Issued on: 01/06/2022 – 15:20 French President Emmanuel Macron urged the government on Wednesday to investigate chaotic scenes that marred last weekend’s Champions League final and called for “full transparency” in the inquiry. France’s ministers of sports and interior will face a Senate committee hearing later in the day tasked with looking into how events
Issued on: 30/05/2022 – 19:00 A French journalist was killed Monday during a Russian bombardment that struck a vehicle evacuating civilians from eastern Ukraine, French and Ukrainian officials said. “Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of war,” French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter. He “was in Ukraine to show the reality
Issued on: 30/05/2022 – 08:08 Saint-Étienne, one of France’s biggest clubs, were relegated from Ligue 1 on Sunday after losing a penalty shoot-out in their play-off against Auxerre, who return to the top flight after 10 years away. Their defeat was greeted by a pitch invasion by angry Saint-Étienne fans and the intervention of French
Issued on: 27/05/2022 – 23:09 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal closed in Friday on a blockbuster clash at the French Open as both reached the last 16, while Carlos Alcaraz prepared to face the only man to beat him on clay this year. Reigning champion Djokovic and 13-time winner Nadal are on course to meet
Issued on: 21/05/2022 – 21:24 Kylian Mbappe has signed a contract extension with Paris St Germain that will keep the France forward tied with the Ligue 1 side until 2025, the French champions said on Saturday. “I wanted to announce that I have chosen to extend my contract at Paris St Germain, and I am
Issued on: 19/05/2022 – 15:51 Extremely dry weather has caused severe damage to grain crops in some parts of France and substantial rain will be needed by early June to allow those in large producing regions to pull through, an agricultural institute said on Thursday. France, the European Union‘s largest grain producer, has seen little
Issued on: 16/05/2022 – 01:21 Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a west African force fighting jihadists to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger. “The government of Mali is deciding to withdraw from all the organs and bodies of the G5 Sahel, including the
Burkinis have been a long-standing catalyst for dispute in France, calling societal attitudes towards Islam and feminism into question. Rule changes in Grenoble’s swimming pools suggest that opposition to the garment could be receding. With summer opening times for municipal swimming pools soon to come, Grenoble’s town hall will vote on May 16 on potential
Issued on: 12/05/2022 – 22:48 French far-right TV pundit-turned-politician Eric Zemmour said Thursday he would seek a seat in parliament standing in the glitzy constituency around Saint-Tropez, three weeks after failing with a presidential bid. The Paris-born 63-year-old is seeking to establish his new party, Reconquest, as a national political force in parliamentary elections next
Issued on: 11/05/2022 – 11:29 French authorities have opened a case against Interpol president Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates over accusations of torture and arbitrary detention filed by two Britons who were detained in the country, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday. The case into suspected complicity in torture by
