FRance

Despite cost of living fears, heatwaves and wildfires, the summer 2022 is looking to have been good for the French tourism industry as local and foreign holiday makers swarmed the country after the COVID-19 pandemic rattled the sector…
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Starting August 1, there will be no travel restrictions for international travellers arriving in France. France has lifted all rules that previously applied to international travellers, such as producing COVID certificates, submitting a…
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France, Germany and Belgium confirmed their first cases of the monkeypox virus on Friday, joining European nations Spain, Italy, Portugal and Sweden, and Canada, Australia and the United States in reporting a disease endemic to parts of…
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed to build a stronger France and use a new method of governance as he was inaugurated for a second term in office. “I vow to build a planet that is more livable, a France that is more alive…
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Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential runoff last Sunday would have been choosing “between the plague and cholera.”…
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France’s electoral system is held over two rounds. In the first, anyone who meets the threshold criteria (this year, 12 candidates) can run. Assuming no one wins an absolute majority (this has never happened), the top two candidates go…
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France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway, prosecutors said on Friday. The warrant was issued over $16.3 million (€15…
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French leader Emmanuel Macron and right-wing challenger Marine Le Pen qualified on Sunday for what promises to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff – set for April 24. Macron has accused Le Pen of pushing an extremist…
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In what has led to fresh concerns over a global spike in Covid cases, the BA.2 variant of the more infectious Omicron was believed to be spreading fast in March in some parts of Europe and China. France, Italy, Germany and the United…
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US President Joe Biden was to hold a video teleconference Monday with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain to discuss “the latest developments regarding Russia and Ukraine,” the White House said. The call with French President…
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