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 France on Sunday condemned an "arbitrary" crackdown against the media in Belarus after the accreditation of several journalists working for foreign media was withdrawn in the wake of disputed presidential elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200830/france-slams-arbitrary-crackdown-on-media-in-belarus Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:27:26 +0200 france-slams-arbitrary-crackdown-on-media-in-belarus The French communist newspaper L'Humanite has been forced to appeal to readers on Monday to save it from bankruptcy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190128/frances-communist-newspaper-in-battle-for-survival Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:31:15 +0100 frances-communist-newspaper-in-battle-for-survival The French presidency announced Wednesday that it is kicking reporters out of the Elysee Palace and down the street in a move that symbolises Emmanuel Macron's desire to keep the media at arm's length. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180214/macron-boots-french-media-from-presidential-press-room-for-practical-reasons Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:35:18 +0100 macron-boots-french-media-from-presidential-press-room-for-practical-reasons French president Emmanuel Macron has withdrawn a complaint lodged in August against a press photographer whom he claimed had 'harassed' him while he on holiday in Marseille. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170915/macron-withdraws-complaint-against-press-photographer-who-harrassed-him-on-holiday Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:22:48 +0200 macron-withdraws-complaint-against-press-photographer-who-harrassed-him-on-holiday A French court Thursday banned a magazine from republishing images from last year's Bastille Day attack that killed 86 people in Nice, but ignored calls to pull the issue from news stands. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170714/french-court-bans-obscene-nice-attack-photos Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:55:37 +0200 french-court-bans-obscene-nice-attack-photos The new government of French President Emmanuel Macron is showing "extremely worrying" signs of hostility towards the independence of the press, unions representing journalists in around 20 French media groups said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170614/french-journalists-accuse-new-government-of-muzzling-the-press Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:42:47 +0200 french-journalists-accuse-new-government-of-muzzling-the-press Emmanuel Macron and his glamorous wife Brigitte are blowing hot and cold on the celebrity press, on the one hand appearing regularly in the glossy pages of Paris Match but on the other warning two rival magazines to keep well away, reports say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170524/presidential-couple-courts-one-celeb-mag Wed, 24 May 2017 19:06:27 +0200 presidential-couple-courts-one-celeb-mag President Emmanuel Macron has had his first major spat with the media since taking power, after his team imposed restrictions on which journalists could travel with him on a trip to visit French troops stationed in west Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170519/macron Fri, 19 May 2017 16:49:07 +0200 macron France's Canard Enchainé celebrates a century-long existence on Thursday that has seen it scupper presidential bids, bring down ministers, make people laugh and politicians cringe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150910/frances-canard-enchaine-satirical-weekly-turns-100 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:06:50 +0200 frances-canard-enchaine-satirical-weekly-turns-100 Front pages of newspapers around the globe on Thursday morning were dominated by the shooting at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people were killed. But not all were unanimous. We took a look at the front pages from some of the Europe’s top dailies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150108/the-world-reacts-to-charlie-hebdo-shootings Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:04:00 +0100 the-world-reacts-to-charlie-hebdo-shootings Needless to say France's political crisis produced scores of headlines and column inches in the French and international press on Tuesday, as well as plenty of photos of the president under the rain. Here's a look at what the papers made of the day's dramatic events. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140826/french-press-rain-on-hollandes-presidency Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:16:00 +0200 french-press-rain-on-hollandes-presidency Critics accused French President François Hollande of seeking to influence the judiciary on Monday as his girlfriend went to court seeking damages over a salacious biography. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121210/hollande-tried-to-swing-judges-in-girlfriends-libel-case Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:11:00 +0100 hollande-tried-to-swing-judges-in-girlfriends-libel-case France came seventh in the Olympic league table, winning 34 medals in total - seven less than in Beijing. But as the athletes file onto the Eurostar before a homecoming parade along the Champs Elysée Monday evening, what is the French press saying about the games? https://www.thelocal.fr/20120813/olympic-reaction-what-french-papers-are-saying Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:32:00 +0200 olympic-reaction-what-french-papers-are-saying