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 drunk gunman has caused panic in Nice, just days before a memorial to the victims of the July 14th Bastille Day attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161013/drunk-gunman-sparks-panic-in-nice-before-memorial Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:57:36 +0200 drunk-gunman-sparks-panic-in-nice-before-memorial Police have arrested a further two suspects with connections to the man who killed 84 people in Nice on Bastille Day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160726/two-more-suspected-accomplices-held-over-nice-attack Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:22:47 +0200 two-more-suspected-accomplices-held-over-nice-attack One week on from the atrocity on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice is still trying to heal but the scars run deep including among the city's Muslim fearful community, writes Oliver Gee. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160721/one-week-on-nice-still-healing-after-fatal-truck-attack Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:58:11 +0200 one-week-on-nice-still-healing-after-fatal-truck-attack An unemployed Frenchman was jailed for 10 months Wednesday after trying to sell objects he had advertised online as found at the scene of the Bastille Day massacre in Nice. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160721/frenchman-tries-to-sell-nice-massacre-souvenirs Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:10:48 +0200 frenchman-tries-to-sell-nice-massacre-souvenirs Any semblance of unity in France following the Bastille Day massacre was shattered Monday by the jeers that greeted Prime Minister Manuel Valls as he joined mourners in the stricken city of Nice. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160718/french-government-under-siege-from-trumpified-opposition Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:00:41 +0200 french-government-under-siege-from-trumpified-opposition France truck attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had a "clear, recent interest in the radical jihadist movement", Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160718/nice-attacker-had-clear-interest-in-radical-islam Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:31:54 +0200 nice-attacker-had-clear-interest-in-radical-islam Thousands of people gathered to observe a minute of silence on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on Monday, in tribute to the 84 people who were killed when a truck ploughed through crowds on the same walkway just days before. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160718/in-pics-thousands-gather-in-nice-for-minutes-silence Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:01:11 +0200 in-pics-thousands-gather-in-nice-for-minutes-silence Victims of the Nice truck attack included three generations of a family out for a stroll, a Frenchman protecting his pregnant wife and a former Soviet soldier. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160718/who-were-the-victims-of-the-bastille-day-attack-in-nice Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:04:03 +0200 who-were-the-victims-of-the-bastille-day-attack-in-nice Witnesses in Nice have spoken of the chaos that came as a truck ploughed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160715/nice-truck-attack-i-saw-bodies-flying-like-bowling-pins Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:25:54 +0200 nice-truck-attack-i-saw-bodies-flying-like-bowling-pins As many as 84 people are believed to have been killed in the French Riviera city of Nice after a van rammed into a crowd after the annual July 14th celebrations in what has been described as an "attack". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160715/dozens-likely-killed-after-van-ploughs-into-crowd-mayor-of-nice Fri, 15 Jul 2016 02:01:27 +0200 dozens-likely-killed-after-van-ploughs-into-crowd-mayor-of-nice A truck ploughed into a crowd of people in Nice on Thursday night, reportedly killing at least 84 people. Here is what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160715/what-we-know-about-fatal-truck-attack-in-nice Fri, 15 Jul 2016 03:18:57 +0200 what-we-know-about-fatal-truck-attack-in-nice