AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar21 hours agoFrench principal’s resignation over veil death threats sparks uproarFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrench politicians from across the political spectrum Wednesday denounced what they called an "Islamist" attack on education after a school principal resigned following death threats over a Muslim veil. The headmaster at a high school and college in eastern Paris quit after receiving death threats …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoOlympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 GamesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum for the duration of the Paris Games in July and August, a source involved in the discussions told AFP. The decision to place the Olympic cauldron in the tourist hotspot in the centre of the city was taken "several …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoMacron and Lula announce €1 billion investment plan for the AmazonFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrench President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a visit to Brazil Tuesday with the launch of a billion-euro Amazonian green investment plan alongside his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Their trip to the city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate talks, makes Macron the first French president to …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoFrance denies supplying arms to Israel for Gaza warFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrance's defence minister on Tuesday denied allegations from investigative journalists that France supplied components for ammunition used by the Israeli army in its Gaza campaign. Marseille-based firm Eurolinks had sold Israel M27 links, metal pieces used to join rifle cartridges into ammunition …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoFrance's Macron heads to Brazilian Amazon in three-day trip to restore tiesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday kicks off a visit to Brazil in the Amazon city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate talks, where he and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will seek to reset frayed ties. Macron is the first French president to visit Brazil in 11 years and he …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoMigrant transfers from Paris ahead of Olympics anger mayorsFrance 24Paris (AFP) – Mayors in rural and small-town France are increasingly angry over the transfer of migrants from the capital to their communities, which they believe is linked to clean-up efforts ahead of the Paris Olympics. Serge Grouard, the right-wing mayor of Orleans in central France, went public …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoFrench public deficit rises to 5.5% of GDP, says statistics agency INSEEFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrance's public sector budget deficit widened last year by more than the government planned, official data showed on Tuesday, putting pressure on Paris as it struggles to keep its deficit reduction plans on track. Statistics agency INSEE said the 2023 public accounts showed a fiscal shortfall of …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoWanted: A place to live in Paris!France 24 - Aurore Cloé DUPUIS , Stéphanie CHEVAL , Sonia BARITELLO , Jonathan WALSHThe race for accommodation in Paris could be an Olympic sport in itself. The number of rentals is plummeting, whilst prices are soaring. Yet real estate agents are overwhelmed with demand. From short-term rentals to efficiency upgrades, prospective tenants are paying the price for the ongoing …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar3 days ago‘Course des cafés’: Paris revives iconic waiters’ race ahead of Olympic GamesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESVisitors to central Paris were treated Sunday to the sight of hundreds of aproned waiters surging through the city's medieval streets, in a one-of-a-kind race designed to show off the profession months ahead of the Olympic Games. Men's winner Samy Lamrous and top waitress Pauline Van Wymeersch …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar3 days agoFor 2024 Paris Olympics, Colombes' historic stadium regains its former lustreFrance 24 - Stéphanie TROUILLARDOne of France’s most historic sporting venues, the Colombes stadium northwest of the French capital was the principal venue when Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1924. After undergoing thorough renovations, the site will recover some of its former glory by again playing host to Olympic sport this …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar4 days agoParis's Musée d'Orsay takes visitors back 150 years to Impressionism's birthFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from Tuesday with an unprecedented reassembling of the masterpieces that launched the movement, and a virtual reality experience that takes visitors back in time. Using VR technology, visitors to "Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism" …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar6 days agoFrench Senate rejects EU-Canada free-trade agreementFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrance's Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in …