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France has seen a record 52,010 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, the country's health ministry said yesterday evening. The day before, there was also information about a record daily balance of infections - there were 45,422 infections at that time.more

Appeals from Muslim countries for a boycott of French products or the resignation of important politicians, according to commentators in France, are a reaction to the fight against Islamism announced by Paris and the promotion of its worldview, democracy and culture.more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, saying "the second wave is here".more

After promises from the French authorities that they would tackle terrorism and the subversive activities of Islamists, commentators in the country pointed out that the rule of law creates a situation in which "Islamists draw knives against us and we hand them a shield."more

French authorities said Tuesday they would close a Paris mosque in a clampdown on radical Islam following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The move came as police sources said the killer had been in contact with a disgruntled parent in the days before the murder.more

The French media today analyzes how the family of 18-year-old murderer history teacher Samuel Pata from Conflans-Sainte-Honorine school got to France. As reported, Poland rejected the request for asylum by the Chechen Anzorov family, most likely in 2005.more

"This is a terrible crime, barbarism", "We are afraid" - say the students and parents of a secondary school near Paris, where yesterday the killer cut off the history teacher's head. The teacher did not offend Muhammad, say students attending a course on freedom of expression.more

A teacher has been beheaded in a north-western suburb of Paris, with the attacker shot dead by police. The victim is said to have shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students. The attack occurred at about 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near a school. Anti-terror prosecutors are investigating.more

The state of epidemic threat will be introduced in France at midnight from Friday to Saturday, said Prime Minister Jean Castex, presenting details of the new restrictions related to this.more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Monday he did not rule out local lockdowns in France due to a resurgence of new coronavirus infections. more

French health authorities reported 18,746 new confirmed Covid-19 cases over 24 hours on Wednesday, a new all-time daily high, and almost double Tuesday's tally of 10,489.more

Minister Marlene Schiappa, responsible for citizenship in the Ministry of the Interior, announced on Monday that polygamists would be deported from France and that the production of “virginity certificates” for women and girls was prohibited.more

At least two people have died and at least 25 are missing after a powerful storm hit southern France and north-western Italy.more

The death toll of the Covid-19 pandemic has increased by 136 in France and 66 in the United Kingdom over the past 24 hours, the authorities of these countries announced yesterday. In France, 12,148 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected, and 6,968 in the UK.more

French President Emmanuel Macron announced today a new law and tightening rules against Islamic separatism. more

The French Minister for Ecological Transformation Barbara Pompili announced today that the performance of wild animals in circuses will be gradually banned in France. The minister also announced the end of fur mink farming.more

France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin promised yesterday to protect the French Jewish community from extremists following Friday's attack in Paris in which two people were attacked with a butcher's knife. Earlier, a Darman said it was "an act of Islamist terrorism."more

The President of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka "must go," French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French newspaper "Le Journal du dimanche".more

Remanded in custody, the main suspect in a terrorist attack on Friday in Paris at the former seat of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly took responsibility for his act, sources related to the investigation cited by AFP said on Saturday.more

France is introducing electronic bracelets for perpetrators of domestic violence from today. These devices, which locate the perpetrator, are supposed to prevent him from contacting the victim.more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said at the scene of the terrorist attack on two journalists in Paris that it took place in a symbolic place and time during the trial of those accused of participating in the attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo in 2015.more

Four people were injured in today's cutthroat attack in central Paris, near the former editorial office of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, police said. A man suspected of being involved in the attack was detained. The current editorial office of the weekly received a suspicious package.more

The Paris Eiffel Tower was evacuated this morning after police were informed that it had been bombed. The case is being investigated by the services, the BFMTV station reported, citing sources in the police.more

Charlie Hebdo’s human resources director was forced to flee her home last week because of threats against her, it emerged on Tuesday.more

After the period when the media in France described the cooperation of French and British services on immigrants who are trying to get to Great Britain from France as a model, now the tone of comments has changed, and the media highlight the disputes between Paris and London.more