Sources: BBC
The French agriculture ministry authorizes the culling of around 200 wolves, raising the annual removal limit to 21% of the estimated population of over 1,000 animals, with a possible increase to 23%, citing rising livestock losses as wolf numbers expand into agricultural areas and regions near major cities. 2026-02-20
Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against the far-right National Rally party. 2024-06-15
France reports 1,355 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 5,387, the new figures include deaths in retirement homes for the first time. 2020-04-2
Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is being investigated over claims of illegal donations received from the country's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oréal. 2013-03-22
French sociologist of science and anthropologist Bruno Latour wins the 2013 Holberg Prize. 2013-03-13
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz returns to Mauritania after being in France for five weeks recovering after being shot by a soldier on 13 October. 2012-11-25
Police search the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a judicial investigation into financial relations between his political camp and L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2012-07-3
Three investigating judges from the Cour de Justice de la République file preliminary charges against former French Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Public service Éric Woerth over "passive influence peddling" in relation to the affairs of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2012-02-8
Four people, including celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier, are arrested in a tax-evasion investigation into L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2010-07-15
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy denies allegations of alleged illegal payments from France's richest woman, L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2010-07-6