French President Emmanuel Macron described Friday’s drive-by shooting in the western suburb of Trappes “as a terrorist and racist attack”, saying it would mark a turning point for France. One person was killed and at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were wounded in the shooting, a...
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The French capital is in shock after the events of October 17. As the 'second act' of the protest movement is set to take place this Saturday, shopkeepers have boarded up their storefronts....
business
A massive security operation has been deployed across France for major protests on Saturday. Businesses across the country remain tense following violence which overshadowed peaceful demonstrations last weekend....
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This year, Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31st, making it a good year for a weekend of spooky events.
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The first human case of Shamonda virus, confirmed in France, poses no wider threat to Europeans, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) told Euronews....
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Hungarian PM Péter Magyar had hoped to host top leaders in Budapest for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution. But last-minute invitations and spats with Paris and Kyiv kept Macron, Tusk and Zelenskyy away, leaving only EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa atten...
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Huge waves, uprooted trees and damaged boats mark Storm Austen's arrival in France and the UK. Gusts of up to 160 km/h have battered Brittany, while fallen branches have blocked roads in southern England....
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The European Central Bank is expected to hold rates next week as France's bond sell-off tightens borrowing conditions across the eurozone, while ECB President Christine Lagarde has made clear that the first steps to tackle French debt woes must come from Paris, not Frankfurt....
safety
France will deploy some 70,000 police officers and gendarmes nationwide during a fresh round of protests this weekend, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron met with student organisations at the Élysée Palace for the first time since the hig...
safety
One person was killed and four others were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl, when shots were fired from a car in two suburbs west of Paris on Friday. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the shooting was “clearly a terrorist crime” and “a racist, probably Islamophobic attack...
government
Wooden boards are going up across France as shopkeepers brace for possible unrest. With a National Rally congress in Orléans and protests approaching in Lyon, businesses fear damage and disruption....
safety
An individual opened fire in the street in Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, before being apprehended and taken into custody, according to the prime minister....
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The first major autumn storm is sweeping across northwestern France. Named Austen by UK forecasters, it brings violent gusts, disrupts transport and causes power cuts....
