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Tractor blockade disrupts operations at Belgian port of Antwerp

Farmers across Europe demand higher prices and looser environmental rules

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024

Doctors lament lack of state support for 'Dry January' in France

The "Dry January" initiative encourages people to refrain from drinking alcohol for a month to raise awareness about its impact on health. While backed by some sixty organisations, specialists have criticised the government for not openly supporting the campaign.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 2, 2024

Macron's new health minister implicated in luxury gifts scandal

France's new health minister, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, on Friday confirmed she was among several pharmacists under investigation for allegedly accepting gifts from one of the country's top laboratories. Firmin Le Bodo was appointed after her predecessor resigned in protest at the government's contentious new immigration law.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 22, 2023

French prosecutors open probe into ‘terrorist plot’ after deadly Paris knife attack

A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism and mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a "terrorist plot".

France 24 · Dec 3, 2023

France to ban smoking on all beaches in effort to create ‘tobacco-free generation’

Public parks, forests and areas near schools will also become smoke-free as part of nationwide move

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

France begins early vaccine programme as Covid-19 cases rise

A new vaccination drive against Covid-19 gets underway this Monday, with the French government having decided to bring the campaign forward to deal with a resurgence of the disease.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 2, 2023

Who's in, and out, in France's new government?

President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled ministers in key domestic portfolios such as education, housing and urban affairs in a bid to put the government in a stronger position to continue its reform programme and respond to recent riots. The 41-strong cabinet has eight new members, with more traditional MPs and…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 21, 2023