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France deploys 1,000 police officers to New Caledonia in an attempt to control the ongoing riots.
2024-05-16

Six people are killed and 12 others are injured by strong winds on the island of Corsica, France.
2022-08-18

Wildfires break out in southwestern France and Spain amidst a heat wave in Europe.
2022-07-16

French authorities issue a warning as temperatures reach as high as 40 °C amid ongoing wildfires.
2022-07-11

A fire inside Nantes Cathedral in Nantes, France, destroys the 400-year-old grand organ, which had survived two major fires in 1944 and 1972, and some stained glass windows. Police are treating the fire as arson, saying three fires appear to have been started deliberately.
2020-07-18

A French military jet accidentally drops an inert bomb on a car factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France. Two are injured and gendarmes evacuate 150.
2018-04-10

The pro-autonomy coalition party Pè a Corsica obtains 45% of the votes in the first round of the Corsican Assembly elections preceding the replacement of the departments of Haute Corse and Corse-du-Sud and the region of Corsica, France, with a single territorial collectivity. Two "miscellaneous right" parties and La République En Marche! also achieve the 7% election threshold to reach the second round.
2017-12-3

With most of the votes counted, the opposition conservatives of former president Nicolas Sarkozy's party win in six of the country’s 13 regions and lead in the Paris region. The ruling Socialists of President François Hollande's party capture five regions. The winner in Corsica is not affiliated with a major party. France's far-right National Front (FN) fails to win a single region but did record its best showing in its history. Voter turnout was 58 percent. Definitive results are expected Monday.
2015-12-13

Three people are found shot dead in a car near Corte, on the French island of Corsica.
2012-09-11

Air traffic controllers in France go on strike in protest at a plan to unify European airspace.
2010-07-21