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 Love it or hate it, France's hunting season has begun. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160916/all-you-need-to-know-about-frances-hunting-season Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:40:42 +0200 all-you-need-to-know-about-frances-hunting-season A French Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Cameroon by Islamist militants, France's foreign ministry said on Thursday. France's President François Hollande has warned French nationals "not to put their lives in danger by exposing themselves to kidnappings". https://www.thelocal.fr/20131114/breaking-french-priest-kidnapped-in-cameroon Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:28:00 +0100 breaking-french-priest-kidnapped-in-cameroon A socialist MP has proposed hitting criminals in the pocket with compulsory €10 fines that would help pay the costs of victim support. The mastermind of the scheme has labelled it a “civic-minded approach” to crime. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130821/france-mulls-plan-to-hit-criminals-with-10-fines Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:12:00 +0200 france-mulls-plan-to-hit-criminals-with-10-fines The number of people killed on France’s roads has tumbled, according to new figures released by the country’s Interior Minister on Thursday. The government wants to cut fatalities even further and has muted a cut in speed limits on the country's roads https://www.thelocal.fr/20130711/france-sees-steep-drop-in-number-of-road-deaths Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:04:00 +0200 france-sees-steep-drop-in-number-of-road-deaths (Video) Nicolas Sarkozy made a return of sorts to the political scene on Monday and was given a hero's welcome by supporters at crisis talks for his UMP party. Despite most headlines evoking a return to politics, Sarkozy himself denied he was making comeback, just yet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130709/video-sarkozy-greeted-like-returning-hero Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:46:00 +0200 video-sarkozy-greeted-like-returning-hero Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy took to Twitter on Monday to insist that he was not making a dramatic return to politics despite attending crisis talks with top officials from his UMP party and a series of public pronouncements. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130708/sarkozy-set-for-make-or-break-ump-showdown Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:43:00 +0200 sarkozy-set-for-make-or-break-ump-showdown France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls has made it clear he wants to see airplane style "black box" recorders installed in all motor vehicles, amid a raft of proposals aimed at increasing road safety. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130624/france-considers-car-crash-black-boxes Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:32:00 +0200 france-considers-car-crash-black-boxes Drowsy drivers are causing the deaths of 800 people each year on French raods, according to a report published on Monday. making it the second-leading cause of road deaths in the country, behind alcohol. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130422/drowsiness-causing-hundreds-of-french-road-deaths Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:07:00 +0200 drowsiness-causing-hundreds-of-french-road-deaths Many tourists or expats who have had experience of driving in France would probably admit to having cursed the actions of French drivers at some point or another. A new survey suggests they may have good reason to do so. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130418/driving-france-are-the-french-really-bad-drivers Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:26:00 +0200 driving-france-are-the-french-really-bad-drivers A piece of cloth smeared with the blood of Louis XVI, the French king who was beheaded after the 1789 revolution, will go on sale next month in Paris, an auction house said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130309/for-sale-blood-of-beheaded-french-king Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:53:00 +0100 for-sale-blood-of-beheaded-french-king