Paris plans to introduce a 30 km/h speed limit on almost all roads to improve safety, reduce noise pollution and help the city adapt to climate change. Greens Deputy Mayor David Belliard said the measure would take effect at the end of August. The exceptions
French nightclubs could open their doors this weekend for the first time since they were closed more than a year ago for Covid-19, but restrictive new health protocols and staff shortages mean many clubs remain closed. It’s 10 p.m. and the Alimentation Générale nightclub in
France’s minister for overseas territories on Thursday welcomed the news that New Caledonia has elected Louis Mapou as its first pro-independence president since a 1998 agreement with Paris gave the Pacific region more political power. New Caledonia, home to Brazilian mining multinational Vale and French
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon has been appointed to the board of directors of Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft, according to a list published by a website specializing in business information disclosure. Zarubezhneft did not respond Friday to a request for comment on the
The city of Paris has won a landmark case against Airbnb after a court fined the apartment rental giant €8 million for allowing over 1,000 landlords to flout rental registration laws. It was the latest clash between the U.S. rental platform and the French capital,
France’s environment Ecological Transition Minister has slammed over a dozen fast-food giants for failing to sort and recycle large amounts of waste. A list of high-profile companies, many of which spend millions of euros a year on PR, was published Thursday on the Ministry of
French police on Friday released the 30-year-old woman who caused a massive pileup during the first day of the Tour de France last weekend. She will have to stand trial in October. The woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested on Wednesday and
Emmanuel Macron has warned of the dangers of the American “woke” culture and said the debate in France is increasingly divided by race. The French president said racial and identity politics threaten to destroy the foundations of French society. “I see that our society is
The Tour de France has withdrawn its complaint against a spectator who caused a spectacular pileup on the first day of the race, Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme said on Thursday. The woman was arrested on Wednesday at the police station in Landerneau in
France warned Russia on Thursday that if humanitarian aid is allowed only across the internal Syrian conflict line and not from neighbouring countries, Western countries that provide almost all the funding will stop delivering it. French UN Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière, who chairs the Security