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 It might be the middle of October with Halloween approaching but summer will make a dramatic and perhaps welcome return this weekend as temperatures rise to 10C above the seasonal norm. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191011/how-summer-will-make-a-return-to-france-this-weekend Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:43:59 +0200 how-summer-will-make-a-return-to-france-this-weekend An astounding 456 hot air balloons took to the skies in eastern France on Friday, flying straight onto the pages of the record books. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170728/france-just-set-the-world-record-for-simultaneous-hot-air-balloon-take-offs Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:29:06 +0200 france-just-set-the-world-record-for-simultaneous-hot-air-balloon-take-offs Four hundred thirty-three hot air balloons lifted off from an air base in eastern France on Sunday and soared straight into the record books. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150726/hot-air-balloons-in-world-record-flight-in-france Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:08:08 +0200 hot-air-balloons-in-world-record-flight-in-france France's controversial expulsions of Roma, which has drawn condemnation from the European Commission, hit a record high in 2013. A new report says nearly 20,000 were deported - double the number that were expelled in 2012. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140114/france-expels-record-number-of-roma-people Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:21:00 +0100 france-expels-record-number-of-roma-people Hopes that France's long, hard winter would be followed by a warm, sunny spring have been well and truly washed out after a weekend of heavy rain and storms. The country's weather agency says more bad weather is on the way. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130521/weather-men-bring-more-bad-news-for-france Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:00 +0200 weather-men-bring-more-bad-news-for-france