Sources: Reuters
The Judicial Court in Avignon, France, finds Dominique Pelicot guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot, and imposes the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 50 other defendants in the case are also convicted of crimes ranging from attempted rape to aggravated rape, and receive prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years. 2024-12-19
Three people are killed and eighteen others are injured in a fire at an apartment complex in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France. 2023-08-13
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
Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France. 2021-05-10
France reports their first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a man who travelled from South Africa to the Haut-Rhin region and later tested positive for COVID-19. 2020-12-31
The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China and Iran agree to the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle, a financial facility in the European Union, to facilitate payments and continue trade with Iran after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal. 2018-09-24
Two gunmen open fire near a mosque in Avignon, France, injuring eight people. Two of the victims were hospitalised. 2017-07-2
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
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
An Algerian C-295 military transport plane with six people on board crashes near Avignon in southern France. Rescuers locate the remains of four of the passengers, while two others remain missing. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2012-11-09-us-france-plane-idUSBRE8A816K20121109 (Reuters)] [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-algerian-military-plane-crashes-in-france-four-dead- (Trust.org)]date=August 2019 2012-11-9