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 Paris officials say they're keen to push through a proposal for a designated space in the capital for nudists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/paris-to-let-nudists-hang-out-in-park Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:31:59 +0200 paris-to-let-nudists-hang-out-in-park French parents enjoying a day at a lake in southern France were told they must cover up their 18-month old boy, because he was not allowed to bathe naked. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160830/parents-told-to-clothe-naked-toddler-at-french-lake Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:35:54 +0200 parents-told-to-clothe-naked-toddler-at-french-lake Police were forced to intervene after youths wearing clothes visited a nudist beach in western France and prompted a brawl, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160830/frenchmen-spark-brawl-after-staring-on-nude-beach Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:17:50 +0200 frenchmen-spark-brawl-after-staring-on-nude-beach A campaign from French tourist officials is urging typically prudish Brits to come to France for its "naturist environments". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160413/france-invites-brits-to-visit-for-naked-holiday Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:21:42 +0200 france-invites-brits-to-visit-for-naked-holiday A student in northern France risks prison and a hefty fine after he ran naked through a local village "to overcome his shyness". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160408/frenchman-runs-naked-to-overcome-complex-and-faces-15000-fine Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:06:54 +0200 frenchman-runs-naked-to-overcome-complex-and-faces-15000-fine Former Manchester United star Eric Cantona has turned heads in France after posing naked with his wife for a feature in Elle magazine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151015/eric-cantona-poses-nude-for-french-magazine Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:02:49 +0200 eric-cantona-poses-nude-for-french-magazine Television audiences in France can expect a cheeky surprise in the coming weeks, when a new reality programme featuring contestants dating in the nude, hits the screens. Has reality TV in France hit a new low or will viewers turn on in their droves? https://www.thelocal.fr/20150209/naked-dating-to-hit-french-tv-screens Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:18:00 +0100 naked-dating-to-hit-french-tv-screens UPDATED: Three French tourists have been arrested by Cambodian authorities for taking nude photos of each other inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150130/french-tourists-arrested-for-nude-pics-at-cambodias-angkor Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:58:00 +0100 french-tourists-arrested-for-nude-pics-at-cambodias-angkor A giant inflatable sculpture that caused outrage in Paris for its resemblance to a sex toy will not be reinstalled after being reduced to a flaccid heap by vandals, its creator said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141019/vandals-deflate-paris-sex-toy-sculpture Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:38:36 +0200 vandals-deflate-paris-sex-toy-sculpture American artist Paul McCarthy was slapped in the face and called ‘un-French’ by a passerby in Paris, who was not amused by the provocative creator’s temporary new outdoor work that many say looks like a giant sex toy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141017/paul-mccarthy-paris-smack-butt-plug Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:11:00 +0200 paul-mccarthy-paris-smack-butt-plug US tech giant Apple has infuriated French publishers after it reportedly barred the online sale of a novel because the front cover featured a nude woman. An irate worker at the publishers told The Local: “How can they ban this and not Fifty Shades of Grey”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140314/apple-bans-french-novel-over-nude-cover Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:34:00 +0100 apple-bans-french-novel-over-nude-cover Chinese hackers broke into the computers of several European diplomats during a G20 meeting in Paris, using the promise of naked pictures of then French First Lady Carla Bruni, an internet security firm reported this week. The X-rated bait reportedly worked on “almost everybody.” https://www.thelocal.fr/20131212/nude-carla-bruni-email-tricks-european-diplomats Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:30:00 +0100 nude-carla-bruni-email-tricks-european-diplomats Two French members of radical feminist group Femen, along with one German, have been given four-month prison sentences in Tunisia for "an attack on public morals" and "indecency", after bearing their breasts in a protest last month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130613/french-feminists-get-jail-term-for-topless-tunisia-demo Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:49:00 +0200 french-feminists-get-jail-term-for-topless-tunisia-demo Hundreds of French Facebook users bared all this week in a protest against the social media site’s strict censorship of nude photos. But the “Day of Nude” protest was cut short early when Facebook's photo police took swift action. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130521/facebook-nude-protest-france Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:00 +0200 facebook-nude-protest-france