The Local France 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 Russian fan leader vows to return to Euro2016 The Russian far-right football fan leader expelled from France over unrest at Euro 2016 on Saturday swaggered through a Moscow airport, his outstretched arms holding a Russian flag with a snarling bear -- and vowed to return to France before the end of the tournament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160619/russian-far-right-leader-vows-to-return-to-euro2016 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:39:52 +0200 russian-far-right-leader-vows-to-return-to-euro2016 French rail strike enters third day as Euro 2016 fears ease Strikes by rail workers and flooding disrupted France on Friday, as the new threat of a pilots' strike hung over Euro 2016 football tournament a week before the tournament kicks off. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160604/french-rail-strike-enters-third-day Sat, 04 Jun 2016 10:21:50 +0200 french-rail-strike-enters-third-day France to see 90,000 security staff on patrol at Euro 2016 France said on Wednesday it will deploy more than 90,000 police and security guards for Euro 2016, vowing to do "everything possible to avoid a terrorist attack" during the football tournament that starts next month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160525/france-to-see-90000-security-staff-on-patrol-at-euro-2016 Wed, 25 May 2016 17:27:59 +0200 france-to-see-90000-security-staff-on-patrol-at-euro-2016 French hotels to fleece fans at Euro 2016 Hotels have raised prices by 80 percent and rental property owners have been almost as greedy ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament, a new study has found. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160419/french-hotels-to-fleece-fans-for-euro-2016 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:06:24 +0200 french-hotels-to-fleece-fans-for-euro-2016 French hotels threaten Euro 2016 tax boycott French hotels have threatened to stop paying tourist taxes over the period after Uefa teamed up with vacation property rental website Abritel-HomeAway for the Euro 2016 tournament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160418/french-hotels-threaten-to-boycott-tourist-tax-for-euro-2016 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:52:46 +0200 french-hotels-threaten-to-boycott-tourist-tax-for-euro-2016 100 days to go: France frets over Euro 2016 security French authorities are agonizing over how to ward off potential terrorist attacks on hundreds of thousands of fans expected for the European Championships which start 100 days from Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160302/football-france-frets-over-euro-2016-fanzone-security Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:39:15 +0100 football-france-frets-over-euro-2016-fanzone-security Tickets go on sale for Euro 2016 in France The 2016 European football championships in France may still be a year away but anyone who is thinking of going to a match should act now with around one million tickets going on sale on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150610/tickets-go-on-sale-in-france-for-euro2016 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:00:26 +0200 tickets-go-on-sale-in-france-for-euro2016