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France tightens Covid-19 measures but no curfew for New Year's eve

France's Prime Minister Jean Castex and Health Minister Olivier Veran announced a series of new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during the New Year festivities

France plans to replace health passes with vaccine ones in January

The French authorities have prepared a draft law to replace health passes with vaccine ones for visiting places of leisure since January 15, PM Jean Castex said

France reports new daily record of over 100,000 new Covid-19 cases

France has reported 104,611 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, bringing its cumulative caseload to 9,088,371.

Covid Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care

France now is seeing its highest daily infection rates of the pandemic as the Omicron variant races around the country

European Union-UK reach deal on quota for common fisheries stock

The agreement stood apart from the spat between France and Britain over licenses for French fishermen to operate off the UK's crown dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey

India fines European firm for offsets delay in Rafale fighter deal

French aerospace major Dassault Aviation is the manufacturer of the Rafale jets while MBDA supplies the missile systems for the aircraft

European nations reimpose restrictions as Omicron sweeps continent

Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of Covid-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant

France announces new measures to curb spread of Covid amid holidays

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a series of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during holiday seasons

French minister says Emmanuel Macron's reelection would boost growth

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says President Emmanuel Macron's potential reelection next year is very important to further boost growth.

Rajnath holds 'excellent' talks with visiting French defence minister Parly

Parly, on a two-day visit to India, also called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met NSA Ajit Doval

Ready to provide additional Rafale aircraft to India: French minister

The French defence minister made the comments at an interactive session organised by Ananta Centre on India-France cooperation

France's Safran shortlists Jewar, Nagpur, Hyderabad for MRO unit

Aerospace component major is in talks with state governments for better terms, including lower taxes, before deciding on place

French Prez Macron talks migration, rule of law, energy with V4 leaders

Hungary assumes the current presidency of the V4 Group, which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

New Caledonia chooses to stay with France; separatists boycott referendum

Tonight, France is more beautiful because New Caledonia decided to stay, Macron said in a national televised address

New Caledonia votes on Sunday on whether to stay part of France

The referendum is important for French geopolitical ambitions in Indo-Pacific

France pushes vaccination campaign as virus cases increase

Authorities in France want to accelerate vaccinations against the coronavirus before Christmas as infections surge and more people with Covid seek medical attention.

'Dear Olaf': France's Macron welcomes new German chancellor

Both played down potential differences over green investment rules, EU budget

Macron to unveil EU agenda ahead of French presidential race

Macron plans to present the priorities for France's upcoming presidency of the European Union, a tenure that overlaps with the country's presidential election and could put Macron in a tricky position

France races to identify suspect in Saudi journalist Khashoggi's death

Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was a one-time Saudi insider with links to the Royal Court who became openly critical of Saudi Arabia

Suspect in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing arrested in France

A 33-year-old former Saudi royal guard has been arrested in France for his alleged involvement in the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist