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 parliamentary report denouncing the environmental impact of online shopping has outlined a series of new measures to regulate deliveries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210520/france-proposes-banning-free-delivery-of-online-shopping-due-to-environmental-impact Thu, 20 May 2021 14:02:42 +0200 france-proposes-banning-free-delivery-of-online-shopping-due-to-environmental-impact The north-eastern French town of Bitche had its official Facebook page removed without any explanation - although many have supposed the reason is its somewhat unfortunate name. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210413/facebook-deletes-the-french-town-of-bitches-page Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:35:39 +0200 facebook-deletes-the-french-town-of-bitches-page Hackers operating from Russia and China targeted France's homeschooling platform which crashed at the start of a nationwide partial lockdown last week, investigators said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210412/hackers-from-russia-and-china-targeted-frances-homeschooling-platform-say-investigators Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:48:21 +0200 hackers-from-russia-and-china-targeted-frances-homeschooling-platform-say-investigators Following a ruling from the French broadcasting authority that online porn sites must do more to verify the age of their customers, users in France face a range of extra checks, including the possibility of having to go to the tabac to buy a 'porn pass'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210318/why-french-people-may-need-to-buy-a-porn-pass-at-the-tabac-to-access-online-pornography Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:58:05 +0100 why-french-people-may-need-to-buy-a-porn-pass-at-the-tabac-to-access-online-pornography A hospital in southwest France has seen some of its IT systems paralysed by a "ransomware" cyberattack, its management said on Tuesday, the third such incident in the last month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210310/hospital-in-south-west-france-hit-by-cyber-attack-demanding-50000-ransom Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:46:16 +0100 hospital-in-south-west-france-hit-by-cyber-attack-demanding-50000-ransom Last year looks to have been an overall good one for France's start-ups, despite the Covid-19 health crisis and historic economic recession. Here's why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210107/five-reasons-why-2020-was-a-good-year-for-french-start-up-businesses Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:05:35 +0100 five-reasons-why-2020-was-a-good-year-for-french-start-up-businesses France's finance minister unveiled Friday a decree that would make it the first nation in Europe to allow the trading of some non-listed securities using the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171209/france-to-allow-trading-of-securities-via-blockchain Sat, 09 Dec 2017 10:15:43 +0100 france-to-allow-trading-of-securities-via-blockchain A bookshop in Paris’ Latin quarter will offer the opportunity to have any book from its collection printed in just a matter of minutes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160311/french-bookshop-to-print-books-on-demand Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:15:08 +0100 french-bookshop-to-print-books-on-demand