A French association behind a campaign to force officials in the resort city of Biarritz to rename the city’s La Negresse historic district has received death threats and turned to police, the group said Wednesday, April 9. In February, a court ruled that authorities in the city must rename the district and one of the … Read more
Apr 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Privacy Apple has been hit with a fine of €150 million ($162 million) by France’s competition watchdog over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy framework. The Autorité de la concurrence said it’s imposing a financial penalty against Apple for abusing its dominant position as a distributor … Read more
The Notre-Dame de Bétharram chapel, part of a French Catholic secondary school in Lestelle-Bétharram, southwestern France, on February 28, 2025. GAIZKA IROZ / AFP A spokesman for priests who ran a French school where staff have been accused of repeated abuse against boarders on Tuesday, March 4, said they felt “responsible” for what had happened … Read more
Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney) in “Le Comte de Monte-Cristo” (“The Count of Monte Cristo”), by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte. JÉRÔME PRÉBOIS/PATHÉ FILMS Two days before the queen of award ceremonies, otherwise known as the Oscars, on Friday, February 28, the 50th anniversary of the Césars, its French equivalent, will be held at … Read more
Press release by Valerie Myers with the Erie Times-News on 17 February 2025 A state grant will pay most of the cost to protect the South Branch of French Creek in Union City Borough. The $375,453 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Growing Greener Plus program plus $48,273 from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and … Read more