Browsing: France

Paris has joined other French cities in refusing to set up fan zones and giant screens for the Qatar World Cup 2022.

The Guardian says It has inspired French film-makers and songwriters, proven useful to cannabis smokers and aestheticians and served as an emergency bookmark or jotter – but now the Paris Métro ticket has reached the end of the line.

The Guardian says The top official in Emmanuel Macron’s office has been charged with a conflict of interest.

A strike on Friday by French air traffic control will disrupt travel for tens of thousands of passengers.

Billions of euros will be needed to compensate for “colossal” production losses linked to the drought, France’s agricultural federation said.

A go-karting event held at a prison near Paris has sparked massive controversy across France.

French MPs approve 20 billion-euro package to help with soaring inflation as households struggle to cope with rising energy and food prices.

A 62-year-old French sailor survives 16 hours in capsized boat – by using an air bubble inside his boat after it capsized.  

Thousands of bullfighting fans have flocked to southern France for traditional summer ferias whilst opponents of the practice are trying to get an outright ban, believing they finally have public opinion on their side. 

France24 says Paris monkeypox vaccine rollout gains momentum, despite a shortage of healthcare professionals to administer shots.

France24 says Portugal and France on Sunday battled major forest fires as temperatures rose sharply this weekend. In Portugal, a blaze broke out in the Mafra area, north of Lisbon.

France24 says About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.

Travellers again stuck in broken Thalys train without aircon, 86 migrants found crammed into truck in North Macedonia.

Travellers found themselves trapped on a broken Thalys train without air conditioning for hours on Sunday, resulting in three people becoming unwell. 

France24 says PRESIDENT MACRON on Monday begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent.

France24 says RECORD HIGH temperatures were registered in 64 different areas around France on Monday as a heatwave peaked in the country, the national weather service confirmed on Tuesday.

France24 says France secured promises of new energy supplies from the UAE after talks between President Emmanuel Macron and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Paris.

Euronews says FIREFIGHTERS continued to battle wildfires raging out of control in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heatwave.

Élisabeth Borne survives no-confidence vote, as Macron under pressure following leaked documents of allegations regarding Uber.

EMMANUEL MACRON ordered to RESIGN as he is facing furious resignation calls after an investigation revealed he signed a “secret deal” to advance a US company in France.

Euronews says INSIDE FRANCE’S National Assembly, the atmosphere was electric on Wednesday for the first speech by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne as the ruling party no longer holds an absolute majority — a rarity in the country.

France has repatriated 51 nationals – 35 children and 16 mothers – from camps in Syria who were family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held.

France weighs return to masks as more uncertainty looms for holiday goers and frustration for the French, who are sick of the restrictions. “The French…

Euronews says FRANCE’S highest administrative court has upheld a nationwide ban on the wearing of “burkini” swimming costumes in public pools.

No place for Muslim women who wear burkinis in the French city of Grenoble’s public pools rules top French court. “The new rules of procedure…