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In the last seven days, only 15,000 injections of AstraZeneca vaccine were injected doses. Medical authorities are concerned that millions of doses of this preparation will not be used in France, and therefore plan large shipments of vaccines to African countries.more

A 28-year-old man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday was sentenced to 18 months in prison, including 14 months' probation. The prosecutor demanded 18 months of absolute imprisonment for him, while the defense lawyer asked for a suspended sentence.more

Emmanuel Macron’s governmen is drawing up plans for French to replace English as the official “working language” of the EU when it takes over the Council of the European Union presidency in 2022, a diplomat has revealed. more

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage outside the city of Valence.more

The French Ministry of the Interior has recorded a 20% increase in domestic violence and a 137% increase in the number of assaults and other crimes, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gerald Darmanin lists in a letter to the prefects of the police, demanding decisive action from the police.more

Europeans vaccinated with one of the four recognized coronavirus vaccines in Europe will be able to enter France without a PCR test from Wednesday 9 June, said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Tourism Secretary.more

High-polluting diesel vehicles more than 15 years old have been banned from entering the Paris region on weekdays between 8am and 8pm as part of efforts to enforce a low emissions zone around the French capital.more

A man stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre on Friday before he was arrested after a shoot-out, the national gendarmerie force said. The suspect later died in while in custody, police said.more

France is to place tough new restrictions on arrivals from the UK over fears of the so-called Indian variant of Covid-19 which now makes up half of new cases in the UK.more

Emmanuel Macron has challenged a pair of popular comedians whose YouTube profile has over 6.5 million subscribers. He proposed that if they publish a video urging people to comply with sanitary restrictions and the video gets at least 10 million views, he will allow them to implement the program at the Elysée Palace and perform in it himself. Youtubers achieved their goal.more

The French city of Bordeaux will fast-track vaccinations for residents in one neighbourhood after nearly 50 people tested positive for a "very rare" variant of COVID-19, health authorities told AFP on Friday.more

The Eiffel Tower, closed due to the Covid-19 epidemic from October 29, 2020, will reopen to tourists on July 16, its operator said. In summer, the Parisian monument will be able to be visited by no more than 10 thousand. people a day.more

From At 6:00 am, terraces and gardens of restaurants and cafes were opened in France today. At the same time, the French government has ensured that foreign tourists are welcome - especially after June 26, when the sanitary passport will enter into force throughout Europe.more

The second stage of postovid defrosting will begin tomorrow in France. The gardens of restaurants and cafes will open, visitors will be able to visit cinemas, theaters and museums. However, according to Les Echos, nearly 40 percent of French respondents fear a return of the pandemic.more

As France gears up to lift restrictions and welcome tourists this summer, it has offered free PCR tests to foreigners to detect COVID-19, Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune told Europe 1 news in an interview on Sunday.more

GPs in France report that more and more people in the country are refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca. Patients cancel their visits demanding access to mRNA vaccines.more

Hubert Vedrine, France's longtime socialist foreign minister, said yesterday that "the European Union will no longer expand or deepen."more

The daily “Le Parisien” informed that the house of Piotr and Maria Skłodowska-Curie in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, in the Yvelines department near Paris, was put up for sale. The price is 790,000 euros.more

Summer may be a nightmare due to the return of the pandemic, and the schedule of easing sanitary restrictions in France is dictated by political considerations and too optimistic - assessed the epidemiologist and head of the infectious diseases department at St. Anthony in Paris by Karine Lacombe.more

The fishing dispute around Jersey - for which the UK and France have sent two patrol boats there - has so far been resolved, but disagreements over fishing conditions after Brexit may continue in the future.more

Britain withdrew its Royal Navy vessels from the waters off Jersey on Thursday but said it would remain on standby to support the Channel island after a dispute with France over post-Brexit fishing rights escalated rapidly.more

Around 50 French fishing boats gathered to protest at the main port of the UK island of Jersey on Thursday amid fresh tensions between France and Britain over fishing. more

Britain is sending two navy patrol boats to Jersey after France suggested it could cut power supplies to the Channel island if its fishermen are not granted full access to UK fishing waters under post-Brexit trading terms.more

France is ready to resort to "retaliation" measures against Jersey if British authorities continue to restrict French fishermen's access to fishing grounds, Annick Girardin threatened.more

Fifteen people have emerged from a cave in south-west France after 40 days underground in an experiment to see how the absence of clocks, daylight and external communications would affect their sense of time.more