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France submits the baguette for Unesco heritage status

PARIS (AFP) : France has chosen the baguette as its candidate for Unesco intangible cultural heritage status, the government said on Friday … More

Baguette, France, Heritage, UNESCO

Four oaks, one sacred destiny: Recreating Notre Dame’s spire

JUPILLES, France (AP) : Four French oaks that have been standing for hundreds of years in a once-royal forest now … More

Cathedral, France, Notre Dame, Oaks, reconstruction

Nicolas Sarkozy: The politician, the pop star and a very French scandal

It’s a punishment not even his critics expected —as France’s ex-president is sentenced to three years, Agnes Poirier reports on … More

Carla Bruni, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, President, Scandal

France’s Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail

PARIS (AP) : A Paris court found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling on Monday … More

Corruption, France, Nicolas Sarkozy

In Photos: 200 years after Napoleon defeat, Russia and France bury their dead

A ceremony near the western city of Smolensk will see the re-burial of 126 people killed in one of the … More

France, Napoleon, Russia

UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down

SAINT-HERBLAIN, France (AP) : French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19 Vaccine, European Union, France, United Kingdom, Valneva

5 nations want Iran to deliver justice on downed plane

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) : The countries whose citizens were killed when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner said Friday … More

Britain and Sweden, Canada, Flight 752, France, Iran, Ukraine, Ukrainian jetliner

The Latest: France criticized for slow vaccine rollout

PARIS : France’s cautious approach to its virus vaccine rollout appears to have backfired, leaving just a few hundred people … More

Covid19, France, Vaccine

Coronavirus: Israel leads vaccine race with 12% given jab

Israel has given vaccinations against coronavirus to more than one million people, the highest rate in the world, as global … More

Covid19, France, India, Israel, Vaccine

Stanley Johnson confirms application for French passport on eve of Brexit

Prime minister’s father campaigned to remain in the EU in 2016 while his son led the leave movement Boris Johnson’s … More

Citizenship, France, Stanley Johnson, United Kingdom

COVID-19 in France: Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope despite virus surge

Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor … More

Covid19, France, Pandemic

7 charged with selling virus test documents at Paris airport

PARIS (AP) : Officials in France said Friday that seven people have been arrested for selling false certificates of negative … More

Airport, Certificates, Charles de Gaulle, Coronavirus, Covid19, France

Suspected Nice attacker’s family say he showed no signs of extremism

The Tunisian man suspected of killing three people in the French city of Nice spoke to his family on a … More

France, Militant, Nice, Violence

World leaders, Christian figures decry attack at Nice church

World expresses solidarity and support for France after an attacker killed three people. World leaders and prominent Christian figures have … More

France, Nice, Offensive, Terrorism

Photos: French start-up Ynsect to build world’s biggest bug farm

Company breeds mealworms that produce proteins for livestock, pet food and fertilisers 10 Reuters and Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina / … More

Bug Farm, Fertilisers, France, Livestock, Mealworms, Pet Food, Proteins, Ynsect

Coronavirus: France faces lockdown amid surging cases

France’s interior minister has warned the public to prepare for “difficult decisions” ahead of a Cabinet meeting on COVID-19. Calls … More

Covid19, France, Lockdown, Pandemic

French startup Ynsect to build world’s biggest bug farm

(Reuters) – Growing global demand for food is putting a squeeze on available land and one French startup says it … More

Bug Farm, France, Insect, Startups, Ynsect

France-Italy floods: Graves unearthed by floodwaters in French cemeteries

Destruction amid deadly flooding across France and Italy’s Alpine regions has grown worse after fast-flowing waters were found to have … More

Alpes-Maritimes, Extreme weather, Flood, France, Italy, Saint-Martin-de-Vesubie, Tende

New Caledonia rejects independence from France

New Caledonians have voted against a proposal to gain independence, marking a milestone moment in a decades-long decolonization effort. The … More

France, Independence, New Caledonia, South Pacific

Two dead and 24 missing after floods in France and Italy

Record rain in mountainous region destroys bridges, blocks roads and cuts off communities Flooding from record rains in a mountainous … More

Extreme weather, floods, France, Italy, Natural disasters

New Caledonia set for 2nd referendum on independence from France

Voters in southern Pacific archipelago will choose whether to break away from France in second independence referendum. Voters in the … More

Covid19, France, Independence, New Caledonia, Referendum

Belarus: Putin denounces ‘external pressure’ as Macron meets Tsikhanouskaya

French President Emmanuel Macron pushed for European mediation in the Belarus political crisis after a meeting with the country’s opposition … More

Belarus, Diplomacy, Emmanuel Macron, France, Russia, Vladimir Putin

A European odyssey: A portrait of Europe during the pandemic

Two journalists travelled from the North Cape to Sicily to document a Europe divided by the coronavirus crisis. The main … More

Covid19, Culture, Denmark, France, Germany, Heritage, Italy, Life, Norway, odyssey, Pandemic, Sicily, Sweden, Switzerland

‘Mr Snake’: Meet the teacher who is France’s most tattooed man

No part of the 35-year-old’s body has been left untouched by a tattooist’s needle Palaiseau, France : By night he … More

France, Freaky Hoody, Mr Snake, school teacher, Tattoo, torture

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