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The French government has announced that the wearing of a mask will no longer be mandatory in places subject to the vaccination pass as from 28 February. However, it will still be required on public transport and in closed spaces not subject to the vaccination pass
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French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the "major contribution" in the fight against HIV/AIDS, " achieved by French scientist Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel prize for medicine and who has died aged 89.
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From next Tuesday February 15th, the rules for keeping or obtaining, the vaccine pass in France are set to change. According to the government spokesman Gabriel Attal "between three and five million French people" risk losing their vaccines pass, due to not having had the booster dose.
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President Macron has presented his plans for the future of France's energy sector. Speaking during a visit to a factory in Belfort in north-east France this afternoon, he announced plans for a large increase in nuclear power.
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The Paris police prefect has announced that the "Freedom convoys" planned to arrive in the French capital this weekend will be banned. The movement inspired by the truck drivers in Canada was set to "block the capital" in protest against health restrictions and government policy.
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According to figures from Public Health France the number of hospitalised covid patients continues to decline, along with the number of those in intensive care. There are currently 32,878 patients hospitalised with covid in France of which 2,614 were admitted in the last 24 hours.
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French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal has said that there are "reasons to hope" that the requirement for a vaccination pass may be lifted at the end of March or beginning of April
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Several thousand motorists are heading to the French capital planning to arrive this weekend, to demonstrate against government policy and in particular against the covid vaccine pass. The mobilization which started on social networks is expected to see thousands leave from Bayonne, Nice, Strasbourg or Cherbourg, to reach Paris, in a "convoy of freedom".
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Police in the Var have launched an appeal following the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl on February 6th. Manon Schlencker, reportedly ran away from home in her father's car, a black Peugeot 308 with the registration number FA-015-RT. She was at the time wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a white T-shirt and a black hooded jacket.
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French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune has said that the government is planning to lift certain restrictions on vaccinated travellers arriving in France from outside the European Union
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A new law comes into force in France today Tuesday February 8th, which will see all French people in possession of firearms have to register on a new online registration platform. The goal is to simplify the procedure but also to better trace firearms. In France, there are 5.4 million declared and therefore legal, firearms.
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Two young skiers from the Netherlands have died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector of the resort of Saint-Colomban-des-Villards in south eastern France.
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The Monaco government is organizing a new large-scale Covid-19 testing campaign in schools at the end of the school holidays. Several thousand self-tests will be made available to schools for teachers and students
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Meteo France has issued a yellow weather alert in the Var and an orange alert for north Corsica due to high winds. In the var gusts of 120 km an hour are forecast while certain parts of Corsica could see winds of up to 150km an hour.
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Two motorcyclists have died in a road accident in the Bouches-du-Rhone. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon on the D559 between Cassis and Roquefort-la-Bédoule.
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