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Extra security checks on French bank transfers from next month
You may wish to verify existing beneficiary details to avoid payments to them potentially being blocked
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Pioneering French surgery restores sight to man using part of his tooth
Revolutionary operation allows people to regain most of their vision after their cornea is damages
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French policeman charged with rape of British tourist
The Marseille prosecutor opened an inquiry after the tourist filed a complaint
Dog-dirt DNA bylaw legal, court rules
DNA technology can be used to track down the owners of dogs that foul the streets of the Hérault town of Béziers,
a court in Marseille has ruled.
However, while the court ruled that the town’s mayor Robert Ménard – elected to office in 2014 with the support of the far-right Front National – has the power to issue the controversial bylaw, it warned the measures are ‘disproportionate to the requirements of public safety and sanitation’.