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Eleven people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse accommodating disabled people in Wintzenheim, Alsace, France.
2023-08-9

A nationwide strike begins in France with workers demanding higher salaries amid increasing inflation in the country.
2022-10-18

France sends two patrol boats, the "Athos" and "Le Themis", to Jersey in response to the British deployment of the HMS "Severn" and the HMS "Tamar" to Jersey. The dispute arose after French fishermen threatened to blockade the port of Saint Helier in protest of a new system for obtaining fishing permits.
2021-05-6

Canadian airplane manufacturer Bombardier sells its remaining stake in the A220 model, previously called the C-Series, to France's Airbus, effectively closing its commercial aviation line of business.
2020-02-13

The United States' allies France and the United Kingdom say they won't keep their troops in Syria after the United States pulls out.
2019-02-21

A fire at the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in northwest France caused an explosion in a "non-nuclear" part of the station. One reactor was taken offline and five people were affected by fumes. The accident did not cause a radioactive leak.
2017-02-9

Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel loses his appeal against a five-year prison sentence for forgery and breach of trust, handed down in 2010.
2012-10-24

Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the ratings of France's three biggest banks, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Société Générale.
2011-12-9

The United States and France announce plans to help Japan as Fukushima I nuclear accidents continue.
2011-03-30

The trial of alleged "rogue trader" Jérôme Kerviel of Société Générale begins in Paris.
2010-06-8