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 People's habits change in subtle ways when they come to France and it's often most noticeable when it comes to eating and drinking. France is of course the country of fine dining and wining. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191009/17-ways-your-eating-and-drinking-habits-change-when-you-live-in-france Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:40:01 +0200 17-ways-your-eating-and-drinking-habits-change-when-you-live-in-france While the accepted view of Paris itself is all grand boulevards, expensive shops and historic monuments, the image of its suburbs - the banlieues - tends to be a little less positive. Unfairly so. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200210/banlieue-boom-no-paris-suburbs-are-not-all-deprived-and-crime-ridden Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:48:37 +0100 banlieue-boom-no-paris-suburbs-are-not-all-deprived-and-crime-ridden Paris officials laid out eight measures on Monday aimed at sprucing up one of the world's most visited cities following a social media campaign lambasting trash and other eyesores. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210706/paris-vows-to-clean-up-trashed-city-after-wave-of-criticism Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:16:29 +0200 paris-vows-to-clean-up-trashed-city-after-wave-of-criticism Striking airport workers have blocked part Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, with some flights already delayed by at least one hour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210702/striking-workers-block-paris-airport-terminal-flights-delayed Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:29:54 +0200 striking-workers-block-paris-airport-terminal-flights-delayed Airbnb will require Paris landlords to prove their apartments have been registered with City Hall starting on Thursday, its latest move to ease tensions with officials who accuse the home-sharing giant of flouting laws and driving up property prices. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210701/airbnb-clamps-down-on-unregistered-paris-rentals Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:47:54 +0200 airbnb-clamps-down-on-unregistered-paris-rentals As France's delayed summer sales period gets underway, Paris shop owners have spoken of their fears for the future after three government-enforced shutdowns. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210630/it-will-be-a-difficult-summer-six-weeks-after-reopening-paris-shopkeepers-face-delayed-sales-and-a-lack-of-tourists Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:46:22 +0200 it-will-be-a-difficult-summer-six-weeks-after-reopening-paris-shopkeepers-face-delayed-sales-and-a-lack-of-tourists Crack and other drug users who had been allowed to spend days and nights in a park in northeastern Paris, causing an uproar among local residents, have been blocked from the site by Paris authorites. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210630/paris-mayor-bans-crack-addicts-from-park-after-protests-from-local-families Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:55:00 +0200 paris-mayor-bans-crack-addicts-from-park-after-protests-from-local-families Paris has threatened to ban e-scooters if their operators don't enforce speed limits and other rules after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by two riders who fled the scene. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210630/paris-considers-ban-on-electric-scooters-after-pedestrians-death Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:06:51 +0200 paris-considers-ban-on-electric-scooters-after-pedestrians-death Foreign languages, clinking glasses, harried waiters... The familiar sounds of Paris are back and soon another note will be added - buskers in the Metro. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210628/buskers-to-return-to-paris-metro-after-more-than-a-year Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:32:50 +0200 buskers-to-return-to-paris-metro-after-more-than-a-year Here is a parable of modern Paris - the parable of La Samaritaine - another piece of authentic Paris grittiness reinvented as a luxury attraction for foreign tourists, writes John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210624/opinion-the-new-luxury-samaritaine-store-is-an-example-of-the-disneyfication-of-paris Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:13:59 +0200 opinion-the-new-luxury-samaritaine-store-is-an-example-of-the-disneyfication-of-paris French police have detained two women suspected of being on an electric scooter that fatally injured an Italian pedestrian in Paris, prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210624/two-held-as-paris-pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-electric-scooter Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:28:21 +0200 two-held-as-paris-pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-electric-scooter Every year, major engineering works take place on the capital's public transport network in July and August, when Parisians flee the city for their summer holidays. Here’s the lines affected this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210623/the-paris-transport-works-that-could-disrupt-your-summer Wed, 23 Jun 2021 15:35:05 +0200 the-paris-transport-works-that-could-disrupt-your-summer A gang of cat burglars accused of scaling buildings to steal millions in jewellery, fashion items and other valuables from the rich and famous, including Paris Saint-Germain football star Thiago Silva, goes on trial in the French capital on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210623/paris-celeb-cat-burglary-suspects-go-on-trial-over-e4-2-million-thefts Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:33:40 +0200 paris-celeb-cat-burglary-suspects-go-on-trial-over-e4-2-million-thefts Parisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded aisles of the Samaritaine department store starting Wednesday, after 16 years of painstaking work to restore the Art Deco and Art Nouveau landmark to its former glory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210622/in-pictures-paris-iconic-art-nouveau-department-store-reopens-after-16-year-revamp Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:44:46 +0200 in-pictures-paris-iconic-art-nouveau-department-store-reopens-after-16-year-revamp The owners of motorbikes and motorised scooters will have to pay to park in Paris starting next year, city hall announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210615/motorbike-and-scooter-riders-will-have-to-pay-to-park-in-paris Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:21:06 +0200 motorbike-and-scooter-riders-will-have-to-pay-to-park-in-paris The Catholic diocese of Paris said on Monday it was seeking up to €6 million to restore and modernise the interior of Notre-Dame cathedral, nearly destroyed by a massive fire two years ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210614/paris-catholic-diocese-launches-e6-million-notre-dame-fundraiser Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:43:07 +0200 paris-catholic-diocese-launches-e6-million-notre-dame-fundraiser As France's bars, cafés and restaurants prepare to fully reopen, some proprietors are delighted to be returning to a sense of normality, while others worry about the new requirements such as QR codes to record customer details, as Eve Hebron found out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210608/last-threshold-to-get-back-to-normality-french-cafes-and-restaurants-prepare-to-fully-reopen Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:20:07 +0200 last-threshold-to-get-back-to-normality-french-cafes-and-restaurants-prepare-to-fully-reopen The temporary extension to Paris café terraces that sprang up last year to help owners stick to social distancing rules can become permanent summer fixtures of the capital, city hall announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210607/paris-extended-cafe-terraces-can-become-permenant-city-hall-rules Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:05:07 +0200 paris-extended-cafe-terraces-can-become-permenant-city-hall-rules The Paris region is home to both very deprived and wealthy towns and suburbs. Here's a look at the ten richest towns in Île-de-France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210528/revealed-the-richest-towns-in-the-paris-region Fri, 28 May 2021 18:40:36 +0200 revealed-the-richest-towns-in-the-paris-region France on Wednesday appointed Laurence des Cars, known for promoting social issues through art, as the new head of the Louvre - the first time a woman will be in charge of the world's biggest museum in its 200-year history. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210527/paris-louvre-museum-appoints-its-first-female-boss Thu, 27 May 2021 16:31:53 +0200 paris-louvre-museum-appoints-its-first-female-boss