Lockdown in most-affected regions, additional vaccine doses to reach vulnerable populations

France has devised a regional strategy imposing weekend lockdowns in cities like Nice, Cannes, and Dunkirk

France announces weekend lockdown to stem virus

French electronica duo announces split in 8-minute video, ending nearly 3 decades of hit-making

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo made the announcement in a highly stylized video titled "Epilogue"

Iconic French DJ duo Daft Punk breaks up after 28 years

This  donation of technical and medical equipment is worth 20,000 euros

The equipment was handed over to the B&H Border Police, the FB&H Civil Protection Administration, the RS Civil Protection Administration, the B&H Mountain Rescue Service, and the Brčko District Public Safety Department

Austria and France donate equipment for rescue services in B&H

Controls at airports and at the land border the southern Alpes-Maritimes region shares with Italy would be tightened over the next two weeks

The coastal area affected by the lockdown includes Nice and other famous resorts including Cannes and Antibes

French Riviera to go into weekend lockdown over COVID

They have highest infection rate, with 740 new cases per week per 100,000 residents

A man, wearing a protective face mask, rides his scooter in a local market in Nice amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, February 18, 2021.

French city of Nice asks tourists to stay away amid COVID surge

The government has extended a publicly-funded scheme providing one-euro meals to those on grants and made it available to all students

Students get food during a distribution organised by French charity food distribution association "Les Restos du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart) at a CROUS student residence in Paris during the coronavirus disease pandemic in France, February 16, 2021.

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

AstraZeneca vaccine will be administered from March to all citizens between 50 and 64 years old

Nearly 700,000 doses will be delivered to the pharmacies in the coming weeks to enable administration from March

France to administer coronavirus vaccine via pharmacies

They would appeal to the EU Court of Justice in a process likely to take several years

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft approaches Paris-Beauvais airport in Tille, northern France, September 27, 2018.

Ryanair loses legal fight against French, Swedish airline state aid

Generation Identitaire earlier declared ‘war on migrants’

The group is known for its discriminatory attitude towards foreigners and Muslims

France set to dissolve far-right anti-migrant group

The authority recommended a gap of between three and six months after infection before individuals who had recovered receive a jab

A member of the medical staff holds a vial of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the South Ile-de-France Hospital Group in Melun, in the outskirts of Paris, Monday Feb. 8, 2021.

France recommends single vaccine dose for people who have had COVID

She says her favourite food is lobster and she enjoys "a small glass of wine every day"

Sister Andre, Lucile Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French and European citizen, prays in a wheelchair, on the eve of her 117th birthday - born on February 11, 1904.

Europe's oldest person, turns 117 after surviving COVID

The worst flooding was in the town of Saintes, 115 km (71 miles) north of Bordeaux, where the Charente river stood at a near-record level of 6.20 metres (20 feet)

Rescue workers on small boats help residents in a flooded area as the Charente River overflows in Saintes after days of rainy weather causing flooding in western France, France, February 8, 2021.

Southwest France hit by heavy floods, Paris area on flood alert

Angry owners say their livelihoods are at risk since the closures were ordered on October 30, with little prospect of a return to business as usual anytime soon

French restaurants have been closed since October 30 to halt coronavirus contagions

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

Decision taken to curb spread of coronavirus

Travel from EU countries was allowed earlier by presenting a negative COVID-19 test taken not prior to 72 hours before travel

France to close border to non-EU travelers

There were 235 attacks against Muslims in 2020.

Attacks on mosques jumped 35% in the same year

France: Islamophobic attacks up sharply last year

The 50-year-old father was snowshoeing near the high-altitude Val d'Isere ski resort with his wife and two children on Thursday without anti-avalanche safety equipment

Rescuers urge tourists to always check the snow conditions before venturing out

France announces weekend lockdown to stem virus

Iconic French DJ duo Daft Punk breaks up after 28 years

Austria and France donate equipment for rescue services in B&H

French Riviera to go into weekend lockdown over COVID

French city of Nice asks tourists to stay away amid COVID surge

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

France to administer coronavirus vaccine via pharmacies

Ryanair loses legal fight against French, Swedish airline state aid

France set to dissolve far-right anti-migrant group

France recommends single vaccine dose for people who have had COVID

Europe's oldest person, turns 117 after surviving COVID

Southwest France hit by heavy floods, Paris area on flood alert

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

France to close border to non-EU travelers

France: Islamophobic attacks up sharply last year

'Miracle' escape for man trapped in Alps avalanche

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France announces weekend lockdown to stem virus

Iconic French DJ duo Daft Punk breaks up after 28 years

Austria and France donate equipment for rescue services in B&H

French Riviera to go into weekend lockdown over COVID

French city of Nice asks tourists to stay away amid COVID surge

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

France to administer coronavirus vaccine via pharmacies

Ryanair loses legal fight against French, Swedish airline state aid

France set to dissolve far-right anti-migrant group

France recommends single vaccine dose for people who have had COVID

Europe's oldest person, turns 117 after surviving COVID

Southwest France hit by heavy floods, Paris area on flood alert

French government warns restaurants after secret openings

France to close border to non-EU travelers

France: Islamophobic attacks up sharply last year

'Miracle' escape for man trapped in Alps avalanche