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 They wanted to enact a fantasy said to be very much in fashion in Pompeii: having sex in the ancient city’s red light district. But that dream was soon put to bed after the threesome – one Frenchman and two Italian women – was caught in the act. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140812/threesome-caught-living-out-pompeii-brothel-scene Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:13:00 +0200 threesome-caught-living-out-pompeii-brothel-scene There was good news for consumers in France on Monday when French telecoms giant Bouygues announced it would be offering 4G wireless internet at no additional cost to its existing and future 3G customers, after budget provider Free last week did likewise. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131209/bouygues-starts-price-war-with-4g-offer-freemobile-3g Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:32:00 +0100 bouygues-starts-price-war-with-4g-offer-freemobile-3g Workers in France are granted more paid holidays than anywhere else in the world, but they want more it seems. According to a new study by travel site Expedia, the French feel feel more “holiday-deprived” than any other nationality. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131119/french-get-most-holidays-but-feel-holiday-deprived Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:25:00 +0100 french-get-most-holidays-but-feel-holiday-deprived A French court on Tuesday found a students' union guilty of manslaughter for organizing a party at which a student drank himself to death, and which highlighted the heavy binge-drinking culture at French universities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131105/french-court-set-to-rule-on-student-drinking-death Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:43:00 +0100 french-court-set-to-rule-on-student-drinking-death A controversial lesbian love story that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May, opens next week amid a bitter feud between its two female leads and the director, who is accused of having "disrespected" them in 10 days of filming for a graphic 10-minute sex scene. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131004/france-cinema-french-movies-film-lesbian-blue-is-the-warmest-colour-lea-seydoux Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:02:20 +0200 france-cinema-french-movies-film-lesbian-blue-is-the-warmest-colour-lea-seydoux