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 Armistice Day: How France will commemorate 100 years since the end of WWI This weekend events will be taking place across France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice treaty that brought an end to World War One. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181109/how-france-will-commemorate-100-years-since-end-of-wwi-on-sunday Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:44:10 +0100 how-france-will-commemorate-100-years-since-end-of-wwi-on-sunday Australia concerned over French plan to build wind farm on WW1 war graves 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 Frenchwoman finds WW1 grenade among her spuds A Frenchwoman got more than she bargained for when when she was peeling her pommes des terres. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161025/frenchwoman-finds-ww1-grenade-in-her-sack-of-spuds Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:37:49 +0200 frenchwoman-finds-ww1-grenade-in-her-sack-of-spuds France and UK to hold joint Somme ceremony Britain and France are set to organise a joint ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme next year that is expected to draw some 10,000 people, the French government said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150929/france-and-uk-to-hold-joint-somme-ceremony Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:39:59 +0200 france-and-uk-to-hold-joint-somme-ceremony Hollande unveils giant new WWI memorial UPDATED: President François Hollande opened a huge, elliptical memorial on Tuesday carrying the names of nearly 600,000 fallen soldiers of all nationalities in an emotional ceremony in northern France marking the end of the devastating First World War. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141111/hollande-inaugurates-unique-memorial-to-end-wwi-commemorations Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:08:00 +0100 hollande-inaugurates-unique-memorial-to-end-wwi-commemorations France stockpiling its own 'chemical weapons' The UN may have passed a resolution to confiscate Syria’s 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons but France, one the permanent members of the Security Council, is still, somewhat unintentionally, stockpiling its own arsenal of toxic weapons. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130930/france-sitting-on-chemical-weapons-arsenal Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:48:00 +0200 france-sitting-on-chemical-weapons-arsenal