France Former French PM sentenced to prison over 'fake jobs' scandal The scandal involving his wife Penelope demolished his 2017 presidential bid. 29/06/2020
France Green wave as environmentalists win key French cities It came amid a record abstention rate of 59% across the country. 28/06/2020
World Pride 50: LGBT+ community celebrate from home amid COVID-19 lockdown This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pride, which was first held in New York City after the Stonewall riots. 27/06/2020
France Banksy theft: Six arrested in France over stolen Bataclan painting The painting resurfaced in Italy earlier this month after it got stolen in January. 27/06/2020
Ideas France wants to make hurting the planet illegal, but what is ecocide? The Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat has voted on 150 proposals to help France fight the climate emergency. 25/06/2020
France In pictures: Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII After more than three months of closure, Paris' Eiffel Tower is set to open its doors again. 23/06/2020
Libya Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya, says France's Macron The French president's remarks on Turkey's military intervention in the Libyan civil war follows an encounter between the two NATO allies' ships in the Mediterranean 23/06/2020
France French schools reopen as more COVID-19 restrictions lifted Many schoolchildren in France have not stepped foot on the playground for nearly three months. 22/06/2020
France France repatriates ten children of French jihadists from Syria There might be around 300 children of French jihadists still in refugee camps in north-eastern Syria. 22/06/2020
France French constitutional court blocks most of online hate speech law The law, which was passed and adopted by France's parliament last month, required online platforms and search engines to remove hateful or terrorist content within 24 hours of it being posted, risking fines of up to €1.25 million. 19/06/2020
United Kingdom Johnson hosts Macron in London for de Gaulle anniversary Boris Johnson hosts Emmanuel Macron on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's famous speech from WWII 18/06/2020
France It is 80 years since France's fight back against the Nazis began By June 1940, France had given up the fight against Adolf Hitler. Charles de Gaulle wasn't having any of it. 18/06/2020
France Nothing Lidl about crowds as surge makes supermarket scrap PS4 sale The games console had been offered at a discounted €95 at a store in Orgeval. 17/06/2020
France Police brutality in spotlight after clashes at health workers protest The images of violence ending the peaceful protest of the health workers in France has sparked a heated debate 17/06/2020
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
Ideas 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
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
brussels bureau PIP breast implants: Only French victims can claim damages, rules ECJ PIP sold an estimated one million faulty breast implants in 65 countries around the world. 11/06/2020
Tunisia Tunisian MPs reject asking France to apologise for 'colonial crimes' The motion did not pass amid fears it would jeopardise relations with France, Tunisia's most important commercial partner. 11/06/2020
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
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 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
