In an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision, French drugmaker Sanofi said Wednesday it will help bottle and package 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays. The announcement came as delays or production problems
A decrease of 79.8 per cent has been marked in the number of visas issued by French consulates during 2020. The number of short-stay visas for the Schengen Zone has decreased by 82 per cent, while the number of long-stay visas issued marked a 37.1
Health officials in France have updated advice on wearing masks during the pandemic in light of the new UK and South African variants of the virus – including a warning against fabric masks. Here is the latest guidance: Wearing a facemask that covers the mouth
Greece and France have sealed a $2.8 billion deal for the purchase of 18 Rafale fighter jets for the Greek air force. The deal is part of a larger weapons purchase program that Greece is carrying out as it sits down to negotiate a solution
France probably needs to move into a third lockdown, perhaps as early as the February school holidays, because of the circulation of new variants of the virus, the government’s top medical adviser on COVID-19 policy said on Sunday. French schoolchildren have two weeks off in
French President Emmanuel Macron and new US President Joe Biden are in agreement on climate change and how to fight coronavirus, the Elysee palace said on Sunday. The two leaders spoke for the first time since Biden’s inauguration in a telephone call Sunday and also
Faced with the new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus, France’s High Council of Public Health (HCSP) has implicitly advised against certain fabric masks that don’t properly filter the virus that causes Covid-19. However, any moves against using fabric masks will be difficult to implement. The HCSP said
France will tighten its laws on incest, President Emmanuel Macron said in a series of tweets on Saturday, after publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country. Macron said on his Twitter account that
Didier Deschamps has tipped Zinedine Zidane to “go full circle” by succeeding him as head coach of the France national team. Zidane is in his second spell as Real Madrid boss and finds himself under intense pressure following Wednesday’s defeat to third-tier side Alcoyano in
Orange, France’s leading telecoms operator, said late on Friday that it agreed to sell part of its fixed fibre assets in the country to a consortium of three investors for about 1.3 billion euros ($1.58 billion). It is the first time that the Paris-based company,