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 The US intelligence chief said on Tuesday that articles published by the French newspaper Le Monde about America's espionage activities abroad "contain inaccurate and misleading information." https://www.thelocal.fr/20131023/le-monde-spy-claims-inaccurate-us-intel-chief Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:17:00 +0200 le-monde-spy-claims-inaccurate-us-intel-chief US President Barack Obama had some explaining to do on Monday night when he phoned his French counterpart François Hollande over claims that a US spy agency had recorded millions of French calls. Hollande told Obama he "deeply disapproved" of spying on allies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131022/hollande-tells-obama-spying-is-unacceptable Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:29:00 +0200 hollande-tells-obama-spying-is-unacceptable France’s Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has banned government ministers and their staff from using their smartphones and tablets to transmit sensitive information, according to a media report on Tuesday. The move is apparently motivated by fears they could be spied on. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130910/pm-orders-smartphone-crackdown-over-spying Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:56:00 +0200 pm-orders-smartphone-crackdown-over-spying A court in Paris has opened a formal investigation into the PRISM program of electronic surveillance run by the US National Security Agency, and revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, it emerged on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130828/breaking-france-opens-probe-into-us-spying Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:30:00 +0200 breaking-france-opens-probe-into-us-spying Just days after France reacted angrily to claims its Washington DC embassy was spied on by the US, French daily Le Monde published 'revelations' on Thursday that French intelligence services have been operating a similar mammoth spying operation in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130704/spying-by-french-big-brother-is-out-of-control Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:26:00 +0200 spying-by-french-big-brother-is-out-of-control