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 A notorious French mayor has kicked up a storm after introducing a burkini and Muslim veil ban at a new swimming spot in his town, despite the fact the bans were ruled illegal last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170628/french-mayor-sparks-anger-with-burkini-ban-at-swimming-lake Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:23:40 +0200 french-mayor-sparks-anger-with-burkini-ban-at-swimming-lake An Australian documentary has come under fire after it showed footage of what it claimed was locals ordering a young woman in a burkini off a beach in southern France. Witnesses say it was all a set-up. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/aussie-tv-channel-accused-of-burkini-row-stitch-up Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:17:52 +0200 aussie-tv-channel-accused-of-burkini-row-stitch-up Two weeks after causing a worldwide row the burqini bans imposed on beach resorts across the French Riviera are being overturned by the courts one by one. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160901/french-court-overturns-nice-burqini-ban Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:30:16 +0200 french-court-overturns-nice-burqini-ban A law banning the controversial burqini swim wear in France would be "unconstitutional" the French interior minister has warned and would create "irreparable tension". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160829/french-minister-accepts-burqini-law-unconstitutional Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:16:31 +0200 french-minister-accepts-burqini-law-unconstitutional France's top court are set to decide on Friday whether the burqini ban is legal. But in the 30 towns where the ban is in place, how many fines have actually been issued? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160826/nice-the-french-capital-of-burqini-fines Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:53:26 +0200 nice-the-french-capital-of-burqini-fines Just under two thirds of French people (64 percent) are against the burqini being worn on beaches, a survey published on Thursday revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:10:24 +0200 majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches France's highest administrative court will on Thursday examine a request to scrap a ban on the Islamic burqini swimsuit which has sparked a furore in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:53:12 +0200 frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) will meet Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Wednesday to discuss the burqini bans at the centre of a bitter row over Muslim integration. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160824/french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:10:19 +0200 french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government A Toulouse woman says she was told to pay a fine or leave a Cannes beach for wearing a headscarf, French media reported. The city's mayor has defended the decision of police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/woman-fined-for-wearing-headscarf-on-cannes-beach Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:00:12 +0200 woman-fined-for-wearing-headscarf-on-cannes-beach A French administrative tribunal on Monday upheld a burqini ban decided by a Riviera resort which was one of a growing number of towns to outlaw the body-concealing Islamic swimsuit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:43:26 +0200 tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary A small supermarket in the Paris suburbs has been told that if it doesn't start selling alcohol and pork then it will have to shut down. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160805/french-store-risks-closure-for-not-selling-booze-or-pork Fri, 05 Aug 2016 11:54:05 +0200 french-store-risks-closure-for-not-selling-booze-or-pork A Muslim organization has privatised an indoor swimming pool in southern France that is allowing women to wear burqinis, but the local mayor is having none of it and neither are right-wing politicians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160804/french-mayor-wants-to-ban-burqini-pool-party Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:51:57 +0200 french-mayor-wants-to-ban-burqini-pool-party