The Local France 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 French workers stage beating for extra days off How far would you go to get extra days off? Two French railway agents at a station near Paris were willing to go further than most it seems when they paid two youths to give them a beating. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140107/french-workers-stage-beating-for-extra Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:29:00 +0100 french-workers-stage-beating-for-extra Vatican denies Pope made call to gay Catholic The Vatican firmly denied reports in France on Friday that Pope Francis had telephoned a young gay French Catholic to reassure him. Christophe Trutino had claimed in a newspaper interview the Pontiff had told him “Your homosexuality. It doesn't matter" in a personal call. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130906/pope-calls-gay-french-student-to-reassure-him Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:54:00 +0200 pope-calls-gay-french-student-to-reassure-him Pompidou Centre celebrates 35 years <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Parisian modern art museum the Pompidou Centre celebrates its 35th birthday on January 31st.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20120131/2430 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:03:00 +0100 2430