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 major figure in France's paparazzi world has been charged with witness tampering in a case involving former president Nicolas Sarkozy, her lawyer told AFP Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210605/french-paparazzi-queen-charged-in-sarkozy-probe Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:03:12 +0200 french-paparazzi-queen-charged-in-sarkozy-probe A French court Saturday sentenced Jonathann Daval to 25 years in prison for killing his wife and then burning her body, in a case that shocked the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201122/frenchman-gets-25-year-jail-term-for-killing-wife-burning-body Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:56:09 +0100 frenchman-gets-25-year-jail-term-for-killing-wife-burning-body A Frenchman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for seeking to recruit dozens of youths to fight as jihadists in Syria and for leading a brigade of French-speaking Islamists in the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200125/frenchman-jailed-for-22-years-for-terror-recruiting Sat, 25 Jan 2020 17:09:56 +0100 frenchman-jailed-for-22-years-for-terror-recruiting Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's trial, which was expected to begin in September, will be delayed, local media said Saturday, hinting that it may not start this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190427/ghosn-trial-may-be-delayed-until-next-year-japanese-media Sat, 27 Apr 2019 10:31:21 +0200 ghosn-trial-may-be-delayed-until-next-year-japanese-media Lawyers for French carmaker Renault have criticised their Japanese alliance partner Nissan for its handling of an internal probe into the Carlos Ghosn scandal, a Sunday newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190210/renault-lawyers-air-serious-concerns-about-nissan-methods Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:29:49 +0100 renault-lawyers-air-serious-concerns-about-nissan-methods A French court on Wednesday jailed two men in the first trial stemming from the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris in which jihadists massacred 130 people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180215/two-jailed-in-first-trial-linked-to-paris-attacks Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:00:04 +0100 two-jailed-in-first-trial-linked-to-paris-attacks A French appeal court on Sunday sentenced a mother and her ex-partner to 20 years for the brutal murder of her five-year-old daughter whose disappearance in 2013 shocked the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180211/french-mum-ex-partner-get-20-years-for-5-year-olds-murder Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:03:01 +0100 french-mum-ex-partner-get-20-years-for-5-year-olds-murder A 31-year-old French teacher will go on trial Monday for sex with an underage pupil after being dragged to a police station by the girl's furious stepfather amid a global campaign against sexual abuse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171126/french-teacher-to-be-tried-for-sex-with-pupil-aged-14 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:03:01 +0100 french-teacher-to-be-tried-for-sex-with-pupil-aged-14 She may once have voted for France's anti-immigrant National Front, but now she faces possible jail time for helping the Iranian refugee she fell in love with. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170610/the-french-far-right-voter-on-trial-for-helping-a-migrant Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:42:25 +0200 the-french-far-right-voter-on-trial-for-helping-a-migrant Carlos the Jackal, the perpetrator of headline-grabbing attacks in the 1970s and early 1980s, goes on trial in France on Monday for the deadly bombing of a Paris shop more than 40 years ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170312/carlos-the-jackal-faces-trial-again-in-france Sun, 12 Mar 2017 09:50:17 +0100 carlos-the-jackal-faces-trial-again-in-france A Montenegrin went on trial in southern Germany Friday accused of helping to prepare a terror attack after he was found driving to Paris last November with Kalashnikovs and explosives hidden in his car. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160923/man-caught-smuggling-arms-to-paris-goes-on-trial-in-germany Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:30:22 +0200 man-caught-smuggling-arms-to-paris-goes-on-trial-in-germany An inquiry into the death of a man during a drug trial has found "three major shortcomings" at the French laboratory where he was being tested, the minister of health said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160205/major-shortcomings-in-fatal-french-drug-trial Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:28:15 +0100 major-shortcomings-in-fatal-french-drug-trial A French appeals court on Thursday found German safety standards body TUV had "fulfilled its obligations" in certifying breast implants that were found to be faulty and sparked a worldwide scare. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150702/no-error-by-german-body-over-faulty-breast-implants Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:48:48 +0200 no-error-by-german-body-over-faulty-breast-implants The French prosecutor at the pimping trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn called on Tuesday for the ex-IMF chief to be cleared of charges of aggravated pimping. It comes after two prostitutes dropped their civil action against him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150217/ex-prostitutes-drop-civil-action-against-dsk Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:22:00 +0100 ex-prostitutes-drop-civil-action-against-dsk Disgraced former political heavyweight Dominique Strauss-Kahn took the stand for the third day in a row in his pimping trial, where he was probed about his Paris bachelor pad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150212/dsk-to-shed-light-on-paris-bachelor-pad Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:05:00 +0100 dsk-to-shed-light-on-paris-bachelor-pad Former prostitutes shared sordid sex stories at the trial of disgraced ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who took the stand for the first time on Tuesday as he admitted to judges he had orgies a few times a year, but had no idea they involved sex workers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150210/strauss-kahn-pimping-lille-trial-take-stand Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:52:00 +0100 strauss-kahn-pimping-lille-trial-take-stand The eagerly awaited trial of the disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is accused of aggravated pimping, got underway in Lille on Monday. Sordid details of the ex-minister's sex life are set to be revealed over the next three weeks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150202/france-set-for-trial-of-year-over-dsk-pimping Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:26:00 +0100 france-set-for-trial-of-year-over-dsk-pimping A retired British widower, who allegedly used his loneliness to lure unsuspecting women to his home on the French Riviera before turning into a sex-crazed “monster”, went on trial this week for murder, attempted murder and rape. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141209/retired-british-sex-monster-on-trial-in-france-for-murder Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:08:00 +0100 retired-british-sex-monster-on-trial-in-france-for-murder The first French jihadist to stand trial after having returned from fighting in Syria has been sentenced to seven years in prison, despite claiming to have spent just 12 days in the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141113/first-french-jihadist-convicted-on-return-from-syria Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:34:00 +0100 first-french-jihadist-convicted-on-return-from-syria A one-time French playboy is on trial, for the third time, in the murder of an heiress nearly four decades ago whose body has never been found. The latest case has included shocking turns, including revelations from the accused man's son. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140408/playboy-murder-saga-again-captivates-france-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:37:00 +0200 playboy-murder-saga-again-captivates-france-2