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PSG fans clash with police in Paris after Champions League defeat

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Cars were burned and shops vandalised when groups of supporters of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club clashed with riot police in the French capital on Sunday night after their team lost the final of the Champions League to Bayern Munich.

French naturist resort hit by 'very worrying' Covid-19 outbreak

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Local health authorities have described as 'very worrying' a cluster of around 100 cases of Covid-19 infection at a holiday village for naturists at the Cap d’Agde resort on the Mediterranean coast of southern France.

France reports record COVID-19 cases since end of lockdown

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The French health ministry on Sunday reported 4,897 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, which is a jump from Saturday's numbers when 3,602 cases were reported.

Party goes on for French ravers, despite pandemic and police

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French ravers speak of 'resistance' against a crackdown by security forces encouraged by locals to restore order.

Vandals scrawl Holocaust-denying graffiti at French massacre village

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Justice minister vows to ‘find and judge’ vandals who defaced Oradour-sur-Glane near Limoges.

How French farmers kept sales going during lockdown

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Farmers in the French region of Hérault have succeeded in continuing or expanding direct sales to their customers through new channels.

Virus cases spike to 4,700 in a day in France

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It is the first time more than 4,000 daily cases have been seen in France since May.

France offers EU mediation in Belarus 'including Russia'

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Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also discussed growing tensions in the eastern Mediterranean and the coup in Mali, during talks at the French president's retreat in the south of France.

Macron rules out new general lockdown as virus cases surge in Europe

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The French president warned of the 'considerable ... collateral damage' of a lockdown, as he held talks with German leader Angela Merkel.

Macron and Merkel meet to chart Europe’s course

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Lebanon, anti-government protests in Belarus, the COVID-19 crisis, Mali’s coup d’état, and tensions between Greece and Turkey will also be discussed, according to a French official.