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Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested.
2023-06-8

The French Senate votes 201–115 to raise the legal retirement age in France from 62 to 64 despite mass strikes against the change.
2023-03-9

France reports a record 464,769 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
2022-01-18

The French Constitutional Council approves most of the controversial measures that would begin on August 9 which include requiring health passes to enter restaurants, cafés, some shopping centres, and use some types of public transportation. The council also approves the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and other health professionals, in which they must present proof that they have received at least one dose of the vaccine beginning on September 15 and must present proof of full vaccination beginning on October 15. However, judges considered the mandatory 10-day quarantine to be a violation of aspects of French liberties.
2021-08-5

Over 100,000 people protest across France against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for health workers, along with other restrictions on unvaccinated citizens.
2021-07-17

French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announces she will run for the Parisian mayoral position on the La République En Marche! ticket, after the party's original candidate Benjamin Griveaux withdrew yesterday due to a sexting scandal.
2020-02-16

At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in the Aude region of south-western France. A bridge also collapsed in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads are inaccessible in Carcassonne.
2018-10-15

On Friday night a man begins to shoot in a Lille Metro station in Lille, France. Three people are injured, including being shot in the leg and neck. The gunman is not thought to be a terrorist, and is still on the run.
2017-03-24

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

Seven people are killed in a fire burning migrant workers' residence in Dijon, eastern France.
2010-11-14