Europe France The first flax spinning mill has just opened in Normandy, in Saint-Martin-du-Tilleul, in the Eure region, creating 100% French flax with a €4 million investment by the NatUp group
Europe France Violent clashes broke out between protesters and police overnight Wednesday to Thursday on France’s Mediterranean island of Corsica as local anger intensified over the assault in prison of a nationalist figure
Europe France The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has condemned the country for failing in its obligations by violating the "right to life" as 38 French children are still in Syrian camps
Europe France Professor Anne L'Huillier has been awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics for her pioneer contribution on ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics; she is the first woman after 44 years of male winners
Europe France After a total freeze of activity during the lockdown, filming of movies and series took the scenes of Paris more than ever before; the city hosted the filming of 110 feature films and 64 series for a total of 7.000 filming days in 2021
Europe France A new pristine coral reef has been discovered in Tahiti, French Polynesia, at a depth of over thirty metres; experts believe that knowing its secrets could help save and protect other ecosystems, thus representing a great sign of hope for the future
Europe France Teachers went on strike again this week, in a mobilisation described by the unions as "unprecedented in decades", over the government's handling of the health crisis and the health protocols, the last of which is considered unsustainable
Europe France The leadership of NATO's highest military force, the Very High Readiness Joint Force, has been taken over from Turkey starting today
Europe France First lady Brigitte Macron decided to take legal action over an internet conspiracy theory that she is a transgender woman and was born male
Europe France In the referendum on independence in New Caledonia, the no vote won again with 96,5%, but over half the voters did not go to the polls, a 50% abstention rate compared to the 14% in the last referendums
Europe France The French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Seas (Ifremer) is testing smart trawls in the Breton village of Lorient to sort fish before returning them to boats
Europe France Given the high frequency of suicides among farmers compared to the rest of the population, the government has presented a roadmap in an attempt to curb specifically these occurrencies; an action plan is expected by December 2020
Europe France Today will close calls and applications to take part in the restoration of the spire and transepts of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, partially destroyed by fire two years ago, which is due to reopen to the public in 2024