Tag: France
Several hundred people demonstrated Saturday in Paris to urge the government to take concrete action against feminicides in France. More than 70 women have been killed by their spouse or ex-spouse since 1 January, announced the collective “Femicide by companions or ex”. The demonstrators observed 74 seconds of silence in tribute to these victims. “Stop […]
The French Diabetic Federation is launching an online petition on Monday (January 9th) so that diabetics “can choose the jobs of their dreams”. On its web page the Federation explains that diabetics are still prohibited from practicing certain trades: “Today, if you have diabetes, you cannot be a mining engineer, sailor, policeman, Air, SNCF Controller, […]
The police gathered Friday in several cities of France, for the fifth consecutive time, to tell their being fed up with the assault on four of their Viry-Châtillon after thirteen days. A fifth night of mobilization. Shortly after 21:30 on Friday, police gathered in small groups in the rain in front of the Notre Dame […]
Average student in the 2000, France now ranks very end of the charts for the inequalities in schools within the OECD, according to the National Assessment Council of the school system (Cnesco) in a study released Tuesday 27th September. This unprecedented survey conducted over two years by 22 teams of French and foreign researchers, poses […]
At least 84 people have died and scores have been injured after a truck crashed into a crowd of people in the south of France. A further 18 people are seriously injured and many others hurt. The dead include a number of children. Witnesses described how the driver of the articulated lorry sped along a […]
Three men were shot dead Saturday, April 2 about 22 h 30 during a shootout in the northern districts of Bassens city, according to sources close to the investigation. Three individuals were also slightly injured in the incident. This incident brings the number of at least eight victims shot in the streets of Marseille and […]
Amnesty International has slammed as “shameful” the European countries’ response to the refugee crisis in Europe. “That Europe, which is the richest bloc in the world, is not able to take care of the basic rights of some of the most persecuted people in the world, is shameful,” Amnesty Secretary General Salil Shetty said on […]
A series of bomb and gun attacks left well over a hundred people dead and dozens more injured in central Paris on Friday night. Some reports put the number of dead at 120. There were at least seven attacks, all in the east and north of the city. In one venue alone – the Bataclan […]
At least one person has been found decapitated, two people have been injured and 40 have been evacuated after what has been described as an attack at a “strategic” factory site near Lyon in south-eastern France. One man has been arrested and identified as police continue to search for other attackers. A loud explosion was […]
More than three million children living in France, or one in five, live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF published on Tuesday. The UN agency devoted to children’s rights revealed that around 30,000 children in France are homeless, while 9,000 live in slums and 140,000 drop out of school each […]
