President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to complete the monument's restoration for 2024, and more than 800 million euros has already been received or pledged from private and corporate donors

Notre-Dame cathedral seeks more money for interior repairs

A 28-year-old Damien T., has been in custody since the incident on Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (C) interact with members of a crowd while visiting Valence on June 8, 2021 during a visit in the French southeastern department of Drôme, the second stage of a nationwide tour ahead of next year's presidential election

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

Georges Tron resigned from his cell at the end of May after more than 25 years at the helm

Tron, a junior minister under right-president Nicolas Sarkozy, began serving a three-year sentence in February for raping a council employee who the court found had been pressured into sex

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

Auction house Christie's is to put the work on sale on Friday, with the quality of the reproduction and the unusual back story setting the replica apart from other versions of one of the most copied paintings in the world

The painting is known as the "Mona Lisa Hekking", named after Raymond Hekking, an art dealer based in the south of France who cast doubt on the authenticity of the original masterpiece owned by the Louvre museum in Paris

Sale of Mona Lisa replica set to raise up to 300,000 euros

Sixteen countries will remain largely off-limits because of a worrying surge in coronavirus variants that are more contagious or serious and could prove less responsive to the four vaccines authorised in Europe

From July 1, France will recognise a European "health pass" proving inoculation against the coronavirus that authorises travel within the bloc

Green, orange or red: France eases summer travel rules

In 2020, the festival that draws stars from across the world, had to be cancelled because of the pandemic

Cannes 2021: A glimpse of the Martinez hotel where most of the action takes place

Cannes 'can't wait' for film festival after 'horrible' year

The source also said the man, who was released from jail in March following a conviction for violence, had psychological disorders

French special police forces and firefighters are seen after an assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, western France, May 28, 2021.

Man who attacked policewoman in Western France was radicalised in jail

Authorities appealed for residents to maintain collective responsibility

Bars, restaurants and cafes can only open outdoor seating areas with 50% capacity

Public places in France set to reopen with restrictions

Authorities also reported further declines in the number of patients requiring intensive care in hospitals

France aims to have 30 million first doses injected by June 15

France closing in on 20 million target in Covid vaccination drive

Scar steps gingerly through vast caverns, loaded with sensors for taking measures in places where humans might fear to tread

"Scar" at the Cigeo lab in eastern France, destined to house thousands of tons of nuclear waste

Researchers' new best friend? Robot dog gets to work

An Australian naval ship is also taking part in the week-long air, land and sea exercises involving 300 ground troops from the three countries

The drill is the first involving all three countries and coming with rising concern about China's stance in the region

Japan launches first joint military drill with US, France

The exhibition will be opened until May 15, when the week of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is marked

French Ambassador to B&H Christine Toudic

French Ambassador opens 'Women humanitarians' exhibition

Assadollah Assadi, 49, was convicted in February by an Antwerp court of supplying explosives for the planned June 30, 2018 attack on the exiled opposition group the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI)

Heavy security at the Antwerp court during February's trial for Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi

Iran diplomat's 20-year sentence for France bomb plot confirmed

Nordahl Lelandais, 38, was brought from prison to the courthouse in Chambery, a town in the French Alps where the victim, another soldier, was last seen after leaving a nightclub

Nordahl Lelandais (L) arrives escorted by French prison administration (administration penitentiaire) officers at the courthouse of the French Alps city of Chambery on May 3, 2021, on the first day of his trial for the murder of French army Corporal Arthur Noyer in 2017.

Frenchman accused of child's murder goes on trial for second killing

Macron also gave a timetable for lifting an unpopular night-time curfew which has turned French cities into ghost towns after 7:00 PM

Cafes and restaurants can serve outdoors from May 19

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

The attacker, a French resident of Tunisian origin, stabbed the police administrative worker, a mother of two, at a police station in Rambouillet, just south of Paris

French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaks as he holds a news conference on the government strategy for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Paris, France, April 22, 2021.

Notre-Dame cathedral seeks more money for interior repairs

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

Sale of Mona Lisa replica set to raise up to 300,000 euros

Green, orange or red: France eases summer travel rules

Cannes 'can't wait' for film festival after 'horrible' year

Man who attacked policewoman in Western France was radicalised in jail

Public places in France set to reopen with restrictions

France closing in on 20 million target in Covid vaccination drive

Researchers' new best friend? Robot dog gets to work

Japan launches first joint military drill with US, France

French Ambassador opens 'Women humanitarians' exhibition

Iran diplomat's 20-year sentence for France bomb plot confirmed

Frenchman accused of child's murder goes on trial for second killing

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

French PM calls killing of police worker an attack on nation

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Notre-Dame cathedral seeks more money for interior repairs

Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing

End of era for convicted French mayor who ran town from prison

Sale of Mona Lisa replica set to raise up to 300,000 euros

Green, orange or red: France eases summer travel rules

Cannes 'can't wait' for film festival after 'horrible' year

Man who attacked policewoman in Western France was radicalised in jail

Public places in France set to reopen with restrictions

France closing in on 20 million target in Covid vaccination drive

Researchers' new best friend? Robot dog gets to work

Japan launches first joint military drill with US, France

French Ambassador opens 'Women humanitarians' exhibition

Iran diplomat's 20-year sentence for France bomb plot confirmed

Frenchman accused of child's murder goes on trial for second killing

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

French PM calls killing of police worker an attack on nation