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Issued on: 12/06/2021 - 19:21 France has administered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 30.14 million people, health authorities said on Saturday, hitting the govement's target for mid-June. Advertising Read more The coronavirus death toll in French hospitals rose by 34 in the last 24 hours, to a total of 83,944 since the start of the pandemic, authorities added, and the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care fell by 53 to 2,110. (REUTERS) ...

Issued on: 20/03/2021 - 14:32 The Paris metropolitan area is one of 16 French regions that went intoapartial 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...

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...

Issued on: 10/07/2020 - 08:49Modified: 10/07/2020 - 08:51 French investigating magistrates will probe claims that human corpses donated for sc...

Issued on: 30/06/2020 - 17:27Modified: 30/06/2020 - 17:28 Air France aims to present a plan to trade unions to cut just over 7,500 j...

Issued on: 01/07/2020 - 16:04Modified: 01/07/2020 - 16:09 France has informed NATO that it is suspending its involvement in a naval ...

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...

Issued on: 18/05/2020 - 11:06Modified: 18/05/2020 - 11:14 France is preparing a package of measures to shore up automakers stung by the corona...

Issued on: 17/04/2020 - 20:24Modified: 17/04/2020 - 20:23 France registered 761 more deaths from coronavirus infections on Friday, bringi...

Issued on: 18/04/2020 - 10:22Modified: 18/04/2020 - 10:24 France on Friday said there was no factual evidence so far of a link between the Cov...

Issued on: 10/04/2020 - 19:52Modified: 10/04/2020 - 19:52 France on Friday reported 987 more COVID-19 deaths registered in hospitals and nursi...

Consultation centres dedicated to patients with Covid-19 symptoms have been set up across the greater Paris region, allowing doctors to treat coronavirus patients while relie...

In the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, conceed professionals are asking the govement to extend the 12-week time limit to have an abortion by two weeks amid worries that wom...

Issued on: 02/04/2020 - 20:33Modified: 02/04/2020 - 21:07 France recorded 471 new coronavirus hospital deaths and 884 deaths in retiremen...

Issued on: 07/03/2020 - 15:12Modified: 07/03/2020 - 15:14 A French lawmaker has been hospitalised after contracting coronavirus, the National ...

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. ...

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...