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Italy

COVID border closures push migrants to make dangerous Alps crossing

Hiking across the Italian-French Alps, especially in the winter, is difficult even for migrants who have overcome other arduous obstacles along the way.

28/02/2021

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COVID: Nice beaches deserted during city's first weekend lockdown

The new weekend measures will be in force for at least two weeks.

27/02/2021

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Cellist Camille Thomas fills empty Louvre with classical music

Empty of its usual visitors, the Louvre's gallery spaces were filled with the strains of Bach in a performance by cellist Camille Thomas who went viral in France's first lockdown.

27/02/2021

France

France-based Uighur group sues Nike for 'complicity in forced labour'

The sports brand is accused of sub-contracting Chinese factories using forced Uighur labour

26/02/2021

France

Illegal workers from Moldova ‘smuggled into France on fake passports’

"The criminal group, organised by a Romanian national living in France, smuggled at least 40 Moldovan nationals to exploit them in the construction business in France," Europol said.

25/02/2021

France

Unseen Van Gogh goes on display before Sotheby's auction in March

The work depicts a rarely seen view of Paris in the nineteenth century. 'Scène de rue à Montmartre' shows how the busy suburb used to be a rural, tranquil place.

25/02/2021

France

French actor Gérard Depardieu denies rape charges

The case relaunched in December centres on an actress in her twenties who has accused the star of sexually assaulting her twice in August 2018.

23/02/2021

France

Human After All: Electro duo Daft Punk call it quits after 28 years

The world’s most famous electronic music duo, Daft Punk, have announced they are splitting up.

22/02/2021

France

France adds Dunkirk to its list of lockdowns this weekend

Dunkirk will join the Alpes-Maritimes region for the weekend lockdown, which comes on top of other national measures.

22/02/2021

Moments

A day in the life of a ski resort during COVID-19

French ski resorts make the best of it as lifts remain shut and visitor numbers remain low.

22/02/2021

France

Forced to close its doors again, the Louvre takes chance to spruce up

Amid another enforced closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Louvre in Paris is using the absence of visitors as a chance to refurbish.

21/02/2021

France

Dozens protest dissolution of Generation Identity group in France

An anti-fascist counter protest gathered near the Generation Identity demonstration in Paris, but the two rallies were largely peaceful.

20/02/2021

France

Asylum seeker arrested after refugee centre manager stabbed to death

A 38-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker has been arrested.

19/02/2021

French Polynesia

New Caledonia: Pro-independence parties win majority in snap elections

Pro-independence support is on the rise on the island as is a surge in violence recently sparked by the proposed sale of a local nickel mine.

17/02/2021

France

French MPs back law aimed at cracking down on Islamic radicalism

French MPs back controversial law aimed at cracking down on Islamic radicalism

16/02/2021

World News

Macron and Harris to closely cooperate on COVID, climate and democracy

French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President Kamala Harris agreed on the need for bilateral cooperation on COVID, climate change and democracy in their first telephone exchange.

16/02/2021

France

France fines Google €1.1 million over 'misleading' hotel rankings

An investigation by the French consumer watchdog and finance ministry found the tech giant was guilty of "misleading commercial practice".

15/02/2021

Russia

Soldiers who fought in Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign are buried

The remains of over a hundred French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's disastrous 1812 campaign were finally buried on Saturday.

13/02/2021

Destinations

The rural French region attracting city dwellers with a free holiday

The department of Corrèze is offering people an all-expenses-paid experience living in rural France.

12/02/2021

France

French village inherits fortune from Austrian Jew it housed during WW2

In Chambon sur Lignon, only one person remembers Erich Schwam, who died at the end of December at the age of 90 in Lyon, leaving no relatives behind.

12/02/2021