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 French court has sentenced former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana to 24 years in prison for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in his native East African country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231220/french-court-jails-rwandan-ex-doctor-over-1994-genocide-role Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:31:10 +0100 french-court-jails-rwandan-ex-doctor-over-1994-genocide-role Eight suspects go on trial on Monday over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists celebrating France's Fête nationale. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220902/trial-to-start-in-france-over-2016-nice-truck-massacre Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:17:34 +0200 trial-to-start-in-france-over-2016-nice-truck-massacre The French city of Grenoble cannot go ahead with plans to allow the "burkini" full-body swimming costume at its municipal pools, the country's top administrative court ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220621/frances-top-court-blocks-wearing-of-burkini-in-grenoble-swimming-pools Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:37:55 +0200 frances-top-court-blocks-wearing-of-burkini-in-grenoble-swimming-pools A French court has ordered Twitter to give activists full access to all its documents relating to efforts to combat racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech on the social network. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210707/french-court-orders-twitter-to-reveal-anti-hate-speech-efforts Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:03:15 +0200 french-court-orders-twitter-to-reveal-anti-hate-speech-efforts A dessert cannot be called Champagne flavoured if it doesn't taste like the sparkling wine, a German court said in a ruling in favour of French vintners published Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210702/french-champagne-makers-win-court-case-against-german-supermarkets-sorbet Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:50:00 +0200 french-champagne-makers-win-court-case-against-german-supermarkets-sorbet A French court on Thursday sentenced a man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face this week to a prison term of 18 months, 14 of which were suspended. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210610/french-prosecutors-call-for-18-month-jail-term-for-man-who-slapped-macron Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:21:07 +0200 french-prosecutors-call-for-18-month-jail-term-for-man-who-slapped-macron A French court on Tuesday acquitted far-right leader and presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen on charges she broke hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/le-pen-trial-french-far-right-leader-acquitted-on-hate-speech-charges Tue, 04 May 2021 17:47:05 +0200 le-pen-trial-french-far-right-leader-acquitted-on-hate-speech-charges A high-profile and horrifying murder case in France could now be the subject of a court case in Israel, after the victim's sister said the French justice system had failed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210423/affaire-sarah-halimi-why-the-brutal-murder-of-a-jewish-woman-in-paris-could-now-be-tried-in-israel Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:45:19 +0200 affaire-sarah-halimi-why-the-brutal-murder-of-a-jewish-woman-in-paris-could-now-be-tried-in-israel A French court on Wednesday handed suspended prison sentences to four people charged over the collapse of a stage as it was being set up for a 2009 concert by pop superstar Madonna, which killed two workers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210217/french-concert-promoters-in-court-over-collapse-of-madonna-stage-set-that-killed-two-people Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:29:50 +0100 french-concert-promoters-in-court-over-collapse-of-madonna-stage-set-that-killed-two-people Former French prime minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial on Tuesday on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the "Karachi affair". https://www.thelocal.fr/20210118/former-french-pm-goes-on-trial-over-arms-deals-in-the-1990s Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:50:08 +0100 former-french-pm-goes-on-trial-over-arms-deals-in-the-1990s It's a 200-year-old institution sometimes finds itself making headlines, so what is France's Conseil d'Etat? https://www.thelocal.fr/20201210/explained-what-is-frances-state-council Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:33:18 +0100 explained-what-is-frances-state-council A French court sentenced a 24-year-old man to an effective one-year prison term on Wednesday for having swindled more than two dozen women he met via online dating sites. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201104/french-court-jails-gigolo-for-swindling-women-he-met-on-dating-sites Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:05:32 +0100 french-court-jails-gigolo-for-swindling-women-he-met-on-dating-sites A Belgian anaesthetist went on trial in the southwestern French city of Pau on Thursday, accused of causing the death of a British woman during a Caesarian section six years ago under the influence of alcohol. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201008/drunk-anaesthetist-on-trial-over-british-womans-death-in-france Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:16:46 +0200 drunk-anaesthetist-on-trial-over-british-womans-death-in-france France's highest administrative court has ruled that the government must lift a blanket ban on meetings at places of worship imposed as part of measures to combat the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200519/court-orders-france-to-lift-ban-on-religious-services Tue, 19 May 2020 10:36:17 +0200 court-orders-france-to-lift-ban-on-religious-services A French court has ruled that a British ski instructor has the right to give lessons in France, ending a seven-year legal fight that went to the heart of Europe's labour laws. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200518/british-ski-instructor-can-give-lessons-in-france-after-winning-7-year-legal-battle Mon, 18 May 2020 19:15:39 +0200 british-ski-instructor-can-give-lessons-in-france-after-winning-7-year-legal-battle A French court handed six-month jail terms to three members of a far-right group for erecting a blockade on an Alps mountain pass to try keep migrants out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190830/french-court-convicts-far-right-activists-for-alps-migrant-blockade Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:03:14 +0200 french-court-convicts-far-right-activists-for-alps-migrant-blockade French prosecutors have recommended that Air France face trial for negligence over the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in which 228 people died, judicial sources told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190717/air-france Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:17:44 +0200 air-france An Iraq court on Sunday sentenced a French woman to life in jail for membership of the Islamic State group as her lawyers accused authorities in Paris of "interference" to prevent her return to France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180603/french-is-member-jailed-for-life-by-iraqi-court Sun, 03 Jun 2018 13:08:36 +0200 french-is-member-jailed-for-life-by-iraqi-court France's minister for women's rights said on Friday that she found it "surprising and shocking" that controversial Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski was chosen to preside over France's equivalent of the Oscars. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170121/french-womens-minister-shocked-by-polanski Sat, 21 Jan 2017 09:31:36 +0100 french-womens-minister-shocked-by-polanski A French appeals court on Thursday found German safety standards body TUV had "fulfilled its obligations" in certifying breast implants that were found to be faulty and sparked a worldwide scare. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150702/no-error-by-german-body-over-faulty-breast-implants Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:48:48 +0200 no-error-by-german-body-over-faulty-breast-implants