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 A visitor to a French museum bit into a fresh banana worth millions of dollars taped to a wall last week, exhibitors said on Friday, in the latest such consumption of the conceptual artwork. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250719/france-museum-goer-eats-million-dollar-banana-taped-to-wall Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:09:42 +0200 france-museum-goer-eats-million-dollar-banana-taped-to-wall The toll from a collision of two trams in Strasbourg has risen to 68 injured in a rare accident that sowed panic near the eastern French city's main train station, authorities said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250111/two-trams-collide-in-frances-strasbourg-20-injured Sat, 11 Jan 2025 18:25:38 +0100 two-trams-collide-in-frances-strasbourg-20-injured A fifth victim wounded during an attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg died on Sunday, authorities and relatives said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181217/death-toll-from-strasbourg-terror-attack-rises-to-five Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:40:24 +0100 death-toll-from-strasbourg-terror-attack-rises-to-five Several hundred people gathered in Strasbourg on Sunday to honour the victims of an attack on the city's popular Christmas market that left four dead. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181216/hundreds-gather-to-honour-strasbourg-victims Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:50:37 +0100 hundreds-gather-to-honour-strasbourg-victims Four family members of the gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree at a popular Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg were released from custody on Saturday, the Paris prosecutor's office said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181216/family-of-strasbourg-attacker-released-for-lack-of-evidence Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:26:45 +0100 family-of-strasbourg-attacker-released-for-lack-of-evidence After the deadly Christmas market terrorist attack, there have been claims that the eastern city of Strasbourg and the area around it houses more Islamist extremists than elsewhere in France. But is this really true? https://www.thelocal.fr/20181214/are-there-more-dangerous-criminals-around-strasbourg-than-in-the-rest-of-france Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:46:50 +0100 are-there-more-dangerous-criminals-around-strasbourg-than-in-the-rest-of-france Residents, businesses and local leaders in the city of Strasbourg have spoken of their relief at the news that the gunman who brought terror to the city is no longer at large and they can now get on with Christmas. But the scars may take a while to heal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181214/relief-in-strasbourg-as-christmas-market-set-to-reopen Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:39:50 +0100 relief-in-strasbourg-as-christmas-market-set-to-reopen Local residents in Strasbourg showed their appreciation for the police after the jihadist Cherif Chekatt was found and killed on Thursday night. Some pointed out the contrast to the recent violence towards police during yellow vest protests. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181214/video-french-police-applauded-after-strasbourg-killer-shot Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:53:32 +0100 video-french-police-applauded-after-strasbourg-killer-shot The gunman who killed three people at Strasbourg's popular Christmas market was one of the "soldiers" of the so-called Islamic State jihadist group (Daesh), its propaganda agency said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181214/propaganda-agency-claims-strasbourg-attacker-was-an-isis-soldiers Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:47:08 +0100 propaganda-agency-claims-strasbourg-attacker-was-an-isis-soldiers The man suspected of launching a deadly shooting and stabbing rampage in the centre of Strasbourg this week was shot dead by French police on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181213/breaking-strasbourg-gunman-cherif-chekatt-shot-dead-by-french-police Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:32:39 +0100 breaking-strasbourg-gunman-cherif-chekatt-shot-dead-by-french-police French police launched a major operation in the south of the city of Strasbourg on Thursday afternoon as hundreds of officers hunt for Cherif Chekatt, the suspected Christmas market gunman who killed three Tuesday's terror attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181213/breaking-french-police-launch-operation-in-strasbourg-in-hunt-for-christmas-market-gunman Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:47:17 +0100 breaking-french-police-launch-operation-in-strasbourg-in-hunt-for-christmas-market-gunman Hundreds of police and anti-terrorist officers continued the hunt on Thursday for Strasbourg gunman Cherif Chekatt who remains at large. Police have released his image in the hope the public can help them track him down as they fear he may strike again. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181213/strasbourg-gunman-remains-on-the-run-as-manhunt-enters-second-day Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:02:42 +0100 strasbourg-gunman-remains-on-the-run-as-manhunt-enters-second-day Tuesday’s mass shooting at Strasbourg’s famed Marché de Noel is likely to leave its mark on a Christmas market that’s older, more popular and a bigger earner than any other in France and on the eastern city as a whole when it is normally thriving. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181212/how-will-the-attack-affect-strasbourgs-famed-christmas-market Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:04:31 +0100 how-will-the-attack-affect-strasbourgs-famed-christmas-market The profile of the suspect believed to be behind the deadly Strasbourg shooting that left two dead appears to be all too familiar. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181212/gangster-jihadist-the-profile-of-strasbourg-shooting-suspect-a-familiar-one Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:42:25 +0100 gangster-jihadist-the-profile-of-strasbourg-shooting-suspect-a-familiar-one The gunman "sowed terror at three points" in the eastern city of Strasbourg, leaving three dead and several critically injured. Here's what we know about the Christmas market attack and the suspect behind it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181212/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-strasbourg-christmas-market-shooting Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:24:17 +0100 what-we-know-so-far-about-the-strasbourg-christmas-market-shooting Three people have been killed and 12 people injured, some critically, in a shooting on Tuesday near a Christmas market in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, police said, adding that the suspected gunman was on the run. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181212/one-killed-six-wounded-in-strasbourg-shooting-police Wed, 12 Dec 2018 01:22:06 +0100 one-killed-six-wounded-in-strasbourg-shooting-police Strasbourg's Christmas plans are up in the air after not one but two of the giant Christmas trees chosen for its main square were found to be damaged before the tinsel even had time to touch their leaves. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171107/strasbourg-forced-to-cut-third-christmas-tree-after-two-crack-under-the-pressure Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:32:11 +0100 strasbourg-forced-to-cut-third-christmas-tree-after-two-crack-under-the-pressure OPINION: It is time to stop moving the EU parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month, argues Swedish MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and the Single Seat Steering group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170829/the-eu-should-not-allow-the-symbol-of-peace-in-europe-to-become-a-symbol-of-waste Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:59:59 +0200 the-eu-should-not-allow-the-symbol-of-peace-in-europe-to-become-a-symbol-of-waste France has a new entry to its impressive list of Unesco World Heritage sites, although it's more an extension to an existing wonder and it's actually German. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170710/in-pictures-a-look-at-frances-new-german-world-heritage-site Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:59:59 +0200 in-pictures-a-look-at-frances-new-german-world-heritage-site A mentally disturbed man shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabbed a Jewish man in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg on Friday, police and Jewish community sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160819/strasbourg-jewish-man-hurt-in-knife-attack Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:29:18 +0200 strasbourg-jewish-man-hurt-in-knife-attack