News from France
The Euro Weekly News reports on the most up to date news in France so that it’s readership can stay up to date with all the latest developments in countries near and around Spain.
Tom and Jerry cartoon lands French driver in court after police row
A French delivery driver faces prosecution after sending local police a cheeky cartoon following a heated confrontation over his attempt to help someone sleeping rough. Imagine...
Two dead in France bus horror as seven-year-old girl among victims
A journey that should have been an ordinary Friday morning trip has ended in tragedy in eastern France, after a bus carrying dozens of passengers...
Hackers tried to turn blood bank fridges into ovens in chilling cyberattack
Patients needing transfusions and medicines made from donated plasma could have been affected by a cyberattack on France’s national blood service, after hackers tried to...
Monet painting hidden from public for a century sells for €50 million in Paris
A Claude Monet painting that spent decades inside a private Paris mansion has sold for €50 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold...
Man dies in France from cattle virus once thought harmless to humans, and it’s already on Spanish farms
A severely ill man has died in France after becoming the first person known to catch Shamonda, a virus carried by biting midges that was...
Paris chaos goes viral as tourists film smoke and flames from the Seine
Paris has a reputation for romance, candlelit dinners and dreamy views along the Seine. But it is rather harder to sell the City of Love...
Painful stinging ants in Spain: New warning as France fights infestation spread
Tiny invasive ants capable of delivering painful sting have established colonies along Spain’s southern coast, as authorities in France battle to contain a growing number...
Eurostar disruption after crash leaves 19 injured, including five in critical condition
A journey across the Channel has turned into a nightmare this Thursday evening when a minibus carrying lorry drivers was overturned at the entrance of...
France closes 200 schools during violent nationwide student protests
Around 200 schools were closed in France as students and teachers staged yet another round of nationwide protests on Tuesday, October 13. It is the...
Wolf pack leaves 54 sheep dead as French farmer wakes to devastating scene
A rain-soaked night in the French mountains ended with a discovery no livestock farmer wants to make. When Christelle Guignard went to check her flock...
Supermarket cyberattack: Could Spain be next after French food losses?
A cyberattack on French supermarkets has reportedly sent refrigeration temperatures soaring to 50ºC, forcing stores to throw away fresh food, while a separate IT incident...
France’s drought uncovers ‘Pyrenees diamonds’ as hundreds hunt for hidden treasure
A stretch of river in that usually passes unnoticed has become a tempting hunting ground for anyone hoping to uncover something extraordinary. In south-western France,...
Teen loses hand after grenade explodes during French protests
France’s increasingly tense wave of student protests has entered a third week, with a 15-year-old boy suffering devastating injuries during clashes with police in the...
France erupts into violence as schools burn, firefighters attacked and 2,000 arrested
Schools have been damaged by fire and firefighters forced to flee an attack as France’s student protests turn increasingly violent. Nearly 2,000 arrests were recorded...