France and Mexico signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday to combat the illegal trade in cultural goods. Mexico’s foreign minister described the agreement as an important step towards restoring and protecting Mexico’s cultural heritage. They did not immediately disclose details of the agreement. The agreement
France’s highest administrative court on Thursday ordered the government to take immediate action on climate change, in order to comply with a call to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or face fines. Last November, the Conseil d’État, which acts as legal adviser to the executive and
France decided on Wednesday to postpone lifting COVID-19 restrictions in the country’s southwest. The government’s chief scientific adviser said a fourth outbreak of the virus is likely as the prevalence of the delta variant increases. Scientists and medical experts believe the delta variant of the
France will double paid paternity leave from 14 to 28 days from Thursday. It is one of the most generous measures in Europe aimed at getting fathers more involved in raising children. The law, which was passed by parliament late last year and comes into
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Tuesday that there will be no more drug addicts in the Éole Gardens as of Wednesday and reiterated her promise to return the park in northeast Paris to residents by the end of June. “Tomorrow, the garden will once
French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new JPMorgan trading hub in Paris on Tuesday, as France seeks to create more jobs in the banking sector and attract workers from the financial sector who want to leave London after Brexit. Banks will spend billions of dollars
Border restrictions introduced by France to curb the spread of coronavirus variants have halved air passenger numbers in the past week, the transport minister said on Sunday, defending the government’s avoidance of a new lockdown. The French government has so far resisted calls from health experts to
A slate of detentions carried out on December 12 during a Paris protest by tens of thousands of people against France’s controversial security bill were “arbitrary”, Amnesty International France said Monday. Out of 142 people who were arrested, including 124 who were taken into custody,
France will not ratify a draft trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc “in its current form”, trade minister Franck Riester told AFP on Thursday. The government wants guarantees on the protection of the environment and on health norms from Mercosur’s members
If you’ve been dreaming of a trip to France, you may have to reconsider your destination, as the French government recently banned entry to all nonessential travelers from outside the European Union. This includes the U.K., no longer part of the EU, according to the BBC. Meanwhile, those