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High levels of water pollution in the Seine River caused two swimming events to be cancelled over the weekend, after two others successfully went ahead on Thursday and Friday. A year ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, organisers say there is no Plan B for swimming events set to be held in the river.

A billboard in Paris is allegedly promoting the sale of precious icons that have been removed from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery. Many social media users are accusing Ukraine of selling these artefacts to raise money for the army. Euronews fact-checked these claims.

Neymar wants out at PSG.

With just one year to go before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, one of the city’s airports suffered an unprecedented breakdown Thursday that led to a mountain of luggage piling up and delayed flights.

Journalists at France’s sole dedicated Sunday newspaper announced on Tuesday they were halting one of the longest strikes in the recent history of French media, on the day a controversial editor aligned with the far right took up his post as editor in chief.

French authorities confirmed that a protest against police violence set to take place in Paris on Saturday could not go ahead due to police shortages. NGOs say the ban signals a “more and more repressive” approach from authorities.

A campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead French teenager Nahel M. topped 1.47 million euros ($1.6 million) on Tuesday, far outstripping donations to Nahel’s family and causing shame and anger among many French people.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday met with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the “deeper reasons” for the country’s plunge into riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.

Paris protests: Mayor’s wife and child injured as rioters attack their home The ongoing protests in France took a violent and disturbing turn overnight, as…

At least 150 arrests in violent protests over France police killing Mass protests, following the killing of a teenager, have led to at least 150…

What we know about the police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M.

Anger in Paris after police kill teen who refused traffic stop Mass unrest erupted in Paris overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed…

World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by climate change, as a cascade of crises swamps debt-burdened countries.

‘If people ask me my opinion, I will answer them…’

Messi will join a new club this summer.

Not long to go now.

France is investigating US tech giant Apple over it allegedly planning for smartphones to become out of date through restricting their repair, prosecutors and an association said on Monday.

France’s Interior Minister G?rald Darmanin said Tuesday he had asked local prefects to ban ultra-right-wing demonstrations after coming under criticism for allowing hundreds of far-right activists dressed in black to march through Paris at the weekend.

Today’s News Headlines from the EU News Today French police fire teargas as clashes erupt at May Day pension protests. Cities across France saw another…

City break holiday deals to Paris from London for June 2023 Paris is the perfect place for a city break this summer. Fights to the…

Breaking – King Charles’s France visit postponed after pension protests Charles III’s first state visit has been postponed, the Elysée Palace has said, as France…

A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.

Paris protests: Macron pushes French pension bill through without vote Protesters clashed with police in Paris following the French government’s decision to impose pension reforms…

The French capital ‘is in pretty good shape’ 500 days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, according to Simon Rofe, an expert in sports diplomacy and an associate professor of international politics at the University of Leeds.

Thousands of tonnes of garbage has piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday.