Fast-track scheme is aimed at those whose jobs put them at risk in pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance has granted citizenship to more than 12,000 frontline workers whose jobs put them at risk during the Covid pan…
France to offer free contraception to women under 25
Move aims to tackle decline in use of contraception ‘because it costs too much’, says health minsterYoung French women will be offered free contraception from next year, the health minister has announced.Olivier Véran said those under 25 would not be c…
France threatened with legal action over use of pesticides
Widespread use of chemicals that can harm wildlife means French state has failed to protect the country’s flora and fauna, say NGOSThe French government is being threatened with court action by two NGOs who accuse it of failing to meet its obligations …
Priti Patel to send boats carrying migrants to UK back across Channel
Border Force is being trained on ‘turn-around’ tactics but France warns plan could endanger livesPriti Patel is preparing to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel despite warnings from the French authorities that it could endanger live…
Jewellery worth €10m stolen in heist at Bulgari store in Paris
Two armed robbers are in custody after a police chase, with a hunt under way for remaining suspectsA group of thieves have struck the Bulgari store on the Place Vendôme in Paris, making off with about €10m (£8.6m) in jewellery. They then led police on …
Austria v Scotland, France v Finland and more: World Cup qualifying – live!
Updates from Tuesday’s qualifiers for World Cup 2022International schedule threatens players’ fitness warns ClarkeLive scoreboard: the latest from Tuesday night’s matchesAnd you can get in touch with Luke by email or Twitter 7.57pm BST In Vienna, Lyndo…
Tory MPs urge Priti Patel to return migrants who attempt to enter UK illegally
Suggestion to home secretary condemned as breach of UN convention on human rightsConservative MPs have urged the home secretary, Priti Patel, to send back immediately anyone including children who boards an illegal crossing of the Channel from France.T…
Belgian broadcaster releases interview with on-the-run Paris terror suspect
RTBF reporter unwittingly spoke to Salah Abdeslam, alleged kingpin of attacks that killed 130A day before he goes on trial in the French capital, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF has released an interview with the alleged kingpin of the Paris terror att…
After years of inaction against adtech, UK’s ICO calls for browser-level controls to fix ‘cookie fatigue’
In the latest quasi-throwback toward ‘do not track‘, the UK’s data protection chief has come out in favor of a browser- and/or device-level setting to allow Internet users to set “lasting” cookie preferences — suggesting this as a fix for the barrage of consent pop-ups that continues to infest websites in the region. European web […]
Newly discovered Napoleon hat with his DNA up for auction
Buyer at small German auction house did not know bicorne had belonged to the French emperorA newly discovered hat with DNA evidence proving it belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte has gone on display at auction house Bonhams in Hong Kong.Described by Bonham…