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 Britain's Prince William and Prime Minister Theresa May will join 2,000 guests at a service Wednesday marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, which rang in the beginning of the end of World War I. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180808/theresa-may-and-prince-william-visit-france-to-mark-centenary-of-key-ww1-battle Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:39:29 +0200 theresa-may-and-prince-william-visit-france-to-mark-centenary-of-key-ww1-battle Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined by French President Francois Hollande in commemorations on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, considered a founding moment in Canadian history. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170409/trudeau-leads-battle-of-vimy-100-year-commemoration-in-france Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:28:39 +0200 trudeau-leads-battle-of-vimy-100-year-commemoration-in-france 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 The bedroom of a French soldier who died in World War One remains exactly how it was 100 years after he left for war, after his grieving parents stipulated it must remain untouched for 500 years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141110/world-war-one-soldiers-bedroom Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:49:00 +0100 world-war-one-soldiers-bedroom The presidents of France and Germany paid homage on Sunday to the million of soldiers who died during World War I, exactly 100 years after Germany declared hostilities against France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140804/hollande-gauck-to-mark-wwi-anniversary Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:29:00 +0200 hollande-gauck-to-mark-wwi-anniversary Descendants of two soldiers from France and Germany who were the first fatalities of World War I gathered in eastern France on Saturday for a ceremony marking the centenary of their deaths. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140802/france-remembers-first-soldiers-killed-in-wwi Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:06:38 +0200 france-remembers-first-soldiers-killed-in-wwi France's minister for veterans' affairs has said he would consider pardoning French First World War soldiers executed for "insubordination," after a group of historians appealed on Tuesday to restore the names of "good soldiers who did their duty." https://www.thelocal.fr/20131001/france-mulls-pardon-for-world-war-i-cowards Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:18:37 +0200 france-mulls-pardon-for-world-war-i-cowards