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Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people.
2024-09-17

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

France reports a record 30,621 new infections in a single day as the cumulative number of cases surpasses 800,000.
2020-10-15

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

A truck plows into a mass of revelers during the Bastille Day fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, with a death toll as high as 80 and 100 people injured.
2016-07-14

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

Cocoa tree genome (DNA) raw sequence to be made public from Mars, Incorporated and combined Pennsylvania State University, French laboratories, and The Hershey Company research.
2010-09-16

The Basque nationalist group ETA announces a ceasefire in its struggle for Basque independence from France and Spain.
2010-09-5