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      France assesses Paris Olympics terrorist threat in light of Moscow attack

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 17:04

    Minister meets with intelligence services to discuss security for Games that includes opening ceremony on the Seine

    The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has met with intelligence services to assess the terrorist threat to the country, after the Moscow concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State raised fresh security fears over the Paris Olympics.

    One of the biggest security challenges facing the organisers of the Games in the French capital is to protect the opening ceremony on 26 July. It is planned to be an unprecedented, open-air extravaganza, which for the first time in Olympic history will not take place within the confines of a stadium, but instead involve a flotilla of 94 boats carrying thousands of waving athletes down a 6km (3.7-mile) stretch of the Seine, followed by a further 80 boats carrying media and security, while an estimated 222,000 people gather along the river’s edge and 200,000 more watch from buildings.

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      ‘Sport is never just sport’: Olympics exhibition in Paris reflects 20th century’s highs and lows

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 05:00

    Les Jeux Olympiques: Miroir des Sociétés opens ahead of Paris Olympics and puts previous games in context of conflicts and injustices

    From the Nazi stadium propaganda in 1936 Berlin to the 1968 Mexico City podium protest of medal-winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were expelled from the competition after raising their gloved fists in a Black Power salute against racial injustice, the Olympic Games have held a mirror up to some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history.

    Now, as the Paris Olympics prepares to open this summer against a backdrop of war from Ukraine to the Middle East – with Emmanuel Macron saying Russia will be asked to observe a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Games – a new exhibition in Paris takes an unflinching look at the social and geopolitical impact of the Games over the last century.

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      Karl Lagerfeld’s futuristic Paris apartment sells for €10m

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 16:33


    The late fashion designer lived at the flat overlooking the Seine River for a decade

    The futuristic Paris apartment of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has been sold for €10m (£8.5m) at auction.

    The final price, €11m including notary fees, was roughly double the guide price, set at €5.3m. No details were given of the buyer.

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      Not waiting around: Paris’s servers battle it out in revived Course des Cafés

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 14:53


    Waiters carried in one hand a tray holding a coffee, croissant and glass of water during the 2km race

    Ever complained about the slow service in a Paris cafe or restaurant? Your server may be able to get to your table quicker than they are letting on.

    On Sunday, about 200 of the city’s serving staff donned traditional aprons and white shirts to take part in the revived Course des Cafés (cafe race).

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      Passe Navigo : les mails frauduleux sont de retour avec la campagne de remboursement

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 20 March - 17:08

    Île-de-France Mobilités, le gestionnaire des transports d’Île-de-France, alerte sur des mails de phishing en lien avec la campagne de remboursement en cours.

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      Comment obtenir le remboursement de mon passe Navigo ?

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 20 March - 10:52

    De nombreux voyageurs franciliens peuvent demander un remboursement de leur passe Navigo depuis le 20 mars 2024. Île-de-France Mobilités ouvre une campagne de remboursement liée à la ponctualité des trains et RER en 2023.

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      Two minors among nine arrested over French police station fireworks attack

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 March - 14:44

    Incident near Paris 2024 Olympic village follows death last week of teenager after police chase

    Nine people, including two minors, have been arrested after a group of about 50 people attacked a police station near the Paris 2024 Olympic village with heavy-duty rocket fireworks, the French capital’s top police official has said.

    The attack on Sunday evening in La Courneuve followed the death last Wednesday of a teenager after a police chase. Authorities announced a reinforced police presence across the northern Paris suburb.

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      Van Gogh self-portrait arrives in Wales for Art of the Selfie show

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 14 March - 12:38


    In swap with Musée d’Orsay in Paris which has borrowed a Renoir, visitors to Cardiff museum will be urged to take selfies with Van Gogh portrait

    It is possible the artist may not have wholly approved of one of his searching, intense self-portraits being likened to an image grabbed on a mobile phone.

    But a Van Gogh oil painting has been unveiled as the centrepiece of an exhibition in Cardiff that poses the question: “Is a self-portrait the original selfie?”

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      ‘It’s like Covid all over again’: Olympic-sized trepidation strikes Paris

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 9 March - 05:00

    Politicians and sports stars reassure the public ‘it’s going to be beautiful’, but those planning to flee the city are unconvinced

    When government posters recently appeared in Métro stations advising Parisians to work from home during the summer’s Olympic Games to avoid overcrowded public transport, Julie, 24, a support worker for refugees, was puzzled.

    “It feels a bit like Covid lockdown all over again,” she said. “It’s like saying: ‘Parisians, stay confined to your homes, out of the way, while all this money is spent on the Games.’ Personally, I’ll stay away. I’m not happy about the idea of clearing homeless people from the city centre to make way for the Games.”

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