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Paris' traffic-clogged Champs-Elysees turned into a mass picnic blanket for an unusual meal
PARIS (AP) — The French capital’s most famous street, the Champs-Élysées, transformed into a massive picnic blanket Sunday as around 4,000 people sat in the sun enjoying an al fresco meal. The lucky picnickers were selected via a draw and provided with free baskets loaded with...
Paris mayor decries vandalism of a memorial honoring people who rescued Jews in World War II
PARIS (AP) — A Paris memorial honoring people who distinguished themselves by helping to rescue Jews in France during the country's Nazi occupation in World War II was defaced Tuesday with painted blood-red hands, vandalism decried as “unspeakable" by the Paris mayor. The attack...
Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents
PARIS (AP) — Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route, meaning people who work and live there and their guests will be subjected to background...
Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine
PARIS (AP) — Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon...
Copenhagen's mayor hopes to learn from Notre Dame reconstruction after historic building fire
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Copenhagen's mayor said Thursday she contacted her Paris counterpart to see what could be learned from the reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral in the French capital, after a fire devastated the Danish city's 400-year-old stock exchange building. ...
