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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.

28/01/2021

France

French restaurant customers 'will be fined' after unlawful lunch

Restaurant owner Christophe Wilson defiantly served lunch to dozens of people in defiance of pandemic restrictions in the French Riviera City.

28/01/2021

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.

28/01/2021

France

French teachers strike in Paris over government's response to COVID-19

Teachers complain of working conditions, low pay, and a bungled pandemic response.

26/01/2021

France

COVID vaccine: France returns to 3 weeks between doses

Health Minister Oliver Véran said there is "no consensus in the scientific community" that doubling the time between the two doses is risk-free.

26/01/2021

My Europe Series

Should the UK help save French-owned Eurostar from the brink of ruin?

The cross-Channel link is on course for bankruptcy by spring if no state bailouts are offered - but disputes over which governments should be doing the bailing out has delayed help.

26/01/2021

No Comment

French city of Valloire holds 38th snow sculpture competition

As many as 15 teams compete against each other, all starting with a big block of ice measuring 4m high.

25/01/2021

France

Meet the French doctor who treated Europe's first COVID-19 patient

"Be careful, when I notify the authorities, it will be like I've pushed a button," a woman at the Institut Pasteur had told him as officials learned of the first COVID-19 case in France.

25/01/2021

France

France probes violent Paris attack that left Ukrainian, 15, in a coma

The victim, identified only as Yuriy, was beaten up and left in a coma at the attack in Paris' 15th arrondissement on January 15.

25/01/2021

France

'Lonely and worried': French students on COVID's mental health toll

One student poll in France found 72% had suffered recent psychological distress and more than a third had had depressive symptoms.

25/01/2021

World

France's top health adviser says third lockdown 'probably necessary'

Professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy has called for swift government action, amid rising concerns about the spread of new variants of the virus.

25/01/2021

France

Emmanuel Macron promises crackdown on incest following online campaign

The French president told victims they would "never be alone again" as he responded to an online conversation that went viral when social media users shared their traumatic stories of childhood incest.

23/01/2021

Europe Decoded

#MeTooInceste: French share stories of family sexual abuse

Following in the footsteps of #MeTooInceste, #MeTooGay began to trend around the country this week as users shared stories of homosexual abuse.

22/01/2021

My Europe Series

From vaccine creation to trepidation: France's struggle with anti-vaxxers

France has one of western Europe's highest rates of distrust in modern-day vaccines. On Unreported Europe we take a look at why, what anti-vaxxers have to say and what can bring sceptics rounds.

22/01/2021

France

Emmanuel Macron promises students one euro lockdown meals

Students whose mental health is suffering from prolonged isolation from classes and friends will also be offered "psychologist cheques".

22/01/2021

France

France: Hospital workers demand more resources to fight COVID-19

French hospital workers demand more resources to cope with the relentless influx of COVID-19 patients.

21/01/2021

France

French health minister says third national lockdown could be necessary

"If the level of this variant were to increase significantly and we followed an English trajectory, a lockdown would probably become an absolute necessity," Véran told the French Senate's Law Commission.

21/01/2021

France

Brexit headache: French firms point finger at UK over red tape delays

Overwhelmed customs services and IT problems in the UK are to blame for trade disruption under post-Brexit rules, say companies and authorities in France.

20/01/2021

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Trump's waxwork already removed from display at Paris' Musee Grevin

Trump's statue "cost a lot of hair", laughs the museum's director-general.

20/01/2021

France

France's life expectancy falls because of COVID pandemic, data reveals

France's life expectancy at birth dropped by six months for men and five months for women in 2020 compared to the previous year.

19/01/2021

My Europe Series

Why do so few people in France want to take the COVID-19 vaccine?

Just 40% of French people say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if available, making the country one of the most vaccine-hesitant in the world.

18/01/2021

France

French Muslims leaders back secular values in 'charter of principles'

The French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM) also backed the creation of a council that will vouch imams preaching on French soil to reduce interference from other countries.

18/01/2021

World

France expands eligibility for those entitled to COVID-19 jabs

France is expanding the eligibility for people to get their COVID-19 vaccines. Around 6 million people can now have the jab. Those over 75 can have their first dose along with anyone in a high-risk group, such as those with serious health conditions.

18/01/2021

Cinema

Biopic film Slalom looks at sexual harassment in sport

"It was really the idea of finally working on the coach-trainer relationship," its director Charlène Favier told Euronews.

17/01/2021

France

Icelandic man has world's first double arm and shoulder transplant

A hospital in Lyon, France, says it is the first in the world to carry out a double shoulder and arm transplant.

15/01/2021

France

Deliveroo driver jailed for refusing orders from Jewish restaurants

The Algerian, who was in France illegally, will be deported after he completes his four-month prison sentence.

15/01/2021