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 Holidays in France are now possible, but with rises case numbers and increasing travel restrictions - but what are the risks if you do decide to come? https://www.thelocal.fr/20200722/is-it-safe-to-holiday-in-france-this-summer Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:41:42 +0200 is-it-safe-to-holiday-in-france-this-summer France's prime minister has announced that the country is tightening up border controls and will impose compulsory Covid-19 testing for travellers from 16 countries considered high-risk. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200724/france-imposes-stricter-controls-and-covid-19-testing-at-borders Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:00:24 +0200 france-imposes-stricter-controls-and-covid-19-testing-at-borders What do you do if you travel to France and think you might have contracted coronavirus? https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/explained-what-tourists-in-france-should-do-if-they-think-they-have-covid-19 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:43:13 +0200 explained-what-tourists-in-france-should-do-if-they-think-they-have-covid-19 As tourists from some countries are now being welcomed back to France, there are still national health rules and guidelines in place. Here's a list of things to know if you're planning a trip here this summer. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200703/health-rules-and-guidelines-in-france-that-tourists-should-know-about Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:50:33 +0200 health-rules-and-guidelines-in-france-that-tourists-should-know-about An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191016/should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:09:43 +0200 should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france Emmanuel Macron's party named a new leader on Saturday as the French president faces the first rebellious grumblings in the 19-month-old movement that swept him to power. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171118/macrons-party-to-name-leader-in-testing-times Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:23:59 +0100 macrons-party-to-name-leader-in-testing-times From bullfighting to cheese, and plenty of film and music festivals, there's a lot going on in France this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160308/whats-on-in-france-ten-things-to-do-in-march Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:22:08 +0100 whats-on-in-france-ten-things-to-do-in-march France has rolled out the first of 5,000 dummy speed cameras in the hope of tricking motorists into driving more safely in a bid to cut rising road deaths. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160210/france-rolls-out-fake-speed-cameras-but-where-are-they Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:51:52 +0100 france-rolls-out-fake-speed-cameras-but-where-are-they The frustrated mayor of the port city of Calais says France should open its border with the UK if British Prime Minister David Cameron doesn't fully commit to solving the city's migration crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150813/migration-calais-mayor-david-cameron-is-mocking-us Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:03:25 +0200 migration-calais-mayor-david-cameron-is-mocking-us A month after investigators released a sketch of a mysterious motorcyclist, French police admitted on Monday that not a single call from the public had proved “of interest,” or brought them closer to solving the murders of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131202/alps-murders-al-hilli-chevaline-annecy Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:59:00 +0100 alps-murders-al-hilli-chevaline-annecy Riot police were forced to intervene to keep the peace in a French village on Sunday after animal rights campaigners tried to prevent a bullfight from taking place. Similar protests two years had descended into violence when demonstrators were attacked by spectators. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131028/riot-police-disperse-protesters-at-french-bullfight Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:26:00 +0100 riot-police-disperse-protesters-at-french-bullfight About 15 men, some of them wielding axes and sledgehammers, burst into a luxury watch store in the heart of Paris in broad daylight on Friday and made off with a haul worth hundreds of thousands of euros. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131004/axe-gang-hit-luxury-watch-store-in-paris Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:04:00 +0200 axe-gang-hit-luxury-watch-store-in-paris A court near the glamorous French Riviera city of Cannes this week handed a jail term to a daring and sophisticated poker cheat, who used infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink in a scam described as "the first of its kind in Europe." https://www.thelocal.fr/20130926/riviera-poker-cheat-caught-with-infra-red-contacts Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:56:00 +0200 riviera-poker-cheat-caught-with-infra-red-contacts The €24,000 custom-made wheelchair, stolen from quadruple amputee French swimmer Philippe Croizon last week, has been recovered in one piece, the record-breaking athlete confirmed late on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130813/limbless-french-swimmer-finds-stolen-wheelchair Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:14:00 +0200 limbless-french-swimmer-finds-stolen-wheelchair With France in the tight grip of the economic crisis, it seems not even the country’s oldest, proudest traditions are to be spared. On Tuesday it was reported the government plans to cutback on the festivities surrounding this year’s Bastille Day parade. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130709/french-austerity-puts-brakes-on-bastille-day-parade Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:50:00 +0200 french-austerity-puts-brakes-on-bastille-day-parade A parliamentary by-election has left the French government humiliated after the ruling Socialist party was eliminated in the first round. The run-off ballot will be fought out between the opposition UMP party and the far-right National Front. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130617/by-election-socialists-pushed-out-by-far-right Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:28:36 +0200 by-election-socialists-pushed-out-by-far-right The 1999-2005 Tour de France races will have no winners attributed to them, embattled world cycling officials announced Friday, ordering doping-tainted icon Lance Armstrong to repay his prize money. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121026/no-tour-de-france-winners-for-armstrong-races Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:23:00 +0200 no-tour-de-france-winners-for-armstrong-races Britain's royal family takes to the courts Monday to try to stop the spread of topless photos of Prince William's wife Catherine, but an Italian magazine plans to devote 26 pages to the grainy snaps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120917/royals-head-to-french-courts-over-kate-photos Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:05:43 +0200 royals-head-to-french-courts-over-kate-photos Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine on Friday launched a lawsuit against French magazine Closer for breaching their right to privacy by printing topless pictures of her, sources told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120914/william-and-kate-sue-french-mag Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:12:00 +0200 william-and-kate-sue-french-mag France has one of the world's toughest privacy laws on paper, but the legislation is effectively toothless because the fines for breaching it are miniscule, legal experts and journalists say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120914/experts-french-privacy-laws-toothless Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:57:48 +0200 experts-french-privacy-laws-toothless