France to cull 1.3 million poultry to fight bird flu The French government has said it would cull more than one million birds in the coming weeks to fight a surging outbreak of avian flu ... World • 20 Jan
Man presents dismembered body parts to French police French police have detained a man who presented himself at a police station carrying the decapitated head of another man and a penis in a ... World • 07 Jan
335,000 new infections in France, Macron in jab warning France set a record for new Covid cases over a 24-hour period today with 335,000 additional infections recorded, Health Minister Olivier Veran told parliament. Coronavirus • 05 Jan
French TV star twins die with Covid just days apart Two French TV star twin brothers, who made their name on a science programme in the 1980s before becoming famous for their cosmetic surgery, have ... Coronavirus • 04 Jan
EU flag removed from Arc de Triomphe after opposition A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France's six-month presidency of the ... Europe • 02 Jan
France introduces free birth control for young women Free birth control for all women under 25 will be available in France from tomorrow. World • 31 Dec 21
Brigitte Macron sues over false transgender claims The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, is launching legal proceedings over the spread of false claims that she is a transgender woman who ... Europe • 22 Dec 21
France to ban non-essential UK travel from Saturday France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that is causing record ... Coronavirus • 16 Dec 21
New Caledonia rejects independence from France Islanders on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia have voted overwhelmingly to remain part of France in a third referendum that was boycotted by pro-independence ... World • 12 Dec 21
UK gives 23 post-Brexit permits to French fishermen Britain has granted another 23 licences to French fishermen, a British government spokesperson said today, a day after a deadline set by Paris to resolve ... Brexit • 11 Dec 21
EU deadline in UK-France fishing row set to expire An EU deadline for Britain to grant licences to dozens of French fishing boats is set to expire today, with Paris threatening legal action unless ... Brexit • 10 Dec 21
Far-right French presidential candidate assaulted French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour was left lightly injured after being assaulted at his first campaign rally yesterday where fighting also broke out during ... World • 06 Dec 21
Surveillance plane to monitor Channel migrant crossings France has announced that the EU's border agency is to deploy a plane 24-hours-a-day over the Channel coast to monitor migrant crossings, after pushing its ... World • 28 Nov 21
Macron tells UK to 'get serious' on migrant crisis French President Emmanuel Macron has told Britain it needed to "get serious" or remain locked out of discussions over how to curb the flow of ... World • 26 Nov 21
Orange to replace Richard as CEO by end of January Orange, France's biggest telecoms operator, said it would find a successor to its chairman and CEO Stephane Richard by January 31 after a Paris appeal ... Business • 25 Nov 21
Orange CEO Richard given 1 year suspended jail sentence Orange CEO Stephane Richard said today it was up to the board of France's biggest telecoms company to decide whether he should remain after a ... Business • 24 Nov 21
France detains 15 in Channel people-smuggling probe French police have detained 15 suspected members of an international migrant smuggling syndicate that helped people illegally cross the Channel to Britain. World • 23 Nov 21
French ski resorts reopen after 2020 Covid write-off French mountain resorts are starting to open for the first time since Covid made last season a write-off, with winter sport enthusiasts and sector professionals ... World • 21 Nov 21
French teenager admits to lying over alleged kidnapping A 17-year-old girl who said she was kidnapped while jogging in western France, triggering a frantic search by hundreds of police, has admitted her story ... World • 12 Nov 21
Abducted French teen 'hid in restaurant after escape' A 17-year-old French girl who disappeared while jogging, triggering a mass search and kidnapping investigation, has been reunited with her family, a day after being ... World • 10 Nov 21
Marie Antoinette's bracelets sell for €7m at auction Two diamond bracelets once belonging to Marie Antoinette and imbued with her "glamour, glory and drama" according to Christie's auction house, sold for more than ... World • 09 Nov 21
Girl, 17, missing while jogging, found alive in France A girl aged 17 who went missing while jogging in a forest in northwestern France sparking a mass search and nationwide concern has been found ... World • 10 Nov 21
French Catholic Church to sell assets to pay victims French Catholic bishops have agreed to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate the thousands of victims of child sex abuse ... World • 08 Nov 21
Shortages hit French and German industrial output Industrial output fell in September in both France and Germany as delays in receiving materials hampered production, data released today showed. Business • 05 Nov 21
EU says UK has made 'no move at all' on NI Protocol The vice president of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič, has said he has seen no move at all from the UK side in negotiations on ... World • 05 Nov 21
