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 France's interior minister on Tuesday defended the right of women to sunbathe topless on beaches, after a police warning for a group who stripped off on the southern coast sparked a social media outcry. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200826/frances-interior-minister-defends-precious-right-of-women-to-go-topless Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:06:56 +0200 frances-interior-minister-defends-precious-right-of-women-to-go-topless After reports of police officers telling topless women on a French beach to cover up, we look at the law about what you can and cannot wear in public in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200825/police-tell-topless-women-on-french-beach-to-cover-up Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:08:18 +0200 police-tell-topless-women-on-french-beach-to-cover-up Young women in France are far less likely to sunbathe topless than previous generations, a new study has revealed - which points to various factors behind the tendency to stay covered up. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190724/why-french-women-are-abandoning-topless-sunbathing Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:39:24 +0200 why-french-women-are-abandoning-topless-sunbathing A topless protester burst into a hall where French far-right leader Marine Le Pen had just begun delivering a foreign policy speech on Thursday, shouting "Marine, Pretend Feminist". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170224/topless-woman-disrupts-marine-le-pen-speech Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:23:51 +0100 topless-woman-disrupts-marine-le-pen-speech Six reporters, photographers and media chiefs are to be tried in France for invasion of privacy over topless photos of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge published in 2012, judicial sources said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161026/six-to-be-tried-in-france-over-topless-kate-photos Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:38:02 +0200 six-to-be-tried-in-france-over-topless-kate-photos Two topless activists from the self-proclaimed "sextremist" group Femen were violently dragged away after storming the stage at a conference on women and Islam near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150914/video-femen-dragged-off-stage-at-islam-event Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:24:51 +0200 video-femen-dragged-off-stage-at-islam-event The ex-French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin might want to avoid looking at the news in France on Friday because his topless daughter is all over it. He's not the first French politician to perhaps feel a little embarrassed by their offspring's antics. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150710/ex-french-pms-daughter-in-topless-photo-shoot Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:24:42 +0200 ex-french-pms-daughter-in-topless-photo-shoot Topless protesters from the radical feminist group Femen turned up outside the Paris courthouse on Sunday afternoon, calling for an end to the court proceedings against two members of their group charged with indecent exposure. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141027/femen-in-topless-protest-against-anti-nudity-rules Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:48:00 +0100 femen-in-topless-protest-against-anti-nudity-rules A 'sextremist' Femen activist was fined over €6,000 for stabbing a wax statue of Russian president Vladimir Putin during one of the topless protests in Paris that her group has become famous for. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141015/topless-sextremist-fined-for-stabbing-wax-putin Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:31:00 +0200 topless-sextremist-fined-for-stabbing-wax-putin Radical feminists were acquitted of all charges related to their topless protest at Paris's landmark Notre Dame Cathedral, which drew worldwide attention. However, some security guards accaused of manthandling the Femen activists didn't get off so easy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140910/femen-acquitted-notre-dame-protest Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:58:00 +0200 femen-acquitted-notre-dame-protest VIDEO: A steamy video shot by a group of half-naked French firefighters, which shows them strutting their stuff in a fire station to the tune of a famous pop song, was only meant to be a joke. But they ended up receiving a scolding from their commanders. See for yourself why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140303/video-french-firefighters-do-sexy-version-of-us Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0100 video-french-firefighters-do-sexy-version-of-us Nine members of the radical feminist group Femen are due to appear in court in Paris on Friday, charged with desecrating Notre Dame cathedral with a topless celebration of the resignation of Pope Benedict.(SEE VIDEO) https://www.thelocal.fr/20130913/femen-head-to-court-over-notre-dame-demo Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:59:00 +0200 femen-head-to-court-over-notre-dame-demo The head of an Italian publishing group and a French photographer were charged this month over the publication of intimate photos of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless in France that sparked a furore. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130424/french-snapper-charged-over-topless-duchess-pics Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:47:00 +0200 french-snapper-charged-over-topless-duchess-pics Women should forget everything they've been told about bras. According to a new French study, published on Wednesday, wearing a bra does nothing to reduce back pain, and the chest supports actually cause increased breast sagging. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130411/breasts-better-off-without-bras-french-study Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200 breasts-better-off-without-bras-french-study A French judge will lead a probe into how topless photos were obtained of Prince William's wife Catherine and will seek to identify the photographer, sources close to the inquiry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120928/french-launch-full-investigation-into-topless-kate-pics Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:59:00 +0200 french-launch-full-investigation-into-topless-kate-pics French magazine Closer on Monday said its editor Laurence Pieau had received death threats for publishing pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120924/french-editor-sent-death-threats-over-kate-pics Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:40:00 +0200 french-editor-sent-death-threats-over-kate-pics French glossy Closer commissioned an Irish photographer to take the topless shots of Prince William's wife Catherine and can make a fortune selling them, celebrity photographer Pascal Rostain said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120921/french-mag-snapped-kate-with-irish-photographer Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:33:00 +0200 french-mag-snapped-kate-with-irish-photographer The French magazine that published topless photos of Prince William's wife Catherine handed over files with the images Wednesday to the couple's representatives, a source close to the matter said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/french-magazine-hands-over-topless-kate-pictures Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:43:00 +0200 french-magazine-hands-over-topless-kate-pictures A French court on Tuesday banned Closer magazine from any further publication or resale of topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120918/french-judge-bans-topless-kate-pictures Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:34:00 +0200 french-judge-bans-topless-kate-pictures