Sources: BBC
A court of appeals in Paris, France, releases former president Nicolas Sarkozy from prison under judicial supervision conditions, less than three weeks after he began to serve a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy over his 2007 election campaign funds. 2025-11-10
France begins implementing a seven-day quarantine and pre-departure testing for EU nationals, French residents, and anyone travelling to the United Kingdom for essential reasons in order to prevent the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India as all non-essential travel to the UK is currently banned. 2021-05-31
Four people are killed and 16 wounded when an extremist takes hostages in Trèbes, France. The suspect is killed by police. 2018-03-23
At least 43 people die after a bus collides with a truck near the French town of Puisseguin. 2015-10-23
Bolivia summons the ambassadors of France, Spain and Portugal to explain why their countries blocked President Evo Morales' official jet "en route" to land on the Eurozone last week, amid orders to be searched if Edward Snowden was on board. 2013-07-8
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
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, grants Russian citizenship to Gérard Depardieu who has renounced his French citizenship due to high taxes. 2013-01-3
Voters in France go to the polls for legislative election with the Socialist Party winning a majority. 2012-06-17
French research in "Analytical Chemistry" suggests that the heavy eye make-up of Cleopatra could be medically useful. 2010-01-8