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 Why this flying Frenchman is so fed up he wants to flee France The French inventor of a record-breaking jet-powered hoverboard (see amazing video) says he will reluctantly have to leave France after being summoned to a local police station and informed he must stick to the rules (which haven't actually been written yet). https://www.thelocal.fr/20170315/stifling-bureaucracy-threatens-to-push-hover-board-master-out-of-france Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:41:45 +0100 stifling-bureaucracy-threatens-to-push-hover-board-master-out-of-france France is 'Europe's most innovative country' France can consider itself Europe's most innovative nation and the third in the world after a new study published on Thursday looked at the number of patents lodged in each country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151112/france-is-europes-most-inventive-country Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:07:32 +0100 france-is-europes-most-inventive-country