Paris police chief sacked after Champs-Elysees rioting
- 19-Mar-2019
The French government sacked the top police official in Paris following another weekend of rioting in the capital during "yellow vest" protests
French police clash with ‘yellow vest’ protesters on Champs Elysees
- 08-Dec-2018
PARIS: French riot police fired tear gas canisters at “yellow vest” protesters in central Paris on Saturday at the start of a planned demonstration against the high cost of living under President Emmanuel Macron. A police spokeswoman told reporters there were about 1,500 protesters on the Champs Elysees boulevard and authorities said 211 people had […]
Piece of Eiffel Tower staircase sells for 169,000 euros in Paris auction
- 28-Nov-2018
A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s most famous attraction, was sold for 169,000 euros ($190,885) on Tuesday, a spokesman for auction house Artcurial said, three times the initial estimate. The successful bidder, an unidentified collector from the Middle East, acquired a section of the 129-year-old iron landmark that measures […]
Clashes on Champs-Elysees as French protesters rage against taxes
- 24-Nov-2018
PARIS: Anti-government protesters clashed with French police on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday, leaving the famed avenue cloaked in tear gas on a fresh day of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner blamed the unrest on far-right agitators who ignored a ban on demonstrations in the area and who threw projectiles […]
Paris attack was work of militant with gun licence: prosecutor
- 22-Jun-2017
PARIS: A man who died when he rammed his car into a police van in Paris this week told people he joined a gun sports club to prepare as a fighter, France’s top public prosecutor said on Thursday. Prosecutor Francois Molins did not explain how the assailant he named as Adam D. managed for years […]
France investigates Champs Elysees attacker as vote looms
- 22-Apr-2017
PARIS: French investigators were Saturday probing the background of the attacker who shot dead a policeman on Paris’s prestigious Champs Elysees avenue as a jittery nation drew breath on the eve of the first round of a close-run presidential election. Candidates have clashed over how to protect France since Thursday night’s shooting, which the Islamic […]
Paris’ Champs-Elysees goes car-free on Sunday
- 06-May-2016
After this weekend’s pilot, the tree-lined two kilometre-long (1.2-mile) avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe will be free of cars on the first Sunday of every month to coincide with the monthly free admission to the city’s museums. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said: “Every foreign tourist who comes to Paris naturally wants to visit […]
UK man gets 20 years for girlfriend's Paris hotel murder
- 06-Dec-2014
PARIS: British businessman Ian Griffin was jailed for 20 years by a Paris court on Friday for the brutal murder of his Polish-born girlfriend in an upmarket hotel.