Brest
port city in the Finistère department, Brittany, France
Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 6
France tests M51.3 nuclear missile as Kremlin denounces European militarisation
The French military launched an unarmed M51.3 ballistic missile from the submarine Le Vigilant off Brittany on Tuesday, prompting Moscow to denounce European defense policy as a dead end.
- Sep 13
Paris Saint-Germain beats Brest 1-0 as Lille climbs to top of Ligue 1
Ferran Torres scored early to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 away victory over Brest on Sunday, lifting the club to seventh place in Ligue 1 while Lille took the league lead.
- Aug 30
French trawler Maranello sinks off Plymouth coast leaving two fishermen missing
A French fishing vessel sank off the coast of Plymouth on Saturday evening, prompting a joint cross-Channel rescue operation that saved three crew members while two remain missing.
- Aug 29
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.
- Aug 28
LFP fines PSG €150,000 for pitch failure and reverses Rennes return fixture to Paris
The French football league fined Paris Saint-Germain €150,000 for an unplayable pitch while ruling that the club will host Stade Rennais in March 2027 to restore calendar balance.
- Aug 24
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 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.