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Paris Wins Court Challenge to Restrictions on Airbnb Rentals

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Airbnb, European Union, France, housing, Paris, regulation

City authorities in Paris won a final court challenge on Thursday against rules that restrict the use of properties for short-term holiday rentals in a victory likely to encourage other European cities.

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Criminal International Media 

Kardashian Thief Recounts Paris Heist in Tell-All Book

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
celebrity, hotels, jewelry, Paris, Publishing, robbery

PARIS (AFP) — “Everything went smoothly” — a 67-year-old man awaiting trial for the robbery of reality star Kim Kardashian

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Business Entertainment International 

Paris’ Virus-Battered Fan Museum Thrown Lifeline

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, culture, history, museums, Paris, rent

Paris City Hall has instructed the landlord seeking to close down the city’s indebted Fan Museum to extend its deadline for payment, the museum said Monday.

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Business Entertainment International 

Champs-Elysees to Be Turned Into New Paris Garden

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Paris, retail, tourism

Paris’s famed Champs-Elysees avenue is to be given a green makeover to transform it into what the mayor says will be an “extraordinary garden.”

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Criminal International Politics 

Ex-Deputy Paris Mayor Has Rape Probe Dropped

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
mayors, Paris, rape

A probe into rape allegations against a former deputy mayor of Paris has been dropped because the alleged offense has been ruled to fall under the statute of limitations, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Government International 

Paris Police Under Fire for Forcing Migrants From Tent Camp

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evacuation, France, investigation, migrants, Paris, Police, protests, raids

France’s interior minister ordered an internal police investigation Tuesday after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while evacuating a protest camp in Paris.

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Criminal Entertainment International 

Saudi Princess Robbed of Luxury Belongings in Paris Heist

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
France, jewelry, Paris, robbery, Saudi Arabia, theft

Thieves have taken some 600,000 euros worth of high-end goods from the Paris home of a Saudi princess, a source close to the case said on Friday.

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Health International Science 

Covid-19 Cases Soar Among Extreme Poor in Paris: Study

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, migrants, Paris, poverty, Research

More than half the people living in extreme poverty in the Paris region, in particular migrants, have been infected with the new coronavirus, the French aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday.

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Criminal International Media Religion 

Terror Probe Opened After 2 Wounded in Paris Knife Attack

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, France, Islam, Journalism, Paris, stabbing

French terrorism authorities are investigating a knife attack that wounded at least two people Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested.

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Appeals Business International Technology 

EU Court Backs Paris Check Against Short-Term Airbnb Rentals

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
Airbnb, European Court of Justice, housing, Paris

In yet another blow to Airbnb, the EU’s top court ruled Tuesday that affordable-housing interests justify limits in Paris on short-term rentals.

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Criminal Government International 

Paris City Hall Charged Over Deadly 2019 Gas Explosion

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
explosion, manslaughter, Oil and gas, Paris

The Paris city hall has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over a massive gas explosion in the French capital last year that killed four people, including two firefighters, judicial sources said Tuesday.

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Arts Entertainment International 

French Museum Sorry After Woman Forced to Cover Neckline

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
apparel, France, gender, museums, Paris

The Quai d’Orsay art museum in Paris has apologized to a woman after agents refused to let her in until she covered up a low-cut dress.

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Health International Law 

Paris U-Turn on Masks for Cyclists, Runners

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, fitness, Paris

Paris authorities made a last-minute about-turn Friday on a new requirement for universal mask-wearing, exempting cyclists and joggers from the otherwise blanket outdoors obligation.

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Entertainment Health International 

French Bistros Down but Not Out: Paris Chef

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, France, Paris, Restaurants

Coronavirus took a terrible toll on an icon of French culture — the corner bistro — but it will survive, says chef and restaurateur Alain Fontaine.

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Arts Entertainment International Media 

Stolen Banksy Work From Door of Paris Bataclan Found in Italy

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
art, Italy, Paris, raids, Terrorism, theft

Italian police said Wednesday they had retrieved a work by famed street artist Banksy commemorating the victims of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks stolen from the Bataclan concert hall.

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Civil Rights International Politics 

Paris Churning Under Lockdown and Police Abuse

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
France, Paris, Police Killing, protests, race

With France confined to fight the coronavirus, a video circulated online in April showing a bloodied young man lying on the ground next to two police officers — and quickly set off protests in struggling neighborhoods around the Paris region.

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Appeals Business Consumers Entertainment International Law Technology 

Airbnb Suffers Court Blow on Paris Registration Rules

April 2, 2020April 3, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
Airbnb, European Court of Justice, France, Paris, property rights, Real Estate

LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Vying to combat the city’s housing crunch, a limit on Airbnb rentals in Paris should stand, a

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Criminal International Trials 

Trial Ordered for 20 Suspects in 2015 Paris Terror Attacks

March 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
attack, France, Paris, Terrorism

French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive, prosecutors said Monday.

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Employment Entertainment International 

Ballet Dancers Down Tutus in Longest Strike Ever at Paris Opera

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
dance, Paris, pension, strike, theater

Paris Opera has lost more than $13.3 million in a month-long strike by ballet dancers fighting to cling onto pension rights that date back to the “Sun King” Louis XIV.

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International Religion 

No Christmas at Notre Dame, as Fire Forces Mass Into Exile

December 24, 2019December 25, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Catholic, churches, Fire, Paris

Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year’s fire.

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