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Bastille Day

French national day

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Bastille Day: French national day

Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called Fête nationale and commonly and legally le 14 juillet.

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France marks Bastille Day with scaled-down military parade Macron dedicated day to essential workers who 'enabled public, social and economic life to continue' during pandemic. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:23Published on July 15, 2020

Health workers honored at France's Bastille Day France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the epidemic still stalking.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:28Published on July 14, 2020

Bastille Day: What are the July 14 celebrations all about? Bastille Day: What are the July 14 celebrations all about? Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:30Published on July 14, 2020

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Bastille Day: France honours health workers amid pandemic There will be no parade and the audience will be socially distanced amid the ongoing pandemic. BBC News - Published on July 14, 2020
France's Bastille Day military parade replaced by ceremony in Paris France's Bastille Day military parade marking its national day will be replaced by a ceremony on the Place de la Concorde square in central Paris, President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on June 4, 2020
Marchons? Coronavirus could stall France's Bastille Day celebrations France will decide whether to go ahead with the annual Bastille Day military celebrations marking its national day when clear indications emerge on the state of the coronavirus epidemic, the junior.. Reuters - Published on April 17, 2020

Bastille Day: Police clash with yellow vests after parade Yellow-vest protesters formed barricades and lit fires after the annual military event in Paris. BBC News - Published on July 14, 2019
French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade French police fired tear gas to disperse protesters from Paris's Champs Elysees avenue on Sunday, a few hours after President Emmanuel Macron had reviewed the traditional Bastille Day military parade.. Reuters - Published on July 14, 2019
Bastille Day: Flyboard takes part in military display France's annual military parade, commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison, takes place in Paris. BBC News - Published on July 14, 2019

European leaders join Macron for Bastille Day parade European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris which this year honored European.. Reuters - Published on July 14, 2019