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Stay near home & no cycling: France tightens Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to ‘max 2km from home’

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020By Editor

France has dramatically tightened restrictions on movement amid its coronavirus lockdown, warning citizens that they should limit their travel to within one kilometer of their homes – and a maximum of two kilometers. … Read More >Stay near home & no cycling: France tightens Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to ‘max 2km from home’

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China sending one MILLION masks & gloves to France following shipment to crisis-hit Italy

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020By Editor

China is shipping one million surgical masks and gloves to France as it struggles to contain the coronavirus, with Europe becoming the new focal point of the global pandemic. … Read More >China sending one MILLION masks & gloves to France following shipment to crisis-hit Italy

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Coronavirus situation in France ‘extremely worrying’ & getting worse rapidly, top health official warns

Posted on March 16, 2020March 16, 2020By Editor

French people should not underestimate the threat of the coronavirus since the situation in the country is already dire and likely to get worse fast, a senior health official has warned, adding that people need to stay home. … Read More >Coronavirus situation in France ‘extremely worrying’ & getting worse rapidly, top health official warns

France hits Apple with record €1.1 BILLION fine for monopoly practices

Posted on March 16, 2020March 16, 2020By Editor

France’s national competition regulator announced on Monday it has fined American tech giant Apple a record €1.1 billion ($1.23bn) for anti-competitive practices after nearly a decade of investigations. … Read More >France hits Apple with record €1.1 BILLION fine for monopoly practices

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Mandates above all? Macron declares himself ‘guarantor of HEALTH & democracy’ as Paris pushes citizens to vote amid coronavirus

Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020By Editor

The pandemic has put France on lockdown, with public venues and shops shut down. Polling stations, however, were not only spared, but Paris eagerly pushed the people to vote in local polls, despite health concerns and criticism. … Read More >Mandates above all? Macron declares himself ‘guarantor of HEALTH & democracy’ as Paris pushes citizens to vote amid coronavirus

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France closes restaurants, clubs & most shops to battle Covid-19

Posted on March 14, 2020March 14, 2020By Editor

Restaurants, entertainment venues and most shops are to shut down in France from midnight on as the French government is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 91 people there. … Read More >France closes restaurants, clubs & most shops to battle Covid-19

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Yellow Vests DEFY Covid-19, lockdown & TEAR GAS to protest Macron government (WATCH LIVE)

Posted on March 14, 2020March 14, 2020By Editor

Yellow Vest demonstrators aren’t letting a ban on mass gatherings or fears of coronavirus stop them from expressing their opposition to the French government, and are staging their weekly protests in Paris. … Read More >Yellow Vests DEFY Covid-19, lockdown & TEAR GAS to protest Macron government (WATCH LIVE)

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Watch bare-breasted protesters being CHASED by Paris police after denouncing ‘PATRIARCHAL PANDEMIC’

Posted on March 9, 2020March 9, 2020By Editor

Women’s rights campaigners armed with rubber gloves, purple smoke and exposed breasts went out to symbolically cleanse Paris’ streets of the ‘patriarchy virus’, but local cops shooed them away. … Read More >Watch bare-breasted protesters being CHASED by Paris police after denouncing ‘PATRIARCHAL PANDEMIC’

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EU will not yield to Turkey’s ‘blackmail,’ bloc’s borders remain closed to migrants – French foreign minister

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020By Editor

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says “the EU will not yield to… blackmail” by Turkey after Ankara’s recent decision to lift its controls for migrants entering the EU, reneging on a 2016 agreement with the bloc. … Read More >EU will not yield to Turkey’s ‘blackmail,’ bloc’s borders remain closed to migrants – French foreign minister

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Corona-fear: France bans all mass public gatherings in confined spaces as German, Swiss fairs canceled

Posted on March 1, 2020March 1, 2020By Editor

No gatherings of more than 5,000 people in confined spaces will be allowed in France due to fears of the coronavirus epidemic, Paris has announced, as neighboring nations have canceled mass events, bracing for an outbreak. … Read More >Corona-fear: France bans all mass public gatherings in confined spaces as German, Swiss fairs canceled