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 Some 44 kilos of gold bars, worth €1.5 million, are believed to have been stolen from a recent Air France flight from Paris to Zurich. The theft comes as suspicions mount that Air France staff were complicit in a recent €200 million cocaine smuggling operation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130924/thieves-nab-15m-in-gold-bars-from-air-france-flight Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:07:00 +0200 thieves-nab-15m-in-gold-bars-from-air-france-flight France vowed on Monday to step up efforts to return works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis to the families of their rightful owners. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/france-to-up-efforts-to-return-artwork-stolen-by-nazis Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:00 +0100 france-to-up-efforts-to-return-artwork-stolen-by-nazis France will return seven paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries to the heirs of two Jewish families whose artworks were stolen during World War II, the culture ministry told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130214/france-to-return-stolen-paintings-to-jewish-families Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:05:00 +0100 france-to-return-stolen-paintings-to-jewish-families