France

France

Coronavirus: Europe races to secure supplies of future vaccine

As the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine heats up, governments are keen to secure supplies in advance and ensure their pharmaceutical companies don’t land in foreign hands.

16/06/2020

France

Sanofi invests €610 million in French vaccine research and production

Emmanuel Macron visited Sanofi's laboratory as they announced an investment in two French centres for production and research.

16/06/2020

France

Chaos in Dijon after armed gangs burn cars and face off with police

The violence on Monday was believed to be a local reaction to three days of violence by Chechen gangs in Dijon.

16/06/2020

France

Luce Douady, 16-year-old French world climbing champion, dies

Douady was considered one of the most promising young climbers in France.

16/06/2020

France

France backtracks on chokehold ban after police protests

The interior ministry said that it would no longer teach the controversial technique but would not ban it outright.

16/06/2020

Climate Now

The future for farmers in a warmer world

In partnership with Copernicus

In this episode, Climate Now looks at how farmers are adapting to climate change and our warming planet,

15/06/2020

France

Macron hails 'first victory' against COVID-19, reopens French borders

In a live televised address from the Elysee Palace, Macron announced that the whole of mainland France is now in the so-called "green zone" including the Ile de France region.

14/06/2020

France

Black Lives Matter: Tear gas fired as thousands defy ban on gatherings

Despite gatherings of more than 10 people remain banned in Paris, thousands took to the streets to protest against police brutality on Saturday.

13/06/2020

No Comment

Thousands protest police brutality and discrimination in Paris

More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to demonstrate against police brutality and racism.

13/06/2020

Green News

What a 15-year-old and an 80-year-old can teach us about biodiversity

One makes a difference in the Amazon, while the other effects change from his back garden in France.

13/06/2020

No Comment

French police throw handcuffs away in protest at claims of racism

Police in Bordeaux throw handcuffs away in an angry gesture while others protested in Paris against the government's response to mounting criticism of police violence and racism.

12/06/2020

France

Police in France protest chokehold ban and racism accusations

"The police is not racist... it saves lives whatever the colour of the individual's skin," a police union told reporters.

12/06/2020

France

After weeks of shortages, France has surplus of 40 million face masks

Amid a PPE shortage at the height of France's COVID-19 crisis, hundreds of companies switched their production to make face masks. That has now left the country with a significant surplus.

12/06/2020

France

French scientific council advises against second lockdown

France is preparing the end of its health emergency from July 10 followed by a period of four months in which the Prime Minister can re-issue a lockdown.

11/06/2020

Living

Michelin star restaurants go green with new clover rating

Which European restaurants have been awarded the sustainability symbol?

09/06/2020

France

Paris prosecutor to investigate France's handling of COVID-19 crisis

The investigation follows dozen of complaints over failures to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

09/06/2020

France

French company develops self-cleaning fabric that kills viruses

What if your seat on the subway could fight off coronavirus? A French company has designed a new type of ‘decontaminating’ fabric, which is already equipping local metro trains.

09/06/2020

France

French woman hides homemade face masks for those in need

Demand for face masks has arguably never been higher after the World Health Organization recently began recommending people wear them to guard against COVID-19.

09/06/2020

France

France vows 'zero tolerance' against racist police officers

"Racism has no place in society, let alone in our republican police," French interior minister Christophe Castaner said on Monday as he unveiled measures to tackle the problem.

08/06/2020

France

Work begins to dismantle Notre Dame's charred scaffolding

Two teams of five workers each will take turns descending on ropes into the heat-warped web of scaffolding.

08/06/2020

France

Fines for littering rise in France as masks and gloves found on seabed

Environmentalists sounded the alarm over a new type of marine pollution, courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic.

08/06/2020

France

Rwanda genocide: French court ruling could shed light on France's role

A court ruling in France could pave the way to opening up files that could shed light on what the French government knew and did about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

07/06/2020

No Comment

Ceremony honouring the fallen on D-Day in Normandy

A small ceremony was held on Saturday morning at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer on the 76th anniversary of the D-Day landings, to honour the sacrifice of those who died.

06/06/2020

France

Normandy landings anniversary marked on Omaha beach despite pandemic

A small ceremony was held in Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer on Saturday morning to honour the sacrifice of those who died in the D-Day landings in June 1944.

06/06/2020

My Europe Series

"He hit me with an axe handle": Europe's lockdowns lead to a surge in domestic violence

Unreported Europe examines how the lockdown has led to a surge in domestic violence.

05/06/2020

France

Coronavirus epidemic 'under control' in France: Scientific Council

"We can reasonably declare that the epidemic is under control," Scientific Council president Jean-François Delfraissy told French radio on Friday.

05/06/2020