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Paris celebrates centenary since Piaf's birth.
Paris marks the centenary of Edith Piaf's birth on 19 December, with a series of events celebrating the French singer continuing into the new year....
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French railways to offer low fares
SNCF extends low-cost services
French railways, SNCF, is rolling out cheap fares at €10 a journey to another eight cities on its OuiGo services and adding 46 destinations at €5 to its low...
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Frank Gehry's Louis Vuitton museum opens
The new museum designed by Frank Gehry for the Fondation Louis Vuitton art collection opened in Paris on Monday 27 Oct.
The inauguration comes just a few days after the reopening of the Picasso Mus...
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Plans for Paris museums to open all week
Top museums in Paris could attract more visitors
The French culture minister has put forward plans for three top museums in Paris to stay open all week as from 2015.
If the Louvre, Versailles Pa...
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French airspace hit by controllers strike
A six-day strike by air traffic controllers in France is hitting flights to French airports as well as those to southern destinations using French air space, such as those to Italy and north Africa....
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As the French rail strike goes into its seventh day on Tuesday 17 June only about a quarter of the trains were running in the Paris region, with many international connections to Spain, Switzerland an...
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Paris garbage strike to spread
The protest by rubbish collectors in Paris, which started on 12 May at the Eiffel Tower, is the start of a nation-wide protest by municipal refuse disposal workers.
The General Confederation of Lab...
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Paris votes in first woman mayor
Socialist Anne Hidalgo became the first woman mayor of Paris in a run-off election against Nathalie Krosciusko-Morizet in the municipal elections across France on Sunday 30 March.
Despite the low t...
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With only a week before the municipal elections in France two women are battling it out to become the next mayor of the capital. The present socialist deputy mayor Anna Hidalgo is standing against Nat...
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New low-cost ferry offers from France to UK
New low-cost ferry services are to start between Le Havre and Portsmouth four times a week on 25 March.
The service, to be run by Brittany Ferries, will cost €96 one-way for two passengers plu...
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Air France pilots are threatening a strike from 22-25 February – a school holiday period – in protest against possible transfer of pilots to the low-cost company Transavia.
The pilots&r...
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Too little help for women from help lines
On the international day to eliminate violence against women an association to help women who are victims of abuse in France reported the lack of adequate assistance from help lines. Paroles de Femme...
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No safe haven for drug addicts in Paris
Plans for a safe facilty for drug addicts in Paris have been set back by a Conseil d'Etat decision that it would be illegal under a 1970 law banning the use of hard drugs. The city will now have to sh...
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France issues new driving licences
France is now issuing new driving licences in line with the standard EU plastic cards to replace the old and less secure paper model.
All applications for driving licences from 16 September will ha...
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Fewer deaths on French motorways
Deaths on French motorways in 2012 fell by more than 25 per cent according to a report by the Association des Sociétés Françaises d’Autoroutes (ASFA), accounting for 143 of...
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Paris has launched an initiative to make life more welcoming for the 29 million tourists that visit the city each year.
To counter the image that Parisians are unfriendly and unhelpful the regional...
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French fake number plates increase
The reported number of fake or duplicate car licence plates rose 73 per cent in 2012 according to figures from the French interior ministry.
Nearly 17,500 road offence were committed by drivers usi...
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French universities may teach more in English
French academics are protesting a plan to change some of the country’s education laws to make it easier to teach university courses in English.
At present this is only allowed under exception...
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Air France offer low cost MiNi
Air France is offering low-cost tickets to 58 destinations in France, Europe and north Africa in a new strategy to fight off budget rivals such as Ryanair and Easyjet. France’s national airline...
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Foxes are back in the centre of Paris and have been seen at the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Place de la République. However it is estimated that there are many fewer than the urban fox populat...
