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 French village is offering a €2,000 reward to anyone who can decode a mysterious, centuries-old inscription on a rock visible only at low tide. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190510/reward-of-2000-for-anyone-who-can-decipher-mystery-stone-message-in-northern-france Fri, 10 May 2019 10:25:47 +0200 reward-of-2000-for-anyone-who-can-decipher-mystery-stone-message-in-northern-france A French skier who went missing more than 60 years ago has finally been identified after details of a probe into his disappearance were posted on social media, Italian police said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180729/french-skier-lost-in-1954-in-italy-finally-identified Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:18:32 +0200 french-skier-lost-in-1954-in-italy-finally-identified In January, a woman calling herself 'Sarah Mastouri' walked into a psychiatric hospital in south-western France. When mystified police discovered that no such person exists, it set off a nationwide hunt that took a surprise turn this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130904/lost-and-found-the-mystery-woman-of-perpignan Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:45:00 +0200 lost-and-found-the-mystery-woman-of-perpignan A French motorist has been killed in an apparent freakish accident, after a bullet fired by a hunter ricocheted off a wild boar, before travelling almost 2 km across fields, through the driver's window and eventually striking the driver in the head. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130128/freak-boar-bullet-ricochet-kills-passing-driver Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:40:00 +0100 freak-boar-bullet-ricochet-kills-passing-driver