Sources: BBC
The left-wing New Popular Front coalition files a motion of no confidence against the new right-wing Barnier government amid ongoing political protests in France. 2024-10-4
Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands confirm their first cases of monkeypox. 2022-05-20
French prime minister Jean Castex announces that, for the next three weeks, all public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 people outdoors. Work from home will be mandated where possible, and outdoor mask wearing will be mandatory in city centres. The interval between the second dose and the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will also be reduced to three months in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. 2021-12-27
A court in Benin sentences opposition leader Reckya Madougou to 20 years in prison after finding her guilty of "financing terrorism". The case has been highly controversial, with a judge in the case fleeing to France and denouncing the case as "entirely politically motivated". 2021-12-11
The first death from the disease inside Europe occurs in France. He was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who had arrived in Paris with symptoms of the illness on January 16. 2020-02-15
The entire board of France's César Awards resigns following controversy over the Academy giving Roman Polanski's "An Officer and a Spy" 12 award nominations, the most out of any film this year. 2020-02-13
The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest. 2015-02-11
Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps, two days following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers. 2012-07-14
Cuba refuses to grant a visa to dissident Guillermo Fariñas so that he could receive the Sakharov Prize in France. 2010-12-15
French photographer Sophie Ristelhueber wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. 2010-03-18