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French health authorities say France has recorded over 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, becoming the second country in Western Europe after Spain to reach that number of known infections.

The horrific murder of history teacher Samuel Paty has reignited a longstanding debate on the application of France’s cherished secular principle of "laïcité", leading to virulent accusations that parts of the establishment have caved in to radical Islamists undermining the French Republic’s core values.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government would introduce legislation to improve protection of public servants against threats.

Roll out the most grotesque caricature of a Frenchmen - stripey jumper, onions and beret in place - and before long he will utter a 'hon hon hon', but where did we get the idea that French people laugh like that?

The new quick-result antigen tests have now been officially authorised for use in the wider community in France, here is how and where you can access them.

France has announced a package of measures to support the country's struggling culture sector as curfew deals a further blow.

François Ozon’s period piece about two teenage boys falling in love after a boating incident steers away from profundityFrançois Ozon gives us a histrionic dose of photolove drama in this watchable if not especially profound young-love heartbreaker, which earnestly insists on the resounding emotional power of Rod Stewart’s classic track Sailing. […]

France's second wave of coronavirus could be worse than the first, the boss of Paris public hospital group AP-HP said on Friday as the country registered a record number of daily cases.

The defeat of an amendment on family reunification in the UK parliament has focused the minds of many Brits in France on whether they will ever be able to move back to the UK. Here's what you need to know.

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It's not yet December, but you might want to start thinking about doing your Christmas shopping soon, according to a new price comparison study.

France has extended its nighttime curfew to 54 départements - roughly half of the country - as the Prime Minister says the health situation 'continues to deteriorate'.

France has relaunched an improved Covid tracing app with a plea for people to download it after the first version saw a spectacularly poor take-up.

France is using a local alert system and map that sees the areas with the highest level of Covid-19 infections subject to strict new restrictions including the closure of bars.

More than four out of 10 French people would be reluctant to get a vaccine for Covid-19 should one become available, a new study has found. FRANCE 24 spoke to a public health expert who says the government should commit to transparency and listening to medical professionals to help ease the roll-out of any future inoculation plans.

France registered a record 41,622 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours on Thursday as the health situation continues to deteriorate with authorities extending a curfew to two-thirds of the population.

If you live in one of France's curfew zones, any trips out after 9pm will now require a good reason and a new permission form.

France's Prime Minister announced on Thursday that a nighttime curfew would be extended to cover roughly half the country.

As the health situation deteriorates in France, curfews have been extended to roughly half the country. Here's what the measures involve.

Six days after curfews came into effect in greater Paris and eight other metropolitan areas, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced new measures to stem the spread of coronavirus as cases rise across the country.

Man who decapitated French teacher was reportedly in contact with Russian-speaking fighterThe killer of Samuel Paty, the teacher decapitated outside his school last week after showing his class two cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, was in contact with an Islamist fighter in Syria, French media has reported.France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor confirmed on […]

Two women accused of stabbing two other women wearing Muslim headscarves near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and trying to rip off their headscarves have been charged with assault and racist slurs, legal sources told AFP on Thursday.

A proposal to protect the family rights of British people in Europe returning to the UK has been voted down in the UK parliament.

This is something we have all done, so it is time to learn the French version.

Foreign minister makes formal complaint about ‘interference’ on the highest Alpine peakItaly has reignited a dispute with France over Mont Blanc border rights after French authorities imposed measures that encroached on Italian territory.Luigi Di Maio, the Italian foreign minister, who in the past has stoked tensions with France over other issues, said […]