The Paris Olympic Games caused overall business activity in the eurozone to surge above analysts’ expectations in August despite a continued slump in manufacturing, according to a closely-watched survey published on Thursday (22 August).
The best pictures from the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The star-studded event featured international stars like Angèle, Phoenix, Air, Alain Roche and a Mission Impossible stunt by Tom Cruise.
The French capital’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo is now using the 33rd Olympiad’s success in order to restore her image, before 2026’s municipal elections.
Dozens of cyberattacks have been foiled since the start of the Games.
Fears of chaos have given way to enthusiasm as Parisians embrace the Olympic spirit.
A selection of eye-catching moments from the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
A selection of eye-catching moments from the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The Paris Olympic Games will welcome thousands of athletes from all over the world, as well as police officers from some forty countries, who will be supporting the French police forces in providing security for the world’s biggest sporting event.
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered video surveillance has been authorised on an experimental basis for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, stoking fears among organisations that defend citizens’ digital rights.
We interviewed Luciano Rossi, President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), to get his views on a proposed EU law which will affect European athletes.
2024 Games organiser Tony Estanguet tells how chats with British sporting legend Sebastian Coe have kept him on an even keelIt has to feel pretty weird. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country’s ever organised. You have worked on it to the e…
2024 Games organiser Tony Estanguet tells how chats with British sporting legend Sebastian Coe have kept him on an even keelIt has to feel pretty weird. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country’s ever organised. You have worked on it to the e…
With Paris set to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, its mayor, Anne Hidalgo (Parti Socialiste, PS), expressed her “immense relief” at the defeat of the far right in snap elections and said she was reassured that the current government would re…
Kremlin cronies holding senior Olympic positions “is an official recognition of Russia’s triumph against international law,” Lithuanian PM told POLITICO.
French police have arrested a 26-year-old Ukrainian-Russian man after he blew himself up with explosive materials in a hotel room north of Paris, a source at the French PNAT anti-terrorism prosecutors office said on Wednesday (5 June).
The Olympic flame arrived in Marseille on Wednesday in front of 200,000 spectators, just weeks before the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. What economic impact will the competition have on France?
The Paris Olympic Games have opted for low-carbon construction and the repurposing of existing facilities for its sports infrastructure. The target is to produce half the emissions of the Rio and London games.
Paris is getting climate fit for July’s Olympic Games. The Olympic Village is vaunted as an experimental model showcasing adaptations France needs for 2050’s climate shift, and Olympic athletes could be modelling future living for the rest of Europe.
France is aiming for gold in sustainability at this year’s Olympics, promising to host ‘the greenest’ Games in history this summer. But many hurdles remain.
French president says location of spectacle, due to take place on Seine, could change if there is serious risk of terror attackFrance has backup plans to move the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Seine if there is a serious risk of a…
The centrist bill will now be discussed in the National Assembly, where it could lead to splits within the pro-Emmanuel Macron ranks.
French President Emmanuel Macron asked for capacity to be reduced to half of what was initially planned for showpiece event.
Macron’s choice for foreign affairs, 38-year-old Stéphane Séjourné, is likely to make waves in both Paris and Brussels.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for unity in the country in his New Year’s Eve address Sunday (31December) as it prepares for the 2024 Olympic Games, after a difficult year for his government.
The world welcomed 2024 with a mix of celebration and sombre reflection. Here’s how places and people around the world bid farewell to 2023 and welcomed the New Year.
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered his traditional New Year’s Eve message from the Élysée Palace in Paris on Sunday after a year that saw widespread protests against his government’s pension reform and the recent passage of an immigration bill…
At least 60 squats in Seine-Saint-Denis were shut down in 2023, according to a Reuters tally based on administrative and court documents and interviews with more than 50 squatters, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, activists and local politicians.
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as neutrals, the IOC confirms.
The transport system in Paris will not be ready in time for the 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital, its mayor said, sparking anger Thursday from political opponents.
Dress codes should not be imposed on women, spokesperson says, after Paris Games ban affecting French athletesThe UN has weighed in on France’s debate about secularism and women’s clothing, saying women should not be forced to abide by dress codes, aft…
France, which has for a long time been criticised for its lack of accessibility measures for disabled people, presented a ten-point action plan ahead of 2024’s Paris Olympics to boost public infrastructure for those with impairments and access needs.
