Topic: France 🇫🇷

French lawmakers have approved the creation of a commission of enquiry to examine the psychological effects of TikTok on children and teenagers. The video platform is particularly prized by youngsters.

A French brains trust has warned that the country is not spending enough money to deal with global rising temperatures just days after the government published its third national plan for adaptation to climate change (NCCP3).  

Despite a raft of laws and programmes in France to address the gender pay gap, women still earn less than men. Organic farmers try to adapt to a drop in demand for organic food. And the story of Ravel's Boléro – the world's most performed piece of classical music.

France's foreign ministry on Thursday warned its citizens to avoid travelling to Tigray in northern Ethiopia following clashes between factions of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the capital Mekele and the second city Adigrat.

France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has called on police prefects and security officials to be 'extremely vigilant' during the upocoming Jewish holidays of Purim and Passover, particularly around places of worship across the country.

French MPs have adopted a resolution on increased support for Ukraine, including a call for the seizure of frozen Russian assets.

Faced with a recent increase in the number of measles cases in mainland France, the French Health Ministry is calling on doctors early childhood professionals to be "increasingly vigilant." The agency is particular concerned about "imported" cases coming from places like Morocco.

An apparent technical glitch in the UK's new ETA electronic visa-waiver is effectively barring entry to the UK to some British dual nationals, The Local can reveal.

Traditionally a 'second place' sport in France, rugby is enjoying a boom in popularity right now with more and more people following the game.

A visually impaired woman has filed a legal complaint after she was refused entry to a shop in central France because of her guide dog - so what does the law say about assistance animals?

The south-west French airport of Toulouse has released its plans for 2025, including three new destinations.

A new version of food labelling system Nutri-Score has been approved by the French government, despite criticism from within.