Sources: BBC
Three people are killed and five others are injured in a suspected arson attack on a seven-story building in Décines-Charpieu, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. 2026-05-11
The French National Consultation Ethical Committee approves the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. 2021-12-17
Jersey rejects 75 French fishing applications, once again raising tensions over disputed fishing rights off Jersey. France condemns the move as French fishermen threaten to impose either a "blockade" of ports, or of lorries travelling to the United Kingdom via the Channel tunnel, as retaliation. 2021-09-29
France bans far-right Identitarian nationalist group Génération Identitaire. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says the movement incites "discrimination, hatred and violence". 2021-03-3
John Kerry, the United States Secretary of State, is taken to hospital in Switzerland with a broken leg following a cycling accident in the nearby French town of Scionzier. Kerry had been in Geneva negotiating with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. 2015-05-31
Flash flooding in southwest France claims two victims and causes the shrine at Lourdes to be closed. 2013-06-19
Food giant Nestlé removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain, and Italy, after tests confirmed that the product contained horse meat. 2013-02-18
French sources find traces of phenylbutazone, a suspected harmful drug, in several horse carcasses slaughtered in Somerset, England, and fear they could be part of lasagne or other food sold in France. 2013-02-14
Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel is sentenced to three years in jail in France for his role in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss. 2010-10-5
French fishermen off the coast of Malta repel an attempt by Greenpeace to obstruct their operations, sinking several Greenpeace Zodiac boats and injuring a Greenpeace activist. 2010-06-6