Yanick Noah Day at the Roland Garros

Roland Garros: Why is there a Day of tribute to Yannick Noah?

This Saturday 27th May 2023, Roland-Garros is celebrating Yannick Noah day. Animations, matches and concerts will follow one another on the courts and in the alleys of this mythical place. If you ever wondered, the traditional charity day at Roland-Garros is now called “Yannick Noah day”. And for good reason. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the former player’s victory […]

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SNCF will offer 10000 tickets for one euro with ouigo train classic

SNCF: Ten Thousand Tickets at 1 euro in “Ouigo Train Classic” Offered on Tuesday

ANNIVERSARY: Only the Paris-Lyon and Paris-Nantes lines are concerned by the offer by SNCF The SNCF will offer 10,000 tickets at 1 euro on its website. The offer will be valid from 7 a.m. on May 23 but will only be accessible for 24 hours. Only journeys made aboard a “Ouigo Train Classic” between May 24 and July 5 […]

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May 1st protests across France against the Pension reform

May 1st: Relive this Day of Protest in Pictures

Between 782,000 and 3.2 million people marched in the streets against the pension reform. In Nantes, Rennes, Paris or Toulouse, violence broke out. Many demonstrators wandered the streets on Monday, May 1st with, in the background, the fight against pension reform. The violence still punctuated the processions. The violence has mounted over the demonstrations against the […]

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Paris: Two people die after being hit by a metro train

Paris: Two People Die after being Hit by a Metro Train

ACCIDENT: The incident took place at Gaîté station, on line 13, in Paris last night A man and a woman died overnight from Wednesday to Thursday after being hit by a metro train in Paris, we learned from firefighters and the RATP. The people were homeless. Around 12:45 a.m. at the Gaîté metro station (14th arrondissement), “two people […]

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The Eiffel Tower in Paris, will only be partially repainted for the Olympics in 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Eiffel Tower will Only be Partially Repainted

Although the work began in 2019, an interruption, due to the health crisis and the discovery of high levels of lead in the successive layers of paint, caused significant delays. For its twentieth painting campaign since 1889, the Eiffel Tower will not be completely ready to offer its most beautiful golden adornment to the many visitors expected […]

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Pension reform: New evening demonstrations in several cities

Pension Reform: New Evening Demonstrations in Several Cities

PROTESTS: The demonstrators against the pension reform were 300 at the height of the evening in Paris, 600 in Lyon and nearly a thousand in Lille Emmanuel Macron has not calmed the protests against the pension reform. While the Head of State spoke at 1 p.m. on Wednesday to confirm in particular the application of the text “before the […]

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Police have banned Pension Reform protests from parts of Paris

Pension Reform: Gatherings at Place de la Concorde in Paris Banned by the Police

PROTESTS: More than 300 people were arrested on Thursday and Friday following clashes at Place de la Concorde, where people had gathered to demonstrate against the pension reform Gatherings in Place de la Concorde, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, were banned on Saturday by the Paris police headquarters. The day before and the day before, in Paris, […]

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Strikers at Paris Rubbish collectors against pension reform violently dislodged

Rubbish Collectors Strike: The Strikers of the Garage of Ivry-sur-Seine Violently Dislodged this Friday Morning

PENSION REFORM: They blocked the garage at Ivry-sur-Seine which houses 80 dump trucks since 6th March against the pension reform “We expected it, but not in this way. This morning, the rubbish collectors on strike at the Ivry-Victo-Hugo garage were dislodged by the police. On strike since the 6th March, they held a picket in front of the facilities that […]

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Record number of protestors against the pension reform in Paris

Pension Reform: The CGT announces 700,000 Demonstrators in Paris

PENSION REFORM: The CGT announces 700,000 Demonstrators in Paris against the pension reform, Which Would be a Record Participation The mobilization against the proposed pension reform by the government is up compared to the last day of mobilization, on the 16th February 2023, during which the cabinet Occurrence had identified 33,000 demonstrators in the capital. […]

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Strike of March 8: Slight improvement in traffic in the RER and buses this Wednesday

Strike of 8th March: Slight Improvement in Traffic in the RER and Buses this Wednesday

TRANSPORT: The RATP estimates that the service on the Parisian metro lines will remain, for its part, “still very degraded” A slight improvement in traffic is expected this Wednesday in the RER and buses, for the second consecutive day of strike in Parisian transport against the pension reform. The RATP nevertheless provides for a still very degraded service […]

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