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France

Conch shell found in French cave oldest known seashell instrument

The shell, thought to be around 18,000 years old, was found during the excavation of a cave with prehistoric wall paintings in France - and it still works.

11/02/2021

France

France seeks to change age of consent to protect children from abuse

President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to tighten legislation to help prevent violence against children after recent shocking scandals in France prompted tens of thousands of people to share their own stories of sexual abuse within their families.

10/02/2021

France

Sciences Po director Frédéric Mion resigns over Duhamel incest scandal

Mion resigned over the accusations against Olivier Duhamel, the former president of the foundation that oversees the political science school.

09/02/2021

France

At least two people killed in helicopter crash in Courchevel, France

At least two people have died and three people were injured in a helicopter crash in Courchevel.

09/02/2021

Moments

Is this just a wave or the face of Poseidon, God of the Sea?

Photographer, Mathieu Rivrin caught the image as the most powerful waves caused by Storm Justine were striking the French coast.

09/02/2021

France

COVID-19 in France: Student meals for just one euro in Paris

A restaurant in Paris is offering students a meal at knockdown prices to help them cope during the pandemic.

07/02/2021

World News

Five EU states receive first shipments of AstraZeneca vaccine

Austria, France and Germany are going to restrict the jab to the under 65s because of a lack of data following the vaccine's trials.

06/02/2021

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Hundreds march in memory of murdered woman in eastern Alsace

Prosecutor Alex Perrin said the killings were "totally premeditated" by the 45-year-old, who was not known to the police or intelligence services.

06/02/2021

World News

Famous venues in London and Paris help out with COVID-19 testing

The London cricket club Lords has been a vaccination centre since mid-January and an iconic gay nightclub in Paris started hosting tests this weekend.

06/02/2021

World

France's top football league nets financial lifeline with new TV deal

"It's a short reprieve," sports journalist Michael Kurn told Euronews. "This deal is only going to go until the end of the season."

05/02/2021

Europe News

French police using Roma to inflate deportation figures, says activist

Activists say it is a stage-managed process designed to inflate deportation figures and has been going on for a decade.

04/02/2021

France

Lockdown will be 'last resort' in France even as COVID variants spread

A lockdown "is not justified" yet and should only be used as a "very last resort", Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.

04/02/2021

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Flooding in France's south-west after region hit by Storm Justine

This was one of France's major rivers, the Garonne, after the southwestern region was hit by Storm Justine.

04/02/2021

Belgium

Iranian diplomat jailed for 20 years for planned attack in France

An Iranian diplomat was sentenced to the maximum 20-year prison term by a Belgian court for planning an attack against opponents of the Tehran regime in France in 2018.

04/02/2021

Earth News

Why do conservationists want to bring big cats back in Scotland?

Rewilding the Highlands could involve the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx which died out around 500 years ago.

03/02/2021

France

France says its ski lifts will remain closed until at least March

BREAKING: France says its ski lifts will remain closed for at least another month

01/02/2021

France

Man arrested in Toulon after severed head found in cardboard box

The man was arrested in Toulon after a severed head was found in a cardboard box that had been thrown out of a window of a flat.

01/02/2021

France

France opens talks in bid to regain public trust in police

In November video of Paris police appearing to beat and abuse a black music producer inside his studio shocked the country.

01/02/2021

France

Defiant French restaurateurs open doors despite COVID closure orders

"I will always defend my profession. My job is not to click and collect and put food in a box. I have always been a restaurateur, I love what I do," Stéphane Turillon, owner of La Source Bleue, said.

01/02/2021

France

New lockdown in France "almost inevitable": infectious diseases expert

The current measures that have begun have been seen as mild in a week in which the government appeared to be preparing to issue new stay-at-home orders.

01/02/2021