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Following the publication of a book on the abuse of nursing home residents in France, complaints from families of seniors are increasing. The government has announced a thorough investigation of the case, and the media is describing a systemic problem of staff shortages in nursing homes.more

"It is likely that by July we will be able to cancel the vaccine passport in France," said French Minister of Health Olivier Veran on BFMTV. "The condition is that the situation will not worsen," he added.more

From today in French city centers, it will no longer be necessary to wear masks in open public spaces. The obligation to work remotely is also abolished, but will still be recommended. Seat limits during mass events will also cease to apply.more

France is currently the country, excluding micro-states, with the highest incidence of coronavirus in Europe. The incidence rate per 100,000 population is 3 733 cases - reported today the daily "Le Figaro". Health Minister Olivier Veran said he hoped France would hit the peak of the current wave of Covid-19 in the next few days. more

The Constitutional Council approved on Friday a law introducing a vaccine passport to replace the sanitary passport. Starting today, the document will be valid in public places for anyone over the age of 16. The law makes an exception for medical facilities and political rallies, where a negative test is still sufficient.more

A new pill to combat Covid, made by American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, will be available in French pharmacies by the end of January, France’s health minister has said. more

The number of asylum applications in France in 2021 has increased by 28.3 percent, the French interior ministry said yesterday. More than 96,000 Britons have asked to stay in the wake of Brexit.more

Starting Monday, a vaccine passport will take effect in public places in France, replacing the sanitary passport used until now, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced at a press conference yesterday. He announced a gradual easing of restrictions from February.more

The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, after two weeks of heated debates, passed the law on the conversion of a health passport into a vaccine passport in the final reading. The document gives additional rights to people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.more

The coronavirus will circulate for many years to come, but the wave related to the Omikron variant should be the last one that is associated with numerous limitations, said Albert Bourla, the head of the pharmaceutical concern Pfizer, to the French BFM TV station.more

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The Paris administrative court suspended a prefecture decree that made wearing masks outside in Paris due to the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The court's decision was published today.more

People vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel from the United Kingdom to France without providing and documenting a valid reason for travel, the office of French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced today.more

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that people who spread fake news on the Internet should be brought to justice and possibly brought to trial. This issue is gaining importance before the upcoming presidential elections in April, Euronews notes.more

The Tour Triangle project in Paris envisages the construction of a 42-story skyscraper on the Porte de Versailles square. The building will have the shape of a glass triangle. The investment, worth EUR 700 million, has already started arousing controversy among Parisians.more

Demonstrations were held in several French cities against vaccine passports and against the words of President Emmanuel Macron, who called those refusing to vaccinate irresponsible "non-citizens". The demonstrations took place without major incidents, although there were scuffles with the police in Paris.more

The French Academy, founded in the 17th century to guard the purity of the language, is threatening the French government with a lawsuit for including English translations of French terms in new identity cards.more

We will continue to put pressure on the unvaccinated, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex. The head of government did not rule out starting vaccinations with the fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine.more

The French government has slightly eased restrictions on travel to the UK related to COVID-19, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said today, expanding the official list of legitimate reasons to travel to the UK to include work-related reasons.more

A new variant of coronavirus, dubbed IHU, discovered in Marseille in December is more vaccine-resistant and more infectious than the baseline version of the virus, the Daily Mail reported, citing French scientists.more

The foundation collecting donations for the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral has so far taken over 853 million euros from donors around the world. However, the public still does not know the details of the reconstruction project proposed by the Diocese of Paris.more

UK nationals will be allowed to travel through France if they are going to their home in an EU country during the festive period. France suspended its Covid restriction after UK travellers faced difficulties reaching their country of residence.more

In Paris, from Friday, December 31, it will be mandatory to wear masks outside to counter the wave of infections with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, announced the police prefecture of the French capital.more

British citizens have been banned from driving across France to homes in other European Union countries, according to a Channel Tunnel train operator.more

In the face of the spread of the highly infectious variant of the coronavirus Omikron, the French government decided yesterday to introduce further restrictions for the next three weeks. However, it was not decided to have a curfew on New Year's Eve.more