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 President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the release of French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem, while saying his country was working towards the liberation of all remaining hostages in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231201/macron-welcomes-french-israeli-hostage-release Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:38:37 +0100 macron-welcomes-french-israeli-hostage-release The French defence ministry has denied the findings of a UN investigation into an air strike in central Mali in January, which concluded that French aircraft had killed 19 civilians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210330/france-denies-un-report-that-its-airstrike-in-mali-killed-19-civilians Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:55:58 +0200 france-denies-un-report-that-its-airstrike-in-mali-killed-19-civilians French forces "tortured and murdered" Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country's war for independence, President Emmanuel Macron admitted on Tuesday, officially reappraising a death that was covered up as a suicide. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210303/french-forces-tortured-and-murdered-algerian-freedom-fighter-in-1950s-admits-macron Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:40:53 +0100 french-forces-tortured-and-murdered-algerian-freedom-fighter-in-1950s-admits-macron An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during World War II has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210129/french-village-inherits-fortune-from-austrian-who-fled-nazis Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:58:39 +0100 french-village-inherits-fortune-from-austrian-who-fled-nazis French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out issuing an official apology for abuses in Algeria, his office said on Wednesday, ahead of a major report on how France is facing up to its colonial past in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210120/macron-no-apology-for-french-abuses-in-algeria Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:29:51 +0100 macron-no-apology-for-french-abuses-in-algeria France paid tribute to a six-year-old boy regarded as its youngest resistance hero in French history on Wednesday as part of the nationwide Armistice Day ceremonies in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201112/france-honours-youngest-ever-wwii-resistance-hero Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:01:29 +0100 france-honours-youngest-ever-wwii-resistance-hero Exactly 100 years ago on Wednesday, the bodies of two nameless soldiers taken from the quagmire of the Western Front - one French and one British - were honoured simultaneously at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and in London's Westminster Abbey. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201111/remembrance-day-how-they-chose-the-unknown-soldier Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0100 remembrance-day-how-they-chose-the-unknown-soldier The female members of the French Resistance who played their part in liberating France are often forgotten, but their stories are fascinating. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201110/forgotten-history-the-women-who-fought-in-the-french-resistance Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:57:45 +0100 forgotten-history-the-women-who-fought-in-the-french-resistance One of three remaining fighters in the French resistance to the Nazi occupation of World War II has died, President Emmanuel Macron's office said Friday, hailing a "hero" who was just 17 when he joined the fight to free France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201106/one-of-last-remaining-french-resistance-fighters-has-died-aged-99 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:07:13 +0100 one-of-last-remaining-french-resistance-fighters-has-died-aged-99 The son of a French soldier who was killed during World War II after being forced to fight for the Nazis has filed a complaint against Germany, demanding the same compensation as orphans of German soldiers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190717/son-of-french-soldier-killed-in-wwii-files-compensation-claim-in-germany Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:03:25 +0200 son-of-french-soldier-killed-in-wwii-files-compensation-claim-in-germany As the world marks 75 years since the D-Day landings in Normandy, one French abbey is again the scene of grisly battlefield surgery, writes Hannah Mermin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190606/the-forgotten-emblem-of-french-american-history-that-saved-allied-soldiers Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:58:31 +0200 the-forgotten-emblem-of-french-american-history-that-saved-allied-soldiers A US veteran who was parachuted into France during D-Day in 1944 defied his age on Wednesday as he recreated his courageous feat of 75 years ago as part of ceremonies to mark the famous landings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190605/american-d-day-veteran-parachutes-into-france-again-at-the-age-of-97 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:10:52 +0200 american-d-day-veteran-parachutes-into-france-again-at-the-age-of-97 Bill Sisk was 17 years old when he stormed Utah Beach in Normandy on D-Day and 18 when he witnessed firsthand the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp, but the former GI wouldn't call himself a hero. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190515/the-teenage-gi-who-stormed-d-day-beaches-after-just-nine-weeks-of-training Wed, 15 May 2019 11:14:07 +0200 the-teenage-gi-who-stormed-d-day-beaches-after-just-nine-weeks-of-training In towns and villages across the country, the French will turn out on Wednesday, May 8th to celebrate the end of World War II and to honour those who died in the conflict that left much of Europe in ruins. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190506/heres-what-planned-for-ve-day-in-france Mon, 06 May 2019 13:17:13 +0200 heres-what-planned-for-ve-day-in-france A veteran French war reporter who was a witness in Dallas to the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald has died at the age of 94. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190506/french-war-reporter-who-witnessed-shooting-of-lee-harvey-oswald-has-died Mon, 06 May 2019 10:01:14 +0200 french-war-reporter-who-witnessed-shooting-of-lee-harvey-oswald-has-died A painting stolen from the family of art collector Adolphe Schloss during the World War II occupation of France will be returned to his descendants in New York, the French consulate said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190327/fbi-to-return-artwork-stolen-during-nazi-occupation-of-france Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:36:22 +0100 fbi-to-return-artwork-stolen-during-nazi-occupation-of-france A plan to construct several wind turbines on the site of a World War One battlefield in northern France where the remains of thousands of Australian soldiers lie has caused concern in Canberra. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171108/australia-angered-over-french-plan-to-build-wind-turbines-on-ww1-battlefield Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:16:48 +0100 australia-angered-over-french-plan-to-build-wind-turbines-on-ww1-battlefield France and Canada on Saturday commemorated the 1942 raid on Dieppe in which thousands of Canadian troops were killed, wounded or captured, a fiasco that provided a vital lesson for the Normandy landings two years later. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170821/the-little-known-raid-on-dieppe-that-provided-vital-lessons-for-d-day Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:40:00 +0200 the-little-known-raid-on-dieppe-that-provided-vital-lessons-for-d-day Fancy buying a World War II tank? Then you need to go to a museum in Normandy, France, which is closing its doors and selling off its entire collection. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160822/who-wants-to-buy-a-tank-asks-french-museum Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:56:49 +0200 who-wants-to-buy-a-tank-asks-french-museum The French air force used its first cruise missiles against Islamic State group targets in Iraq on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/france-uses-first-cruise-missiles-against-isis Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:56:00 +0100 france-uses-first-cruise-missiles-against-isis