Some French ministries are to test a scheme offering a four-day week to divorced staff when it is their turn for alternating custody of their children, prime minister Gabriel Attal has announced, ahead of a possible widening of the practice.
At its latest yearly awarding of star ratings to French chefs and their restaurants, the coveted Michelin Guide gave its honours to 62 establishments - 52 of them new from last year - but only six women were among them, which the guide's director said was 'a reality we deplore'.
In an interview published this weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron repeated comments made last month that Western allies 'at some point' may 'have to have operations on the ground' in Ukraine, a position that has caused a deep rift with Germany.
The Paris public prosecution services have opened an investigation into a complaint filed by the International League against Racism and Antisemitism over far-right racist targeting of Mali-born French pop superstar Aya Nakamura, following reports she may headline the opening ceremony for this summer's Paris Olympics.
Meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron played down disagreement among the three leaders over their approach to helping Ukraine resist Russia's invasion.
Reports that Mali-born French music star Aya Nakamura may perform a song by Édith Piaf at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this summer have prompted the ire of far-right groups in France.
In a newspaper interview the French head of state said he did not want to call the new legislation euthanasia or assisted suicide, but rather “help to die".
