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The decree avoids the need for a Parliamentary vote after the opposition filed more than 40,000 amendments to the draft law.

Ban includes all indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people, as part of efforts to contain the France's coronavirus outbreak.

France will also keep several schools in the Oise area north of Paris closed after holidays end on Sunday in order to halt the spread of the virus, health minister Olivier Veran said.

French president Emmanuel Macron invites Christian who spent eight years on death row to live in country.

The jump in figures prompted concern as French president Emmanuel Macron warned that the country was bracing for an epidemic.

The Franco-Polish film director has 12 nominations for An Officer And A Spy, but there are also calls to boycott the film.

The former French prime minister and presdential candidate gave statement during trial in which he is accused of wrongfully putting his wife on the payroll.

The 60-year-old teacher has become the first French victim of the coronavirus in the country; the first death was that of a Chinese tourist.  

Elisa Pilarski’s dog may have joined attack in northern France that prosecutors say probably involved several dogs.

The village of Plougastel on the coast of Brittany launched a competition to decipher the mysterious message 230-year-old message on a rock  after local experts were unable to make sense of it.