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France showcases strength and diplomacy on Bastille Day
Source: France 24 France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts, and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the...
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More asylum seekers relocated to France
On July 12, 2023, another group of asylum seekers, totaling 51 individuals, was voluntarily relocated from the Republic of Cyprus to France. The relocation was carried...
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Migrants relocated to France, more leaving than entering
For the first time in years, more asylum seekers are leaving Cyprus than those entering, the interior ministry said on Wednesday as 51 more people were relocated to...
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France’s last surviving D-Day commando dies aged 100
Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-Day alongside allied troops to begin the liberation of France, died on...
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Tensions on France’s streets ease, arrests on Sunday night down
Fewer than 160 people were arrested in overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager by a police officer, the...
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Tensions on France’s streets ease, arrests on Sunday night down
Fewer than 160 people were arrested in overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager by a police officer,...
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Germany’s Scholz watching France unrest with concern
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that Germany was watching the unrest in France “with concern”. French President Emmanuel Macron postponed a state...
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Mix of calm and concern as cycling’s Tour heads into riot-hit France
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July 2 (Reuters) – While the vast majority of the Tour de France peloton is not concerned by the riots that have been hitting the...
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Mix of calm and concern as cycling’s Tour heads into riot-hit France
By Julien Pretot While the vast majority of the Tour de France peloton is not concerned by the riots that have been hitting the country following the fatal shooting of...
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Sporadic violence, but calmer night in France after family buries teenager
Rioting across France appeared to be less intense on Saturday, as tens of thousands of police had been deployed in cities across the country after the funeral of a...
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China complains to France after Chinese tourists hurt in riots
BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) – China’s Consulate General in Marseille complained to France after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group in the southern city...
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Tour de France organisers ready to adapt amid riots
Tour de France organisers are ready to adjust to any situation amid the riots that have erupted in the country following the fatal shooting of a...
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Riots rock France before funeral of teenager shot by police
France was reeling on Saturday from a fourth night of rioting as family and friends of Nahel M, whose shooting by a police officer sparked the unrest, gathered for...
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France deploys 45,000 police, armoured vehicles to quell riots
France deployed 45,000 police officers and some armoured vehicles on the streets on Saturday as riots rocked French cities for a fourth night over a teenager’s fatal...
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France deploys 45,000 police, armoured vehicles to quell riots (Update)
France deployed 45,000 police officers and some armoured vehicles on the streets on Saturday as riots rocked French cities for a fourth night over a teenager’s...
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France curbs public transport due to riots over police shooting
France asked all local authorities to halt public transport on Friday in a desperate attempt to restore order after rioters torched buildings and cars during a third...
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Tour de France beefs up security to foil potential disruption on the road
Two motorbikes from the French gendarmerie’s intervention brigade will ride ahead of the Tour de France peloton to prevent protesters from disrupting the race after...
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France unrest: Riots spread, police officer charged with shooting teenager dead
President Emmanuel Macron battled to contain a mounting crisis on Thursday after riots spread across France overnight, set off by the deadly police shooting of a...
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France unrest: Macron calls crisis meeting after second night of rioting
President Emmanuel Macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers on Thursday after riots spread across France overnight over the deadly police shooting of a...
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L’Étape Cyprus by Tour de France organisers welcome start of Tour de France
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which is also organising the upcoming L’Étape Cyprus by Tour de France has welcomed July as Tour de France month, as the...
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Second night of unrest erupts in France after police shoot teenager
Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday, in a second night of unrest following the fatal...
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New Law Mandates Fingerprint Scans for Travelers Visiting EU Countries: France, Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Italy
Recent legislation will require holidaymakers travelling to EU countries, including France, Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Italy, to provide their fingerprints. The EU...
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On This Day: France signed terms of surrender with Germany in 1940
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 22: 1940 – France’s General Charles Huntziger signed the terms of surrender with Germany at Compiegne...
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France, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, and Hungary collaborate on air defense systems
France, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia and Hungary signed a letter of intent for the joint purchase of the French Mistral air defense systems, two sources aware of the matter...
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Record-breaker Mbappe leads France to 1-0 win over Greece
France striker Kylian Mbappe scored to set another milestone as his side maintained their perfect record in Euro 2024 qualifying Group B with a...