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Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner allegedly hits singer

World-famous conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner has been accused of slapping and punching a member of his choir after they exited the podium incorrectly.

24/08/2023

Health news

Meet the retired doctors returning to work amid France’s medic crisis

A unique medical practice run by retired doctors has opened its doors in rural southern France amid an ongoing healthcare crisis.

24/08/2023

Eco-Innovation

This paint made from oyster shells could cool your home by 7°C

Cool Roof France has found an innovative way to use the 130,000 tonnes of waste oysters produced every year in France.

23/08/2023

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WATCH: Water jousting competition delights fans in southern French

The medieval tradition, held annually in the Mediterranean port city of Sète, attracts thousands of spectators.

22/08/2023

France

France puts four departments on a heatwave red alert for Tuesday

Extra vigilance ordered in Drôme, Ardèche, Rhône and Haute-Loire.

21/08/2023

Travel News

French pharmacies are the latest TikTok travel trend

The hashtag #Frenchpharmacy has hit a staggering 130 million views on the video sharing website.

21/08/2023

Sport

Paris Olympics swimming test event cancelled over water quality fears

The cancellations this weekend pose a new challenge to the Paris Olympics organisers and the city’s ambitions to reopen the iconic river to public swimming after the Games.

20/08/2023

France

This medical centre in France has 5,000 patients but no doctors

A medical centre in Eastern France was faced with a desperate situation when its last three doctors retired, leaving thousands of patients without adequate access to health care.

19/08/2023

France

French school bullies now face a move, not the victim, under new law

A new decree allows a bullying student to be transferred to another school. Previously, it was the victim who had to change schools. A cyberstalker from a school other than the victim's may also now be punished.

18/08/2023

France

No Seine, no gain: Triathletes compete in 1500m river swim in Paris

The countdown to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024 has begun.

17/08/2023

France

France sends elite police unit to Marseille to tackle drugs crimewave

CRS 8 special police unit is being deployed to fight against the bloody war for the control of drug trafficking in Marseille. The gang war has killed 12 people since mid-July.

17/08/2023

France

WW2: Dig begins for German troops killed by French Resistance fighters

Local authorities said in July that a potential "mass grave" had been found near Meymac in the Correze department after a 98-year-old former Resistance fighter went public with claims of the killings.

17/08/2023

Travel News

Drunk American tourists get trapped on the Eiffel Tower overnight

Parisian authorities say they appear to have got stuck “because of how drunk they were”.

16/08/2023

Culture news

Remembering Pierre Seel, gay Holocaust survivor and LGBTQ pioneer

On what would have been Pierre Seel's 100th birthday, Euronews Culture commemorates the incredible life of the French Holocaust survivor who defied social conventions to reveal an uncomfortable truth: the experience of Nazi Germany's gay victims.

16/08/2023

France

French wildfire near Spain border is under control after evacuations

Campers have been allowed to return to their sites after firefighters brought the flames under control

15/08/2023

Travel News

Wildfire forces over 3,000 travellers to flee campsites in France

Thousands of residents and holidaymakers were forced to leave their homes and campsites as a fast-moving wildfire spread across southwestern France.

15/08/2023

Climate

‘Winter storms’ in August destroy crops in northern France

‘We've never seen anything like it,’ says a French farmer who has lost half of his harvest due to weather extremes.

14/08/2023

Green News

30,000 residents left without reliable water sources as drought hits

As Europe continues to experience recording breaking heatwaves, southern France has been hit by severe drought.

14/08/2023

France

French police investigate Channel shipwreck that killed at least six

An overcrowded vessel attempting to cross from France to UK capsized this week, ending with the death of several Afghan exiles.

13/08/2023

France

Eiffel Tower evacuated by police for several hours

Paris's most recognisable structure was previously the subject of a bomb threat in 2020.

12/08/2023

France

Prosecutors say home in Wintzenheim did not meet safety standards

Officials say the holiday home in eastern France where 11 people died in a fire on Wednesday, was not authorised to accommodate members of the public.

11/08/2023

France

Who is behind the video calling for the boycott of the Paris Olympics?

Was a viral video calling for the boycott of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games really published by a major American news outlet? That’s what a certain Twitter account is trying to portray.

10/08/2023

France

France: 11 dead after fire in disabled holiday care home

France's Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne visited the scene of the holiday home for people with disabilities in eastern France where 11 people died after a fire broke out early Wednesday.

09/08/2023

Euronews Tech Talks

Will blockchain technologies ever become mainstream? | Podcast

In this Euronews Tech Talks Q&A episode, we find ourselves in Avignon during one of the world's most important theatre festivals, asking the audience what they know about... blockchain.

09/08/2023

Culture Series

Photographer Maï Lucas documents the start of hip-hop in Paris

"Hip-hop allowed us to find each other and create together." Mai Lucas' photographs show how hip-hop became the voice of France's multicultural youth.

09/08/2023

Culture news

Are the treasures from a Kyiv monastery going to be sold off in Paris?

A billboard in Paris is allegedly promoting the sale of precious icons that have been removed from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery. Many social media users are accusing Ukraine of selling these artefacts to raise money for the army. Euronews fact-checked these claims.

08/08/2023