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Foiled Paris attack suspect 'engaged' to Normandy priest killer
One of three women arrested over a foiled attack in Paris had been “promised as a bride” to two men behind attacks on police officers and a priest earlier this year, the Paris prosecutor said on Friday (September 9). The revelations highlight the close links between members of religious militant circles in France, even though they might live in different parts of the country.
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Parisians set to go car-free for one day next month
The streets of Paris will look completely different late next month. City officials have announced a plan to enforce a daylong car ban on Sunday, September 25. Parisians will need to leave their car keys at the door from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last year’s ban was limited to a handful of neighborhoods in the heart of the city, but this year’s has been expanded to include a majority of the districts in central Paris. The city hall predicts that 400 miles’ worth of pavement — including the most touristic areas — will be mostly car-free on the 25th.
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Terror attacks cost Paris region €750m in lost tourism, officials say
Tourism chief pushes government for relief plan after atrocities in November and Bastille Day left sector ‘on its knees’
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Abandoned luggage sparks evacuation at Eiffel Tower
The iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris has been evacuated after security services spotted an abandoned piece of luggage, French outlet BFMTV reports. Visitors have been posting pictures online of police cordoning off the entrance. According to BMFTV, a backpack was the likely trigger of the evacuation. People posted pictures of a heavy security presence at the monument, saying law enforcers were ”are all over” the place. Soldiers and police armed with assault rifles were spotted in front of the Eiffel Tower’s entrance. Some people at the site had said previously that a “suspicious” package had caused the evacuation.
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Paris Opens the First Stretch of Its 28-Mile Bike Superhighway
Paris has inaugurated its first bike highway. Opening last May, the 0.5-mile stretch of freshly paved road alongside the Bassin de l’Arsenal is part of the Réseau express vélo (“REVe”), an initiative to build fast-track bike lanes free of motorized vehicles. It’s only the first section of the soon-to-be 28-mile network of bike highways that will cross the city by 2020. In 2015, the city voted unanimously to spend €150 million ($164.5 million) on expanding and improving its biking infrastructure, including REVe (which translates to “dream” in French).
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Paris bans old cars in air pollution crackdown
Paris banned old cars from its streets today in a bid to crackdown on air pollution. Any car registered before 1997 - excluding vintage vehicles - will be barred in the city centre between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday. Anyone caught breaking the rules will be issued with a €35 fine for their first offence. This will increase in January to €68 for private cars and €135 for trucks. Air pollution kills 48,000 people a year in France and around 3.7 million worldwide, according to figures from the French public health agency.
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Soccer Tournament Has the Poodles of Paris Feeling Put Out
Rowdy fans of the Euro soccer tournament in Paris are thronging Champ de Mars park near the Eiffel Tower, leaving the city’s dog walkers nowhere to run.
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Paris shuts Louvre museum to evacuate artworks as flood waters rise
Officials have closed Paris's Louvre museum so its priceless artworks can be moved to safety amid the threat of flooding from the nearby River Seine. The Musée d'Orsay, on the opposte bank of the river, also closed early on Thursday night as a precautionary measure. The Louvre will remain closed on Friday to allow staff to evacuate tens of thousands of “reserve” paintings and sculptures in its underground store rooms.
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Older cars will be banned from Paris as of July
All cars registered before 1997 will be banned in Paris as of July 1st, under a new law aimed at curbing the city's chronic smog and traffic problems. As Le Monde reports, the older cars will be banned from the city center during weekdays, as will all motorcycles registered before 1999. The ban was announced last year as part of an anti-pollution measure that will become progressively stricter in coming years. By 2020, the ban will extend to cover cars that were registered prior to 2010. Those who violate the rule can face a fine of up to €35 ($39), or €78 as of January 1st, 2017.
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Lightning Strike Hits Children's Birthday Party
A lightning strike in Paris has left 11 people in hospital, including four in a life-threatening condition. The victims were attending in a children's party at Parc Monceau in the city's north-west on Saturday afternoon when a thunderstorm struck. The group tried to take shelter under a tree, but were hit by lightning.
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Riot police crack down on Paris protests against labour reforms
Riot police arrested 16 people and fired teargas in violent clashes with protesters marching in Paris as striking workers continued to blockade refineries and nuclear power stations in an escalating stand-off over labour reforms. Tens of thousands of people marched across France in protest against François Hollande’s planned labour bill, which aims to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers and was forced through parliament without a vote this month following more than ten weeks of protests.
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Paris Bombing Suspect Refuses to Cooperate With Investigation
Salah Abdeslam, thought to be the only direct participant in the November terrorist attacks in Paris to have survived, refused to answer questions on Friday at a hearing with a French investigative judge in Paris, the prosecutor’s office and his lawyer said. Although the hearing was just the first in what is expected to be a long inquiry, Mr. Abdeslam’s silence highlighted the obstacles facing investigators as they seek information from him about the attacks, which killed 130 people.
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How Paris is Stepping up its Drive Against the Car
In Paris cars are gradually being edged out as the city steps up a life-or-death battle to cut pollution.
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Paris attacks: Bataclan announces first concerts since November
Paris concert hall the Bataclan has announced its first gigs since 90 people were killed by Islamist gunmen in attacks last November. British singer Pete Doherty and the Senegalese star Youssou N'Dour are due to play in November, a statement said. A precise opening date is yet to be set but renovation work has begun, the management added. The Islamic State-claimed attacks across Paris on 13 November left 130 people dead.
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Nuit debout protesters occupy French cities in revolutionary call for change
For more than a week, vast nocturnal gatherings have spread across France in a citizen-led movement that has rattled the government. By Angelique Chrisafis.
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Saint Sulpice and the Symbolism of the Priory of Sion
What if some of the most haunting symbolism of the twentieth century was the invention of a shadowy figure who pirated innocuous images from a famous church in order to construct the mythos of a secret society? By Andrew Gough.
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Paris on the Run
How much of Paris can one impulsive and adventurous first time visitor see during an unexpected layover in Paris? Will she make her connecting flight after all?
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What It's Like to Live Inside the Legendary Paris Bookstore Shakespeare & Co.
George Whitman opened the legendary bookshop now known as Shakespeare and Company in the shadow of Notre Dame in Paris in 1951, and having spent all his money on the shop he slept on a pullout couch among the books... By Harriet Alida Lye.
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The Prettiest Pissoirs of Bygone Paris
Paris has always had a knack for making the ordinary and the mundane somehow look infinitely more charming, even the city's public toilets were once a thing of beauty…
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Man Arrested with Handguns And Quran in Suitcase At Disneyland Paris
French police have arrested a man at the Disneyland Paris theme park after he was found with two two low-calibre handguns and a Quran.
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