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No amnesty for repeat offenders.
It is traditional in France to free several thousand inmates on the eve of the national celebrations for 14 July, Bastille Day. However in recent years, lawyers, judges and politicians have been try...
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Shops hit by Sorbonne no-go area.
Shops around the Sorbonne University have been deprived of customers and income for over two weeks as a result of government restrictions on access to the area following recent student protests agains...
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The Ville de Paris is currently setting up 400 Wi-Fi hotspots across the capital which will offer cost-free wireless internet access for Parisians and visitors alike as of June this year. Located in 2...
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US discovers Parisian real estate.
It is no secret that London, Paris and Rome have some of the most expensive real estate in the world, but Paris as a whole always appeared to have escaped the runaway housing price boom that has affec...
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The French business community has expressed concern about the effect the past days of violence in the capital and throughout France will have on the economy. Foreign investment, which had already regi...
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Pickpockets on the Champs Elyses.
The Paris police have recently been cracking down on young Rom pickpockets, often very young girls, who make a days work out of lifting all sorts of luxury goods from Pariss department stores.
Accord...
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A report recently published by the UNPI, the French National Real Estate Union, has revealed that since the beginning of 2005 private rental rates have increased by 4.7 per cent for existing tenants a...
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Trams return to Paris streets.
The last trams ran through the streets of Paris way back in 1937 but rather more modern versions of this mode of transport are set to make a comeback in the French capital. Starting in December 2006,...
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The 420 self-cleaning public toilets in Paris, known as sanisettes, are now free of charge. The city council has also announced plans to replace the existing metallic-grey cubicles with more attractiv...
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Paris elelctions: Voting at Paris municipal elections.
European residents in the French capital have the right to vote in next year's council elections provided they have their name down on the electoral roll by 31 December 2007. To enroll, residents need...
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Over 20 police officers have been injured and property destroyed during rioting in two Paris suburbs on the night of 25 November. Clashes broke out in Villiers-le-Bel and Arnouville, about 20 km north...
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Paris commuters face ongoing difficulties as the transport strike that has paralysed France enters its second week. Railway workers downed their tools indefinitely on 13 November in protest against pr...
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Paris cultural centre: La Maison des Métallos reopens.
Formerly home to the Fraternal Union of Metalworkers, La Maison des M
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Paris markets: New food market in Paris.
There is a new fresh food street market every Friday afternoon in the vicinity of Parc Georges Brassens (Paris, 15e). The market, the eighth to open in the capital since 2001, comes in response to a s...
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The Rugby World Cup kicks off in Paris on 7 September with France playing Argentina at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs. In total 12 of the world cup matches are to be played...
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Evening classes for Paris residents.
Enrolment opens on 3 September for Paris city council
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Paris Plages opens third summer beach site.
Long stretches of the River Seine embankment are converted to sandy beaches for the Paris Plage holiday season until 19 August. As in previous editions there are beaches along the three kilometres bet...
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Teachers at nursery and primary schools in the French capital can now apply for a kit from the Mairie de Paris which brings recycling into the classroom. The teaching aid helps pupils to learn about t...
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New bus route for Paris Rive Gauche and Bercy.
The eastern districts of Paris are now served by a new bus line, the 64, which links the 12e, 13e and 20e arrondissements. Complementing the service currently offered by the newly modified lines 26 an...
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Nicolas Sarkozy elected president.
Nicolas Sarkozy is to be the next president of France. The conservative candidate, a former lawyer, won on the second round with 53 per cent of the vote. His opponent, socialist S
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More than five million passengers have used the new T3 tramway in the three months since it was inaugurated on 16 Dec 2006, according to figures just released by the Paris town hall. Running between P...
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Nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gas emissions in Paris dropped over the period 2002-2007 according to a recent report on the air quality in the capital. NOx emissions (a major...
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Security personnel sent to homeless encampment.
The Mairie of Paris has sent security guards to the encampment for the homeless on the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10
