Sources: BBC
France requires shoppers to show their "health pass" in order to enter 126 shopping centres that have a size of more than 20000 m2 in Paris and 12 departments that reached a threshold of 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. 2021-08-16
France sends two patrol boats, the "Athos" and "Le Themis", to Jersey in response to the British deployment of the HMS "Severn" and the HMS "Tamar" to Jersey. The dispute arose after French fishermen threatened to blockade the port of Saint Helier in protest of a new system for obtaining fishing permits. 2021-05-6
Nationwide protests organised by the French Confédération Générale du Travail union attract over 18,000 people in Paris, including many supporters of the Yellow vest movement. 2019-02-5
A French animal rights activist is charged under counterterror legislation for praising the death of a butcher in a terror attack. 2018-03-29
French left-wing activist Stephane Poussier receives a one-year suspended term for praising the death of a policeman in a terrorist attack. 2018-03-28
A fire kills at least 13 people in a bar in the French city of Rouen. 2016-08-6
France halts delivery of the first of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to the Russian Navy due to circumstances in Ukraine. 2014-09-3
French officials open up a murder case in the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat following a "complaint against X" by his widow. 2012-08-28
France says Syrian regime leaders will answer for "murderous folly". 2012-05-28
French unions continue mass strikes for a second day with over one million people protesting on Tuesday against pension reform. 2010-10-13