Sources: Xinhua
The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights have already been cancelled. 2024-04-24
French maritime minister Annick Girardin says that France is prepared to impose "retaliation measures" against the United Kingdom over its new guidelines on requiring French fishing vessels to obtain permits to sail by the Channel Islands. 2021-05-4
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Theresa May says the government has seen no plans for Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's idea of building a road bridge across the English Channel between France and the United Kingdom. 2018-01-19
A Catalan official says the 13 exchange students killed in Sunday's accident were 19-to-25-year-old women, seven from Italy, two Germans, an Austrian, a woman from France, a Romanian and an Uzbek. Twenty-four people are being treated in hospital with one student in critical condition, and six people, including the driver, in serious condition. Reports from officials indicate the driver lost control of the coach and crashed to the other side before running into an oncoming car. The bus driver, who passed alcohol and drug tests, is being investigated for possible negligent homicide as police seek to determine the cause of the crash. 2016-03-21
Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, wins the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Sakharov award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg, France on December 16, 2015 while the laureate remains imprisoned. 2015-10-29
The Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls claims that five terrorist attacks have been "foiled" in France in recent months. [http:--www.france24.com-en-breaking-20150423-five-terror-attacks-have-been-foiled-france-recent-months-says-french-prime-minister-manuel-valls-?ns_campaign=al_en&ns_mchannel=email_marketing&ns_source=AL_20150423_0847&ns_linkname=20150423_breaking_news&ns_fee=0&f24_member_id=1080960490882 (France 24)]date=August 2019 2015-04-23
Two French soldiers are killed and one injured in a drive-by shooting in southern France. 2012-03-15
The price of oil reaches an eight month high following Iran banning sales to Britain and France on Sunday. 2012-02-20
The G8 releases a statement agreeing that Israel's blockade on Gaza is "not sustainable and must be changed" and calling for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1860, which was approved by the United Nations Security Council in January 2009, to be implemented. 2010-06-26