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Issued on: 20/03/2021 - 17:45 France’s Senate passed Thursday Article 25 of a security law that allows off-duty police officers to carry their firearms into public establishments such as theatres and shopping centres, and forbids the management of such places from preventing it. The article drew opposition from across the political spectrum despite its passage. Advertising Read more Not a...

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...

A burgeoning movement on the French island of Corsica has haassed the #IWas hashtag to recount and denounce acts of sexual violence they suffered as minors, challengin...

France has traditionally taken pride in being somewhat of an exception when it comes to caring, or not caring, about the private lives of its politicians. This lax attitude has been called into question recently by theso-called Griveaux scandal. Benjamin Griveaux, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, pulled out of the Paris mayoral race following the release of a sex tape. So are we witnessing the "Americanisation" of French politics? Is the atmosphere becoming more puritanical and moralising? And what role does social media play in all this? ...

With France’s film industry in the midst of a belated #MeToo awakening, the aual César Awards have set the stage for a showdown with feminist groups by handing Roman Polanski’s ...

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 ...

Issued on: 29/01/2020 - 11:35Modified: 29/01/2020 - 11:35 In this episode of Banlieue Project, we meet Yazid. Once a petty criminal, an electe...

France's northe Hauts-de-France region has an astonishing concentration of belfries, many of them listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These stone towers were built in the Middle Ages to mark the civic independence of townsfrom local lords. Like churches, they punctuate the daily lives of residents and tell the story of the region. FRANCE 24 takes you to discover the history of these impressive monuments. ...

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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...

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...

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Tuout at Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests fell sharply, with 51,400 attending demonstrations nationwide as opposed to 69,000 just two weeks ago. The movement is falling pre...

The French govement said Thursday it will start handing out smaller, on-the-spot fines as part of a new policy on caabis use, ruling out a decriminalisation of the drug. Caabis use is on the rise in France, with around 700,000 people estimated to use the drug every day. The number of 15- and 16-year-olds who admitted recent use of caabis was higher in France than any other European country in a 2015 survey published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug addiction, an EU agency. “We are going to introduce simplified fines for this offence,” said Interior Minister Gerard Collomb. Collomb said further action against offenders would remain an option, adding: “Therefore...

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 may...

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