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 head of a small far-right party in Italy spurned a Bastille Day party in Rome on Saturday in anger at Paris awarding medals to the German captains of a migrant rescue ship. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190714/italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:20:32 +0200 italian-far-right-leader-boycotts-bastille-day-do-over-sea-watch-medals The mayor of Paris was in Rome this week in a bid to bolster cooperation with the only city twinned with the French capital. Editor of The Local Italy, Angela Giuffrida, who has lived in both capitals, pinpoints a few things the two cities could learn from each other. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141003/paris-rome-twinned-cities-best-worst Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:28:00 +0200 paris-rome-twinned-cities-best-worst French magazine Closer received official confirmation on Thursday that actress Julie Gayet has launched a lawsuit for breach of privacy over its seven page report of her alleged affair with President François Hollande. She is demanding €50,000 in damages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/hollandes-mistress-dropped-from-judging-panel Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:05:00 +0100 hollandes-mistress-dropped-from-judging-panel