- yesterday
Gessime Yassine scores twice as Strasbourg beat Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1
A second-half brace from winger Gessime Yassine cancelled out Florian Thauvin's milestone penalty to secure a 2-1 home victory for Strasbourg at Stade de la Meinau.
- 6d ago
Hungarian air force Gripen fighter jet crashes near Szolnok as pilot ejects safely
A Hungarian military pilot survived without injury after ejecting from a JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet that crashed on military grounds near Szolnok during a training flight.
- Aug 14
Finistère: investigation opened after death of 2-year-old girl, mother blames Quimper pizzeria for E. coli infection
A 2-year-old girl died on 1 August at Brest hospital after her mother says she contracted E. coli at a Quimper pizzeria on 25 July. The Quimper prosecutor's office opened an investigation on 6 August, but restaurant analyses have so far found no bacteria linked to the death.
- Aug 5
Portugal seizes 5 tonnes of cocaine on container ship off Lisbon; one detainee found dead in cell
Portuguese authorities intercepted a container ship 1,185 km off Lisbon, seizing five tonnes of cocaine in a joint air-naval operation. One of the three arrested men, an Indian crew member, was found hanged in his cell the following morning.
- Jul 2
Russian shadow fleet tanker owner fined €1 million by French court after Atlantic interception
The owner of the Tagor, a tanker in Moscow’s shadow fleet intercepted by the French navy in May, was ordered to pay a €1 million fine and the vessel is now free to leave French territorial waters, the Brest prosecutor said Thursday.
- Jun 29
French lawyers and magistrates stage nationwide 'justice morte' protests against Darmanin’s criminal justice reforms
On Monday, magistrates, lawyers and court staff rallied in cities from Paris to Agen to oppose a government criminal justice reform, hours before the bill faces its first reading in the National Assembly.
- Jun 17
Eric Roy, Brest coach who led club from near relegation to Champions League, dies at 58
The French football community mourns Eric Roy, the Stade Brestois manager who masterminded an unlikely Champions League qualification, died of pancreatic cancer at 58 on Wednesday. He kept his illness secret for three and a half years.
- Jun 15
France rallies for 'integral law' after murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna
Thousands gathered at courthouses across France for a second Monday of protests, demanding a comprehensive law against sexual and gender-based violence following the killing of Lyhanna, 11.
- Jun 11
French singer Patrick Bruel indicted for rape and sexual assault, released under strict court supervision
Patrick Bruel, 67, faces four formal charges of rape, attempted rape and sexual harassment following two days of police questioning. A judge released him on €500,000 bail but barred him from leaving France.
- Jun 1
French Navy, backed by UK, seizes Russian shadow-fleet tanker Tagor in Atlantic; Kremlin cries 'piracy'
French naval forces, with British helicopter support, boarded and seized the sanctioned oil tanker Tagor in the Atlantic on Sunday, the fourth such interception of a suspected Russian shadow-fleet vessel since September. The Kremlin denounced the operation as bordering on international piracy.
