalist Michael Kurn told Euronews. "This deal is only going to go until the end of the season."

Europe News

French police using Roma to inflate deportation figures, says activist

Activists say it is a stage-managed process designed to inflate deportation figures and has been going on for a decade.

France

Lockdown will be 'last resort' in France even as COVID variants spread

A lockdown "is not justified" yet and should only be used as a "very last resort", Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.

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Flooding in France's south-west after region hit by Storm Justine

This was one of France's major rivers, the Garonne, after the southwestern region was hit by Storm Justine.

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Belgium

Iranian diplomat jailed for 20 years for planned attack in France

An Iranian diplomat was sentenced to the maximum 20-year prison term by a Belgian court for planning an attack against opponents of the Tehran regime in France in 2018.

Green News

Why do conservationists want to bring big cats back in Scotland?

Rewilding the Highlands could involve the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx which died out around 500 years ago.

France

France says its ski lifts will remain closed until at least March

BREAKING: France says its ski lifts will remain closed for at least another month

France

Man arrested in Toulon after severed head found in cardboard box

The man was arrested in Toulon after a severed head was found in a cardboard box that had been thrown out of a window of a flat.

France

France opens talks in bid to regain public trust in police

In November video of Paris police appearing to beat and abuse a black music producer inside his studio shocked the country.

France

Defiant French restaurateurs open doors despite COVID closure orders

"I will always defend my profession. My job is not to click and collect and put food in a box. I have always been a restaurateur, I love what I do," Stéphane Turillon, owner of La Source Bleue, said.

France

New lockdown in France "almost inevitable": infectious diseases expert

The current measures that have begun have been seen as mild in a week in which the government appeared to be preparing to issue new stay-at-home orders.

World News

Protests continue across Europe over latest COVID-19 restrictions

An authorized demonstration quickly turned into a party in the centre of Perpignan on Saturday, with about 200 ravers dancing to a podium-mounted sound system.

France

Nearly 33,000 people protest France's global security law

Demonstrators gathered across France but in smaller numbers than in protests that took place in November.

France

Marseille game postponed after angry fans march to training ground

The French League postponed Marseille's home game against Rennes after angry fans marched to the team's training complex.

France

In France's poorest region, the COVID-19 vaccination drive struggles

The coronavirus was initially widely seen as the great equalizer, infecting rich and poor. But studies have since shown that some people are more vulnerable than others, including the world's poorest.

World News

Europe closes borders in fight against coronavirus variants

Europe's tightening of coronavirus measures includes severe travel restrictions in attempts to keep out new variants

France

France avoids fresh lockdown, but closes borders to non-EU countries

France is to close its borders to countries outside the European Union from Sunday, but has stopped short of imposing a new lockdown as the country continues to battle the spread of coronavirus.

World

“Dream Big”, how Tony Parker accomplished the impossible

We speak to world-famous basketball player, Tony Parker, about his successful career in the NBA and his future projects to help today’s youth.

France

France reports around 2,000 daily cases of new variants

France's health minister said that although the 6 pm curfew is having an effect, infections are still rising.

France

Frenchman Yannick Bestaven wins Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race

Times bonuses and crashes: Bestaven won the race thanks to time banked after competitor Boris Hermann collided with a fishing trawler on the home stretch.