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A third of France's population was under a new partial lockdown Saturday to stop the spread of Covid-19, as some European countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from EU regulators and the WHO.  Advertising Read more The pandemic is still speeding up worldwide, with the number of new global coronavirus infections rising by 14 percent over the last week compared to, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 20/03/2021 - 14:32 The Paris metropolitan area is one of 16 French regions that went into a partial lockdown Saturday that will last for at least a month. The new restrictions seek to limit trips outside the home except for work or essential activities. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the new lockdown rules. Advertising Read more The new partial lockdown attempts to stem the spread o, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 24/07/2020 - 17:33 France will require on-the-spot Covid-19 tests for travellers coming from 16 countries where the virus is c, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 18/05/2020 - 07:53Modified: 18/05/2020 - 07:55 Around a hundred people are believed to have been infected by the coronavirus in new, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 28/01/2020 - 19:14Modified: 28/01/2020 - 19:14 France will send a plane this week to start evacuating its citizens from Wuhan, the , ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 20/01/2020 - 09:44Modified: 20/01/2020 - 09:44 Thousands of people opposed to France’s plans to reform the law on assisted reproduc, ...ادامه مطلب

In her new book Consent (Le consentement), French writer and publisher Vanessa Springora says that she became the sexual “prey” of author Gabriel Matzneff at age 14. The book has , ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 22/12/2019 - 08:51Modified: 22/12/2019 - 08:51 Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common curr, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 29/11/2019 - 12:21Modified: 29/11/2019 - 12:25 When you think of the most quintessentially French food, chances are delicious chees, ...ادامه مطلب

Issued on: 22/10/2019 - 17:07Modified: 22/10/2019 - 17:55 , ...ادامه مطلب

Date created : 20/02/2019 - 17:41Latest update : 20/02/2019 - 20:48 A group of French lawmakers proposed a bill on Monday that would make anti, ...ادامه مطلب

Date created : 09/01/2019 - 13:22 Belgian authorities have arrested another suspect in connection with the Paris terror attacks of November 2015, charging him with participating in the activities of , ...ادامه مطلب

Thousands of people, including relatives, friends and disciples, flocked to Lyon cathedral on Friday, some standing in the rain for hours, to bid a final farewell to the city’s favourite son, Paul Bocuse. Paul Bocuse, who died last Saturday aged 91, established a global network of admirers throughout his extended career, providing inspiration to a multitude of chefs for his nouvelle cuisine style. But despite his global fame, the "pope of French cuisine" always remained accessible to the people of Lyon, who tued out in droves on Friday for his funeral service. “Monsieur Paul, you loved your city and it loved you,” said Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, a longtime mayor of Lyon, in a moving tribute that captured the mood in France’s capital of gastronomy. Laurence Fayolle, a local, sheltered under an umbrella outside the Cathedral Saint-Jean while she waited for the service to start. She braved the cold rain “because I am Lyonnaise and I like to cook,” she said. “I knew all his restaurants.” She didn’t know Bocuse personally, but she used to see him around town because he used to frequent a restaurant in her neighbourhood, and once she shook his hand. Th, ...ادامه مطلب

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