Sources: BBC
Météo-France places 35 departments, including Paris, under red heat wave alert as high temperatures persist nationwide. Authorities also prohibit public alcohol consumption during Fête de la Musique events in affected areas and implement measures to reduce pressure on emergency services. 2026-06-20
Following PSG's Champions League victory, police arrest more than 280 people in Paris, France, following clashes, vandalism, arson, an attempted intrusion into a police station, and disruptions to traffic and public transport during celebrations. 2026-05-30
Fireworks and flares are fired in Paris, France, after Paris Saint-Germain FC's Champions League title win. Two people are killed, a police officer is in a coma, 201 others are injured, four stores are looted and hundreds are arrested in clashes with riot police for violence and looting. 2025-06-1
The center-right Macron-appointed Barnier government expresses a willingness to work with the far-right National Rally's proposals to strengthen French immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Paris last week. The suspect, who was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland, is a Moroccan convicted rapist who was released from prison this month and was meant to be deported. 2024-09-25
France requires shoppers to show their "health pass" in order to enter 126 shopping centres that have a size of more than 20000 m2 in Paris and 12 departments that reached a threshold of 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. 2021-08-16
Representatives from 17 world governments and various U.S. technology companies meet in Paris to support a set of anti-terrorism guidelines called the "Christchurch Call to Action" drafted by the governments of France and New Zealand. The White House expressed support for the "overall goals reflected" in this pledge, but refused to back it, citing freedom of speech concerns. 2019-05-15
Around 70 world leaders in Paris mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice which ended World War I. 2018-11-11
A court in Paris finds International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence in a 404 million euro "misuse of public funds" case. The court ruled that Lagarde won't be fined, won't serve any jail time, or receive a criminal record. The IMF Executive Board "looks forward to continuing to work with" her. 2016-12-19
A mass rally due to be held on November 29, 2015 in Paris on the eve of climate change talks is called off due to the threat of terrorism. 2015-11-19
U.S. media report that celebrity Naomi Campbell has been assaulted in Paris. Reports say two men on a motorcycle tried to make off with her handbag during the attack. 2013-01-4