French farmers began moving on Paris Monday, threatening to choke off major highways and to blockade the capital as they demand better working conditions. For days, nationwide protests have flared in the European Union’s largest agriculture producing country, with farmers angered by insufficient income, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their ability to … Read more
Paris: A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said. The attack took place close to the Eiffel Tower during a busy weekend night and came with the country … Read more
One person died and another was injured after an assailant attacked passersby in central Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on December 2. “The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passersby in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle. One deceased person and one injured … Read more
Cleaning on the Paris-London route is “highly effective at eliminating bugs”, Eurostar says. Source link
France is alarmed as “les punaises”, as they’re known in French, spread fear and loathing. Source link
The ban comes after a vote in the French capital – but is it democracy in action? Source link
French police force members are seen during a clash with the youths after a 17-year-old teenager was shot dead by police during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France on June 27, 2023. Videograb: Twitter/@250celeste_ via Reuters Prosecutors open homicide investigation; 31 arrested, 40 cars burned out Protesters armed with fireworks clashed with riot police in … Read more
British Airways canceled dozens of flights Friday, blaming computer problems for disrupting plans for thousands of passengers at the start of a busy holiday weekend – a rocky kickoff to the summer travel season in Europe. The technical glitches and strikes by airport staff across Europe are stirring concerns about a repeat of last summer’s … Read more
French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday. The court upheld a three-year prison sentence. It said two of those years were suspended and that Sarkozy would wear an electronic bracelet instead of going to jail for the … Read more
Paris: Striking sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday – potentially ending one of the most enduring symbols of resistance to French President Emmanuel Marcon‘s controversial pension bill, as nationwide protests also appeared to be winding down. Clean-up crews were set Wednesday to start picking up heaps of trash that had … Read more