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France

Coronavirus: Cannes Film Festival postponed due to outbreak

Because of the global spread of the novel coronavirus, even a virus-free France would have difficulty drawing — and keeping healthy — filmmakers, executives and press from around the world.

19/03/2020

France

COVID-19 spread fast at church, says infected French doctor

Jonathan Peterschmidtt and his family have been in self-imposed quarantine for 17 days. Here's how they're coping.

19/03/2020

France

People left cities for the coast in France before the lockdown

People fled cities in France so they could spend the #coronavirus confinement on the Atlantic coast.

19/03/2020

France

France opens homeless self-isolation centres amid coronavirus pandemic

Sanitary isolation centres will open in Paris on Friday and in Toulouse as soon as Wednesday night, French authorities have announced.

18/03/2020

France

Rail worker dead after 'being hit by train' near Strasbourg

One rail worker is dead and another seriously injured after being hit by a train near Strasbourg, eastern France.

18/03/2020

France

Love in the time of coronavirus: How to live together under lockdown

The divorce rate in China spiked after quarantine ended. Here's how to get through the next few weeks without killing each other.

18/03/2020

France

#WeApplaud: Hashtag launched to show solidarity to health workers

Numerous hashtags have been launched including #OnApplaudit and #TousAlaFenêtre, calling on people across France to take to their windows on the first night of the shutdown to applaud healthcare workers.

17/03/2020

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France enters lockdown

A strict lockdown requiring most people in France to remain at home came into effect at midday Tuesday

17/03/2020

France

French health system under pressure with COVID-19 cases still soaring

Nurses say they are 'going into a war without weapons'.

17/03/2020

France

Watch: Macron announces lockdown to stop spread of coronavirus

Macron urges the French to stay home and announces tougher new 15-day restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus

16/03/2020

France

In pictures: Paris streets remain busy despite partial lockdown

Tougher measures to cut the spreading of COVID-19 didn’t stop Parisians and tourists hitting the streets on Sunday.

16/03/2020

France

France fines Apple record €1.1 billion for anti-competitive behaviour

France's competition watchdog fined Apple for preventing distributors from differentiating offers and prices.

16/03/2020

France

Record low turnout in French municipal elections amidst epidemic

The country decided to press ahead with nationwide municipal elections but has ordered special measures to keep people at a safe distance and to sanitise surfaces

15/03/2020

Business

Shoppers can't put hands on santiser as coronavirus concern deepens

'No mask, no gel' Trying to find sanitising gel is becoming a wild goose chase.

13/03/2020

France

French doctor accused of abusing 349 children faces trial

The surgeon had allegedly kept detailed notebooks, in which he wrote comments about each of the sexually violent acts inflicted on children between 1989 and 2017.

13/03/2020

France

'Our only virus is PSG': Fans defy Paris coronavirus stadium closure

'It's weird, it's horrible,' said PSG's coach of playing in front of an empty stadium.

11/03/2020

World

Green mayor calls for Paris to ban outdoor heaters amid CO2 concerns

Should Paris pull the plug on heating outdoor terraces?

10/03/2020

France

Coronavirus: Macron strolls Champs Elysées in 'message of confidence'

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walked hand-in-hand on Paris' Champs-Elysees on Monday "to send a message of confidence to the French economy" amid coronavirus.

09/03/2020

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Chocolate coronavirus by French baker provokes smiles

A chocolate shell sprinkled with red almonds - an edible representation of the new coronavirus made by French chocolatier Jean-Francois Pre, who took his inspiration from a 3D model of the disease

08/03/2020

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Femen protest in Paris on Women's Day

Campaigners from the Femen feminist group staged a topless protest in the centre of Paris on Sunday to mark International Women's Day

08/03/2020

France

Gender equality: Sharing the mental burden of household work

Shopping, laundry, cooking, picking up the kids: many people say their personal list is contributing to a “mental load”.

08/03/2020

Europe News

Losing face: French mask maker scraps NHS order amid COVID-19 shortage

Paris is keeping French-made protective masks inside the country amid a coronavirus-inspired shortage. But it's proving awkward for its loyalist customers.

06/03/2020

France

'My kids exhaust me more than COVID-19,' says doctor under quarantine

"I am maybe a little tired because I don't sleep a lot because I have four kids ... they exhaust me more than the virus I think," says a French doctor with COVID-19.

05/03/2020

France

Mask shortages leave doctors 'dangerously ill-equipped' for COVID-19

The WHO says hoarding and misuse of masks is leaving doctors and nurses “dangerously ill-equipped” to deal with COVID-19.

03/03/2020

France

Macron government survives no-confidence votes over use of '49.3'

After surviving two no-confidence votes, the French government can now go ahead with reforms to pensions and retirement ages.

03/03/2020

France

Louvre museum closes over workers' coronavirus fears

France's Louvre museum in Paris closed its doors to the public on Sunday as workers demanded more precautions against the spread of COVID-19

01/03/2020