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France

Emmanuel Macron slapped in face during visit to southern France

Macron, who was on a visit to a Drôme hospitality school, was struck in the face while shaking hands with a member of the public.

08/06/2021

France

France confirms probe into governor of Lebanese central bank

Riad Salameh, who has been at the helm of the Banque du Liban for close to 30 years and is now at the centre of the country's financial crisis, is being investigated by both Swiss and French authorities.

08/06/2021

Nature

How are these underwater sculptures protecting marine life?

The six mask-like sculptures are designed to encourage flora and fauna to return to the seabed.

07/06/2021

France

Google fined €220m in France over online advertising market

Google said it had agreed on changes to improve its online ad market after being fined by France's competition watchdog.

07/06/2021

France

French Open: Serena Williams loses match, Roger Federer withdraws

Serena Williams lost to Elena Rybakina at the French Open on Sunday. Meanwhile, Roger Federer withdrew from the competition as he recovers from knee surgeries.

06/06/2021

France

France marks 77-years since D-Day landings in Normandy

Only a small number of veterans were able to attend due to COVID-19 restrictions.

06/06/2021

France

Veterans prepare to remember fallen comrades in D-Day landings

Veterans of the Normandy landings are gathering on the eve of the anniversary of D-Day, when the Allies landed in France to fight Nazi Germany.

05/06/2021

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France: images of a flooded street in Reims

An amateur video shows a flooded street in Reims after heavy storms. Vehicles are blocked as a torrent pours down the Avenue Jean Jaurès.

04/06/2021

France

Yana Sizikova released from custody after match-fixing allegations

Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova has been released from custody after match-fixing allegations. The 26-year-old had been taken into custody on Thursday in relation to an investigation from last October for “corruption” and “organized gang fraud”.

04/06/2021

Travel News

France changes rules for fully-vaccinated arrivals from EU, UK and US

The French government is changing the requirements for arrivals from 9 June.

04/06/2021

France

The local initiatives in France taking on the problem of plastic waste

Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic pollute the Mediterranean every year. France produces a lot of the region's plastic waste and recycles less than its neighbours. In Marseille, locals are not waiting for the government to make a change, they are taking plastic waste into their own hands.

04/06/2021

France

Plane evacuated in Paris amid suspicions of explosive device

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin said a crisis cell had been opened after the Air France flight which was coming from Chad was evacuated.

03/06/2021

France

Apology after France's emergency telephone numbers crash nationwide

Software failure is being blamed for the breakdown which put emergency phone numbers out of action and is suspected of causing at least three deaths.

03/06/2021

France

Africa takes centre stage at Lyon's dance biennale

Another victim of the pandemic last year, France's festival of dance is now back - and bursting with energy.

03/06/2021

France

Investigation launched after fire damages French vaccine centre

Authorities suspect the fire may have been deliberately caused by arsonists.

03/06/2021

France

France extends COVID-19 vaccination to 12-18 year olds

France will begin inoculating teens aged 12-18 on June 15, President Macron said as COVID-19 indicators were deteriorating in southwestern regions.

03/06/2021

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Lyon Danse Biennale

At the heart of this year's Biennale is Africa and young people, with performers from 16 African countries, including Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku and his dancers.

01/06/2021

France

Osaka withdraws from French Open after mental health statement

Osaka was fined 12,300 euros after refusing to do press conferences at French Open to protect her mental health

31/05/2021

France

France skiing death toll doubled due to weather and COVID rules

Thirty-nine people were killed in avalanches in France this winter, compared to an average of 20 annually over the past five decades.

31/05/2021

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Greenpeace activists block a soya warehouse in western France

A dozen Greenpeace activists block a soya warehouse in the port of Saint-Nazaire, on France's Atlantic coast, to denounce soya imports into France.

31/05/2021

France

Fugitive ex-soldier arrested after massive manhunt in France

The fugitive ex-soldier was arrested in Dordogne after a massive manhunt that mobilised 300 gendarmes and seven helicopters. He was hiding in a wooded area after shooting at gendarmes responding to a call about a domestic incident.

31/05/2021

France

Naomi Osaka threatened with disqualification from French Open

The world number two was fined €12,300 and threatened with disqualification after she refused to make media appearances at the French Open.

31/05/2021

France

Macron warns France could withdraw troops from Mali following coup

France has about 5,100 deployed in the Sahel — more specifically in Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger — as part of its Operation Barkhane against Islamic terrorist groups.

30/05/2021

France

Elated music fans pack Paris arena for coronavirus 'test gig'

Thousands descended on AccorHotels Arena in eastern Paris on Saturday to see 1980s French rock band Indochine and DJ Etienne de Crecy in a public health experiment by the city's hospital authority.

29/05/2021

France

Man shot dead after policewoman injured in Nantes knife attack

Police have shot dead a man after he stabbed a police officer in Nantes seriously injuring her

28/05/2021

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French police clash with farmers at job centre sit-in

French police violently clear protesters from a sit-in at a job centre on the edge of Paris, following a flash demo by farmers denouncing the new common agriculture policy

27/05/2021