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 Thousands of people marched in southeastern France on Saturday under heavy security in tribute to a far-right activist whose killing, blamed on the hard left, has put the country on edge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260221/around-3200-march-in-france-for-slain-far-right-activist Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:38:08 +0100 around-3200-march-in-france-for-slain-far-right-activist Three people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in the centre of the French city of Lyon on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250930/three-hurt-in-explosion-at-restaurant-in-lyon Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:52:31 +0200 three-hurt-in-explosion-at-restaurant-in-lyon The French city of Lyon is planning to introduce car-free zones in the central areas from the summer of 2025. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250304/lyon-plans-car-free-zone-in-city-centre Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:05:44 +0100 lyon-plans-car-free-zone-in-city-centre On Tuesday, the eastern French city of Lyon introduced its new 'progressive pricing' model for parking, which imposes higher charges for heavy vehicles such as SUVs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240612/french-city-hikes-parking-charges-for-suvs Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:14:48 +0200 french-city-hikes-parking-charges-for-suvs Commuters on trains between Geneva and Lyon (and vice versa) have had to face a number of problems over the years. But there is a new move to drastically improve the service. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240612/why-the-strategic-geneva-to-lyon-train-line-need-drastic-improvement Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:10:03 +0200 why-the-strategic-geneva-to-lyon-train-line-need-drastic-improvement The French city of Lyon has come out on top of a new comparison for 'liveable' cities - here are some reasons you might consider moving there (apart from its reputation as the foodie capital of France). https://www.thelocal.fr/20240220/9-reasons-to-move-to-frances-gastronomic-capital-lyon Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:48:06 +0100 9-reasons-to-move-to-frances-gastronomic-capital-lyon Known as the 'gastronomic capital of France', Lyon is the country's third largest city. We asked our Lyon-based readers to tell us the best - and worst - things about living and working in the city. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190312/what-is-the-best-thing-about-living-in-lyon Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:56:40 +0100 what-is-the-best-thing-about-living-in-lyon Almost eighty years after the end of World War II, France's third largest city announced plans to finally build a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, including the thousands of people deported from Lyon and murdered. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221220/french-city-of-lyon-to-finally-get-holocaust-memorial-after-30-year-campaign Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:45:59 +0100 french-city-of-lyon-to-finally-get-holocaust-memorial-after-30-year-campaign Five children including a three-year-old were among 10 people killed when a fire broke out in a seven-storey apartment building in a suburb of the French city of Lyon, the government said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221216/10-killed-including-5-children-in-fire-in-lyon Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:25:53 +0100 10-killed-including-5-children-in-fire-in-lyon A 75-year-old man has been arrested in France over a murder on a well-known nudist beach outside the southeastern city of Lyon, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220726/pensioner-held-over-murder-on-french-nudist-beach Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:47:21 +0200 pensioner-held-over-murder-on-french-nudist-beach One year after coming to power in Lyon, the green party has wasted no time in reshaping France's third largest city, often in controversial fashion. Here are some of the main ways the city is changing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210707/veggie-meals-to-cable-cars-changing-the-face-of-lyon Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:11:40 +0200 veggie-meals-to-cable-cars-changing-the-face-of-lyon The Greek Orthodox priest shot last week in the French city of Lyon was the victim of a jealous husband rather than an Islamic terrorist, Le Parisien reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201108/greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:19:32 +0100 greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband With a tight evening curfew imposed on much of France restaurants in Lyon are trying to revive the traditional "machon," a boozy breakfast featuring the classic hearty dishes that put the central city on the global culinary map. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201027/machon-the-boozy-french-breakfast-to-beat-the-curfew-blues Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:54:33 +0100 machon-the-boozy-french-breakfast-to-beat-the-curfew-blues Four people were injured after an unusually powerful earthquake shook south-eastern France on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191111/earthquake-shakes-homes-in-south-eastern-france Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:21:27 +0100 earthquake-shakes-homes-in-south-eastern-france Mauro Colagreco, the multiple award-winning Italian-Argentinian chef, joined 80 of his fellow cooks on Saturday to serve food at the Lyon Street Food Festival in southeast France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190916/in-pictures-lyon-street-food-festival-pulls-in-crowds-and-a-star-chef Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:05:26 +0200 in-pictures-lyon-street-food-festival-pulls-in-crowds-and-a-star-chef A man wielding a skewer and knife went on the rampage in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and eight others injured, including three critically. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190901/one-dead-eight-injured-in-french-knife-rampage Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:09:43 +0200 one-dead-eight-injured-in-french-knife-rampage A man suspected of planting a parcel bomb that wounded 14 people in Lyon, central France, was charged Friday with "attempted terrorist murder", a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190601/france-charges-and-detains-suspect-over-lyon-parcel-bomb-attack Sat, 01 Jun 2019 10:34:32 +0200 france-charges-and-detains-suspect-over-lyon-parcel-bomb-attack An Algerian suspected of setting off a package bomb in southeast France last week has told investigators that he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, a judicial source said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190530/lyon-bomb-suspect-had-pledged-allegiance-to-islamic-state Thu, 30 May 2019 19:08:41 +0200 lyon-bomb-suspect-had-pledged-allegiance-to-islamic-state UPDATED: French police were on Saturday pulling out all the stops to locate a suspect following a blast in the heart of Lyon that wounded 13 people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190525/france-lyon-bomb-attack-police-hunt-suspect Sat, 25 May 2019 11:31:50 +0200 france-lyon-bomb-attack-police-hunt-suspect At least 13 people - including an 8-year-old girl - were wounded on Friday by a suspected package bomb blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190524/seven-hurt-in-suspected-package-bomb-blast-in-frances-lyon Fri, 24 May 2019 21:00:29 +0200 seven-hurt-in-suspected-package-bomb-blast-in-frances-lyon