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 Almost ten years after a deadly attack on its office that shocked France, Charlie Hebdo magazine is marking the anniversary with a cartoon contest mocking God, with Sunday the deadline for submissions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241215/frances-charlie-hebdo-holds-god-cartoon-contest-10-years-since-attack Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:42:04 +0100 frances-charlie-hebdo-holds-god-cartoon-contest-10-years-since-attack A French town that was the scene of a jihadist shooting spree earlier this year has been swamped by floods, with one local woman known to have lost her husband in the attack and her parents in the latest disaster. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181016/tragedy-in-trebes-woman-who-lost-husband-in-terror-attack-loses-parents-in-floods-carcassonne Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:22:45 +0200 tragedy-in-trebes-woman-who-lost-husband-in-terror-attack-loses-parents-in-floods-carcassonne Two years to the day since the devastating terror attacks in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron led a series of sober ceremonies around the French capital on Monday to commemorate the 130 victims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171113/france-remembers-victims-of-paris-terror-attacks Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:38:18 +0100 france-remembers-victims-of-paris-terror-attacks A French couple with two children are accused of falsely claiming to be victims of last summer's Nice terror attack, after already being sentenced to jail for pretending to be victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170313/french-couple-pretended-to-be-victims-of-both-paris-and-nice-attacks Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:55:37 +0100 french-couple-pretended-to-be-victims-of-both-paris-and-nice-attacks Survivors of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris have slammed authorities over how they handled the response, with one woman saying police hung up on her as she called for help from inside the Bataclan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160216/attacks-victims-blast-failings-police-hung-up-on-me Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:58:30 +0100 attacks-victims-blast-failings-police-hung-up-on-me French lawmakers have formed a commission of enquiry into possible security failings over two major terror attacks in Paris in 2015 that left 147 people dead, a deputy said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/france-launches-probe-into-failings-around-terror-attacks Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:15:10 +0100 france-launches-probe-into-failings-around-terror-attacks The Eiffel Tower, one of the world's top tourist draws, saw visitor numbers drop after the devastating terror attack on the French capital in November, new figures have showed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160120/iron-lady-loses-allure-after-paris-terror-attacks Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:40:57 +0100 iron-lady-loses-allure-after-paris-terror-attacks Two months after gunmen left 130 dead and 350 injured in a series of terror attacks in Paris 51 victims of the bloodshed are still receiving treatment in hospital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160114/paris-attacks-51-victims-remain-in-hospital Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:33:39 +0100 paris-attacks-51-victims-remain-in-hospital The thousands of tributes including poems, drawings and messages of support left at the makeshift shrines around Paris will be collected and archived for posterity, city officials have said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/paris-to-achive-terror-attack-tributes-shrine Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:24:05 +0100 paris-to-achive-terror-attack-tributes-shrine An 18-year-old has been handed a two-year prison sentence for writing thousands of tweets praising Isis, as well as making a death threat against a local imam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151211/teen-in-france-jailed-for-glorifying-terrorism Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:13:10 +0100 teen-in-france-jailed-for-glorifying-terrorism It’s not just the record score of France’s far-right National Front party that will have Isis leaders rubbing their hands with glee, but the complete failure of France’s mainstream political elite to give voters an alternative. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151208/france-isis-lepen-what-it-wants Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:55:25 +0100 france-isis-lepen-what-it-wants France has announced plans for an official ceremony to pay homage to the 129 victims of last week's terror attacks. Over 1,000 people will be guests of honour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151120/tribute-planned-to-honour-paris-terror-victims Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:43:17 +0100 tribute-planned-to-honour-paris-terror-victims Proof of how tense Paris is post terror attacks came on Sunday night when a false alarm sparked scenes of blind panic in the streets. The Local's Oliver Gee and other readers witnessed the chaos up close. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151115/blind-panic-on-the-streets-of-paris Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:25:50 +0100 blind-panic-on-the-streets-of-paris A French court handed controversial French comedian Dieudonné a two-month suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for condoning terrorism after a comment suggesting he sympathised with one of the jihadists who attacked Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150319/french-comedian-handed-jail-sentence Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:18:31 +0100 french-comedian-handed-jail-sentence French comedian Dieudonné told a court on Wednesday he condemned last month's Paris attacks "without any ambiguity" as he stood trial on charges of condoning terrorism over a comment suggesting he sympathized with the gunmen. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/french-comedian-dieudonn-on-trial-for-condoning-terrorism Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:27:00 +0100 french-comedian-dieudonn-on-trial-for-condoning-terrorism UPDATED: France’s justice minister said on Tuesday the country's culture demanded punishment, not 'de-radicalization', for returning jihadists, and denied French courts had trampled on freedom of speech in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150127/france-terrorism-jihadists-paris-attacks-christiane-taubira-justice Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:44:00 +0100 france-terrorism-jihadists-paris-attacks-christiane-taubira-justice French forces are frantically hunting for the girlfriend of an Islamist gunman as the country mourns 17 dead in three blood-soaked days that shook the nation to its core. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150110/hunt-goes-on-paris-gunmans-girlfriend Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:46:00 +0100 hunt-goes-on-paris-gunmans-girlfriend