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 Norwegian heavy metal musician accused of inciting racial hatred denied posting racist blogs as he went on trial Tuesday in France, claiming they were penned by someone posing to be him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140604/norway-rocker-denies-posting-racist-blogs-in-france Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:17:00 +0200 norway-rocker-denies-posting-racist-blogs-in-france In a bid to convince the public of the need to strike against the Syrian regime, Paris has released shocking video footage online, as part of its dossier of ‘proof’ that Bashar al-Assad’s forces were behind a recent deadly chemical attack in Damascus. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130903/paris-releases-video-evidence-of-syria-attack Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:28:00 +0200 paris-releases-video-evidence-of-syria-attack Fire struck a historical Bahraini-owned urban mansion in the centre of Paris on Wednesday afternoon, sending spectacular billows of smoke dozens of metres into the sky above the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130821/in-pictures-fire-hits-urban-mansion-in-paris Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:52:00 +0200 in-pictures-fire-hits-urban-mansion-in-paris Almost 3,000 wealthy French citizens stashed close to $5 billion in HSBC accounts in Switzerland, according to a parliamentary report in France this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130712/french-stashed-5-billion-in-swiss-accounts Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:09:36 +0200 french-stashed-5-billion-in-swiss-accounts French champions PSG have appointed Laurent Blanc as their new manager on Friday, the TV sports channel BeInSport claimed on Friday. After a series of rejections by top coaches, the Qatari owned French club appear to have finally got their man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130621/spurned-psg-turn-attention-to-blanc Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:05:00 +0200 spurned-psg-turn-attention-to-blanc A petition to 'return' the British Crown Jewels to France received a prime-time plug when famous commentator, Gérard Holtz, told viewers about it during Olympic coverage on France 2. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120809/crown-jewels-petition-gets-an-olympic-mention Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:22:00 +0200 crown-jewels-petition-gets-an-olympic-mention