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 From herring to mushrooms, running to zombies, here are some of our favourite festivals and events through the autumn and winter in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210906/the-11-best-festivals-and-events-in-france-in-autumn-2021 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:37:29 +0200 the-11-best-festivals-and-events-in-france-in-autumn-2021 French president Emmanuel Macron has laid out full details of France's reopening plan, including the relaxing of border restrictions for visitors from outside the EU. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210429/latest-france-set-to-reopen-borders-to-american-tourists-from-june-9th Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:19:33 +0200 latest-france-set-to-reopen-borders-to-american-tourists-from-june-9th Jersey will quarantine arrivals from France for at least five days and during that time test the travellers twice for coronavirus, the British crown dependency's government told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200813/jersey-to-impose-quarantine-on-travellers-from-france Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:48:08 +0200 jersey-to-impose-quarantine-on-travellers-from-france A French man was charged in Greece on Sunday over a boat accident that left two dead and another person seriously injured, state TV ERT reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190810/french-tourists-held-in-greece-after-deadly-boat-accident Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:15:35 +0200 french-tourists-held-in-greece-after-deadly-boat-accident With 50 million tourists a year Paris bosses have been forced to ponder the question - are there simply too many visitors to the City of Lights? https://www.thelocal.fr/20190703/revealed-is-50-million-tourists-a-year-in-paris-just-too-many Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:40:07 +0200 revealed-is-50-million-tourists-a-year-in-paris-just-too-many Weeks of rail strikes and 'yellow vest' protests have not put people off visiting France, latest tourism figures show. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190410/peak-year-for-tourists-in-france-despite-yellow-vests-and-rail-strikes Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:03:35 +0200 peak-year-for-tourists-in-france-despite-yellow-vests-and-rail-strikes Chinese tourists say they feel "abandoned in France" after being repeatedly targeted by robbers in Paris who know the big-spending holidaymakers carry large amounts of cash and bags of valuables around the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171109/french-robbers-prey-on-big-spending-chinese-tourists-in-romantic-paris Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:58:49 +0100 french-robbers-prey-on-big-spending-chinese-tourists-in-romantic-paris The quick reflexes of a French tourist saved a coach carrying 22 French visitors from lunging into a ravine in the Austrian Alps, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170924/french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:13:00 +0200 french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps In response to an overly sanitized promotional video about Paris called "Paris Je t'aime", local film makers have released their own version, which they say is a more realistic ode to the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161018/the-real-paris-shown-in-new-homage-to-french-capital Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:30:32 +0200 the-real-paris-shown-in-new-homage-to-french-capital We take a look at some random misdemeanors that have landed French tourists in hot water in the past... https://www.thelocal.fr/20151013/when-french-tourists-behave-badly-abroad Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:14:21 +0200 when-french-tourists-behave-badly-abroad UPDATED: A 35-year-old French tourist who disappeared in Nepal last week has been found dead, the French government said on Friday, adding that an investigation into her death was under way. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160819/body-believed-to-be-missing-french-tourist-found-in-nepal Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:56:05 +0200 body-believed-to-be-missing-french-tourist-found-in-nepal An Instagram user armed with paper cutouts has created some of the most creative pics of Paris that we've ever seen. And he's currently in the French capital. Take a closer look. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151027/are-these-the-most-creative-paris-pics-ever Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:56:44 +0100 are-these-the-most-creative-paris-pics-ever A summer holiday in France ended in tragedy for a young Korean tourist who has died after swimming by the famous medieval bridge in Avignon, south east France, French media has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150821/korean-teenager-drowns-by-avignon-bridge Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:02:36 +0200 korean-teenager-drowns-by-avignon-bridge A French couple died while hiking in the New Mexico desert but authorities rescued their nine-year-old son before he too succumbed to the heat, officials said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150808/french-hikers-die-in-us-desert-son-lives Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:37:56 +0200 french-hikers-die-in-us-desert-son-lives A French tourist was shot dead and his wife injured in a suspected robbery in southeastern Nigeria, police and the French embassy said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150604/french-tourist-shot-dead-in-nigeria Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:28:25 +0200 french-tourist-shot-dead-in-nigeria UPDATED: The family of a French 19-year-old girl found dead in a Barcelona hotel room on Sunday with knife wounds had reported the young woman missing, telling police she was depressed and displaying suicidal tendencies, Spanish media are reporting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:05:00 +0100 19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona A French tourist was arrested Sunday for scaling the Brooklyn Bridge, apparently to take photos, police said, in the latest such incident at the iconic New York landmark. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/frenchman-arrested-for-scaling-brooklyn-bridge Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:40:26 +0100 frenchman-arrested-for-scaling-brooklyn-bridge Paris will roll out its brand new smartphone app on Wednesday which is supposed to make the sometimes impossible task of hailing a taxi in the French capital a little easier. But will it be of any use? https://www.thelocal.fr/20140930/paris-to-unveil-new-taxi-app Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:44:00 +0200 paris-to-unveil-new-taxi-app A 73-year-old French tourist has died on a beach in Spain's Catalonia region after a five kilogram rock fell on her from a ten-metre height. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140819/french-sunbather-killed-by-falling-rock-in-spain Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:07:00 +0200 french-sunbather-killed-by-falling-rock-in-spain Hotel owners in France were howling in protest on Friday over a proposed 500 percent increase in the country's hotel tax. The hike would be even more severe in Paris, which sees some 30 million foreign visitors a year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140627/frances-hotel-tax-could-climb-500-percent Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:57:00 +0200 frances-hotel-tax-could-climb-500-percent