Burkini protest lands French swimmers fines, pool expulsions

Photo: Members of the “Alliance Citoyenne” association gather at the Jean Bron municipal swimming pool in Grenoble at a previous protest in 2019. (Jean-Pierre Clatot/AFP via Getty Images) The ‘issue’ has been described as either a violation of ‘the country’s […]

Report: US spied on Merkel, EU officials through Danish cables

Photo: [File: John Thys/Pool via Reuters] 31 May 2021 | Staff | Al Jazeera English The United States used a partnership with Denmark’s foreign intelligence unit to spy on European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Danish public […]

French mayor convicted of rape still running town from cell

Georges Tron. This week’s municipal council meeting opened with his team reading aloud a letter sent from his cell with instructions about the town’s budget. Photograph: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images 23 April 2021 | Angelique Chrisafis  | The Guardian (original […]

Ten areas added to IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas

20 Apr 2021 | Press Release The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (original link) Gland, Switzerland, 20 April 2021 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted ten new sites in Switzerland, France, Italy to the IUCN […]

French pharma firm found guilty over ‘diet drug’ that caused up to 2,000 deaths

Servier accused of covering up potentially fatal side-effects of the Mediator diabetes drug 29 March 2021 | Kim Willsher | Guardian (original link) A French court has fined one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical firms €2.7m (£2.3m) after finding it guilty […]