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 The Local has been shortlisted in the 'Best Use of Online Media' category in the Native Advertising Awards 2018 for its work on the ongoing initiative 'A Woman's Place'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180926/the-local-shortlisted-for-top-native-advertising-award-a-womans-place Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:29:59 +0200 the-local-shortlisted-for-top-native-advertising-award-a-womans-place French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to significantly reduce the number of people who receive the Legion d'Honneur as part of a series of new rules he is planning to introduce around the country's top award. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171102/macron-to-drastically-reduce-number-of-people-awarded-legion-dhonneur Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:25:13 +0100 macron-to-drastically-reduce-number-of-people-awarded-legion-dhonneur Oscar-nominated “Timbuktu” on Friday swept France’s prestigious Césars, picking up a total of seven awards, including for best film, for its portrayal of northern Mali under jihadist control. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150221/timbuktu-sweeps-french-cesar-awards Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:12:00 +0100 timbuktu-sweeps-french-cesar-awards Since it was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 the Légion d'honneur medal has never been awarded to a mentally disabled person. That will all change on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141208/mentally-disabled-frenchman-to-receive-legion-of-honour Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:41:00 +0100 mentally-disabled-frenchman-to-receive-legion-of-honour American author Richard Ford's novel "Canada" about a boy whose parents rob a bank on Wednesday won the Femina Prize for best foreign novel, one of France's top literary awards. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131106/us-writer-wins-top-french-literary-prize Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:55:34 +0100 us-writer-wins-top-french-literary-prize Despite his reported fondnesss for weed and well-recorded warbashing, US folk music legend Bob Dylan has swayed offical France with his work, and the "great poet" will now become a member of the Légion d'Honneur, it was confirmed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130603/great-poet-dylan-to-get-french-honour-after-controversy Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:38:00 +0200 great-poet-dylan-to-get-french-honour-after-controversy The leader of France's far right National Front party Marine Le Pen joined the row over whether US singer Bob Dylan should win a Legion d'Honneur award, claiming on Sunday that the medals "should not just be handed to any old person". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130513/dylan-does-not-merit-legion-dhonneur-le-pen Mon, 13 May 2013 09:38:00 +0200 dylan-does-not-merit-legion-dhonneur-le-pen