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Northern lights illuminate skies over France: weekend photos
Pink and purple displays reported from Normandy to Occitanie
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Normandy rail strike: five lines disrupted this Friday and Saturday
Ticket inspectors walk out after a knife attack on a colleague, with four unions backing the action
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French PM says diesel stockpile release will cut prices by up to 18 cents per litre
Sébastien Lecornu used televised speech to promise release of ten million barrels of diesel and address lycée protests
Raising awareness of air pollution
A new agreement concerning monitoring pollutant levels has been signed
France is to measure 90 air polluting substances and pesticides from 2018 onwards, in a bid to raise the public’s awareness of the quality of the air.
A new agreement to monitor levels of pollutants, pesticides and fine particles in the air has been signed between air quality surveillance organisation Atmo France and food and environment safety agency Anses.