https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French hotel group Accor said on Saturday it was investigating claims one of its Australian hotels was directing staff to check Aboriginal guests into poorer-quality rooms. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190309/french-hotel-giant-to-probe-australia-racial-profiling-claims Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:58:47 +0100 french-hotel-giant-to-probe-australia-racial-profiling-claims French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Australia on Tuesday, with the two sides expected to agree on greater cooperation in the Pacific to counter a rising China. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180501/macron-arrives-in-australia-for-rare-visit-down-under Tue, 01 May 2018 14:44:58 +0200 macron-arrives-in-australia-for-rare-visit-down-under Some 5,000 Australians will mark Anzac Day on Monday with a dawn service in northern France to honour their forebears who fought in the Battle of the Somme a century ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160425/wwis-anzac-day-heroes-honoured-in-northern-france Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:16:53 +0200 wwis-anzac-day-heroes-honoured-in-northern-france A tiny French village in Paris's leafy western suburbs is ringed by scores of wild wallabies, who now thrive in a nearby forest a world away from their native Australia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150804/wild-wallabies-roam-villages-west-of-paris Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:22:26 +0200 wild-wallabies-roam-villages-west-of-paris French president François Hollande and Australia's PM Tony Abbott sent a message to Jakarta on Monday morning as the leaders jointly condemned the death penalty. Indonesia is preparing to execute several drug traffickers including French and Australian nationals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150427/france-and-australia-condemn-death-penalty Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:11:23 +0200 france-and-australia-condemn-death-penalty An Australian man who passed himself off as a Hare Krishna "guru" was on Monday sentenced to 19 years in jail in France for repeatedly raping three teenage girls he turned into mesmerised sex slaves. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150309/aussie-guru-jaile-in-france-for-teen-girls-rape Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:37:00 +0100 aussie-guru-jaile-in-france-for-teen-girls-rape President François Hollande became the first French head of state on Tuesday to pay an official state visit to Australia where he hopes to boost ties and trade and move on from the past. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141118/french-president-makes-first-state-visit-to-oz Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:23:00 +0100 french-president-makes-first-state-visit-to-oz Australian rugby captain Michael Hooper expects France to be fired-up for Saturday's one-off test match in Paris after a series of defeats at Aussie hands this summer, he said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/australia-captain-expects-fired-up-france Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:02:00 +0100 australia-captain-expects-fired-up-france François Hollande will become the first French president to visit Australia next month, his office announced Tuesday, as he makes a two-day trip to bolster ties between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141028/hollande-to-make-historic-australia-visit-in-november Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:37:00 +0100 hollande-to-make-historic-australia-visit-in-november Australian chemicals firm Orica said on Tuesday it has applied to ship a vast stockpile of toxic waste to France in a bid to end a long-running saga over how to dispose of it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140527/australian-firm-to-send-toxic-waste-to-france Tue, 27 May 2014 10:34:00 +0200 australian-firm-to-send-toxic-waste-to-france An Australian man has been charged with the brutal rape and murder of a young French exchange student, whose naked body was found in a park near her apartment in Brisbane. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140409/man-charged-with-french-womans-murder-in-oz-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:35:00 +0200 man-charged-with-french-womans-murder-in-oz-2 A Frenchwoman has become the fourth foreign student to be brutally murdered in the Australian city of Brisbane in almost as many months, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140402/frenchwoman-brutally-murdered-in-brisbane-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:03:00 +0200 frenchwoman-brutally-murdered-in-brisbane-2 An Australian man has been jailed for an abusive tirade against a French tourist in which he told her to "speak English or die", according to reports on Thursday. A video of the shocking incident went viral around the world. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140320/speak-english-or-die-man-jailed-for-outburst-at-french-tourist Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:08:00 +0100 speak-english-or-die-man-jailed-for-outburst-at-french-tourist Francois Hollande will next year become the first French president to pay a visit to Australia, officials said on Tuesday, as Paris pushes to boost ties with Canberra. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131112/hollande-to-be-first-french-president-to-visit-australia Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:47:00 +0100 hollande-to-be-first-french-president-to-visit-australia Aboriginal Australian artist Lena Nyadbi's work is set to gain a new audience beginning on Thursday evening. Her newest piece has been installed atop the famous Quai Branly in Paris, and will be visible only from the Eiffel Tower. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130606/eiffel-tower-set-to-give-view-of-unique-australian-art Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:27:00 +0200 eiffel-tower-set-to-give-view-of-unique-australian-art France's consul-general in Australia has been forced to issue a plea to French backpackers, saying their rowdy, rude and drunken antics as well as reported shoplifting is bringing shame on the country's community in Oz. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130531/official-slams-drunk-french-tourists-in-australia Fri, 31 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200 official-slams-drunk-french-tourists-in-australia A 37-year-old Frenchman has lost his appeal to overturn his 30-year jail sentence for murdering an Australian student who was beaten, strangled and dumped in a car park outside Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130412/killer-loses-appeal-over-strangling-of-australian-student Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:54:00 +0200 killer-loses-appeal-over-strangling-of-australian-student A young Frenchwoman at the centre of a racism row in Australia has said an incident in which she was abused on a Melbourne bus has been blown out of proportion, according to her aunt. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121123/racist-row-tourist-worse-things-happen-in-france Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:23:00 +0100 racist-row-tourist-worse-things-happen-in-france A video of a French girl being told to “speak English or die” by fellow passengers on a bus in Australia has led to condemnation by local press and politicians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121123/french-girl-receives-violent-and-racist-taunts-from-australian-bus-passengers Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:47:00 +0100 french-girl-receives-violent-and-racist-taunts-from-australian-bus-passengers A village in western France has acquired an unlikely new resident: a kangaroo called Skippy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120731/kangaroo-escapes-garden-settles-in-village Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:48:00 +0200 kangaroo-escapes-garden-settles-in-village