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France may face a potato shortage this year as Europe has been going through an exceptional drought in the summer. According to the French National Union of Potato Producers, nearly 1.5 million tons of potatoes may be lost on French soil…

France and Germany will help each other get through the energy crisis and the upcoming winter, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron said at a press conference following a videoconference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…

According to the British Ministry of Defense, 1,295 asylum seekers arrived in the country by 27 boats, the highest daily number since 2018. The UK search and rescue teams took 50 immigrants in total to the British border in the evening,…

A passenger train from Calais, France, to Folkestone, England, malfunctioned in the Eurotunnel. Hundreds of passengers, stranded in the sub-sea tunnel for hours, were evacuated through emergency service tunnel. Passengers were taken to the…

The ongoing forest fires in the Gironde region of France have burned 7,400 hectares so far. Firefighting crews from Germany, Romania and Greece are also participating in extinguishing efforts. Authorities have declared that the southwest of…

A beluga whale was first located in the River Seine, far away from its own habitat, on August 2 and was decided to transport to a salt-water pool to be treated. During the six hours transportation period with the help of nearly 80 people,…

Another forest fire outbreak In Gironde, where the largest fire outbreaks take place in France, caused 6,000 hectares of land and 16 houses to burn. 6,000 people are evacuated. The Gironde governor stated that 500 fire fighter worked on…

Wildfire sparked by Europe's heat wave continue burning. The ongoing forest fires in the Gironde region of southwest France have yet to be extinguished. So far, the fire near Dune du Pilat, located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay…

In the forest fires that have been going on for 6 days in the Gironde region in southwest France, 14,000 hectares of land have been destroyed, officials said. At least 4,100 people have been evacuated since the fires started in the town of…

France is fighting the flames at two different points in the Gironde region in the southwestern part of the country. Due to the fire around the town of Landiras, where the most severe fire in the region was experienced, 480 more people were…