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Agnes Pannier-Runacher, Secretary of State at the French Ministry of Economy, said today that the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi's plan to deliver the coronavirus vaccine to the United States is unacceptable.more

The Champs-Élysees was crowded on Monday, but it's all relative. The famous boulevard had its busiest day in months after a 55-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown, one of the strictest in Europe, partially lifted. But it's hard to imagine what Paris' busiest shopping street used to look like — there's not a tourist in sight.more

To save its fruit-growing, France is opening borders to seasonal workers from EU countries. more

After eight weeks in lockdown, France is set to enter a new phase on Monday, as the government begins a “very gradual process” of easing restrictions on movement, businesses and schools.more

The French Parliament passed a law yesterday extending the epidemic threat to the country until July 10. It enables, among others creation of a system for identifying people infected with coronavirus and collecting data about the people they contacted.more

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday it was too early to say if vacations will be possible this summer, even as the country prepares a gradual lifting of a two-month coronavirus lockdown.more

The weekly "Le Point" and the radio France Culture have published materials about the Polish doctor Eugeniusz Łazowski, who during the war implanted a bacterium giving tests similar to those infected with typhus. Thanks to this Łazowski saved thousands of Jews.more

Travellers to France, including French citizens returning home, will face a compulsory two-week quarantine and possible isolation when they arrive in the country to help slow the spread of coronavirus, the health minister said on Saturday.more

Like all of France, the French overseas territories affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, especially in the Indian Ocean, are also undergoing a large-scale dengue epidemic. Hospitals are filled with patients, many of whom are dying.more

Locking millions of people in their homes will cause a gigantic social shock; especially hits those who did not have financial reserves - announces the latest issue of the newspaper "Le Monde".more

'To achieve a sufficient level of collective immunity to avoid a second wave you need 70 percent of the population to be immune,' said Head of the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit at the Pasteur Institute.more

In France, besides the outbreak of the coronavirus, another scourge is raging - reporting. Police lines are overloaded with calls from people who provide information about their neighbors not complying with sanitary restrictions - according to French media.more

French restaurants are at risk of death and should be opened as soon as possible - 17 well-known chefs associated in the College Culinaire de France association wrote to President Emmanuel Macron.more

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe did not dispel the doubts of many French people about quarantine lifting related to the coronavirus epidemic - we read in the editorial commentary of today's issue of "Le Figaro", referring to Philippe's press conference.more

Emmanuel Macron has warned that the EU faces a "moment of truth" and could collapse unless it supports stricken economies such as Italy as they struggle through the coronavirus pandemic.more

A year after an inferno engulfed Paris's cathedral, reconstruction works are running months behind schedule, delayed by massive quantities of toxic lead, winter storms and now the coronavirus pandemic.Big business has pledged almost a billion euros for reconstruction, but only a fifth of the money has arrived so far, and the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic is adding to the uncertainty.more

In recent weeks, the French crossing the border with Germany met there with verbal aggression due to quarantine in their country by the inhabitants of German border regions - reports the daily "Le Figaro".more

French President Emmanuel Macron has extended the country's lockdown measures until 11 May. He says from mid-May, France will progressively reopen crèches and schoolsmore

The coronavirus epidemic destroyed the normal course of social time - school time, work times and entertainment time, which forces us to shift time horizons - said the French historian prof. Francois Hartog in an interview that appeared in the latest issue of the journal 'Sciences Humaines'.more

1,417 people infected with coronavirus have died in France within the last 24 hours, said Health Director General Jerome Salomon. 597 died in hospitals and 820 in nursing homes. The total number of fatalities is 10 328.more

French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Monday that the country will experience the worst recession since 1945, as a consequence of the impact of Covid-19. more

Group of Iranian, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Syrian and Yemeni nationals found approaching Dover. More than 50 people have been intercepted trying to cross the English Channel. The 49 men and four women were discovered by Border Force officials near Dover in the early hours of Saturday morning.more

Employees of a Carrefour hypermarket in Vitrolles (Bouches-du-Rhône) exercised their right of withdrawal this Monday morning. They are asking their management to implement hygiene and protection measures after two employees have been infected with coronavirus.more

French media are considering European solidarity. Former President of the European Commission Jacques Delors talks about the danger to the EU. On the other hand, members of the government highly appreciate Brussels' moves, but this assessment is full of reservations.more

Germany offered help to its neighbors - France and Italy - to help them fight the coronavirus. The German army brought the first patients to the country today, who will be treated in hospitals in Cologne.more