Tag: France
France awards health workers with historic pay rise
France has approved pay rises worth €8bn (£7.2bn; $9bn) for health workers, with the government hailing their role in fighting…
France allows religious services to resume
France is allowing religious gatherings to resume on Saturday for the first time since its lockdown started two months ago.…
France’s Macron loses majority as defectors form new party
The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke…
Coronavirus: France’s first known case ‘was in December’
A patient treated in a hospital near Paris on 27 December for suspected pneumonia actually had the coronavirus, his doctor…
Coronavirus: Austria reopens some shops as lockdown eased
Austria is to reopen thousands of shops on Tuesday as it seeks to ease restrictions brought in to stem the…
Spain and France announce sweeping restrictions in wake of Coronavirus
Two of the EU's biggest states, Spain and France, have followed Italy in announcing emergency restrictions to combat the spread…