Posted on 14 June 2013
Tags: burkha ban, france, paris
PARIS, France – A 21-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital after a clash over her burqa spun out of control. The young Muslim woman was walking with a burqa around her face in the town of Arguenteil, north of Paris, when two men with shaved heads approached her. As soon as a the two [...]
Posted on 07 June 2013
Tags: brian dead, clement meric, france, paris, skinhead
PARIS, France – Clément Meric, a left-wing activist, died on Thursday after an attack by three skinheads left him brain dead. The young student at Sciences Po was with his freinds looking at clothes in a shop in Paris’ 9th arrondissement when a small group of far-right activists entered the store. A confrontation began and [...]
Posted on 04 February 2013
Tags: france, law, paris, trousers
On January 31, the French government abolished a 200-year-old law that forbade women to wear trousers in Paris. The law allowed women to “dress as men” only with a special permission issued by police officers. The law was changed twice. The first time in 1892 and then in 1909. Under the revoked law, women were allowed [...]
Posted on 07 October 2012
Tags: china, france, paris, the zadig
French fashion designer Thierry Gillier sparked anger when in an interview with fashion magazine Women’s Wear Daily he said his Paris luxury hotel won’t accept reservations from Chinese. The Telegraph reports: In the original article, he was quoted as saying: “It will be a slightly private hotel, not open to everybody, with 40 rooms. We [...]
Posted on 25 June 2012
Tags: eiffel tower, europe, paris, suicide
PARIS – A suicide took place at Eiffel Tower in Paris. It has been reported that a 25-year-old man from Israel jumped to his death from the Eiffel Tower after thwarting security measures and climbing the Paris monument at twilight, authorities said Monday. The man, who was not publicly identified, mounted the tower’s western pillar [...]
Posted on 21 June 2012
Tags: cleavage, Kim Kardashian, paris
Kim Kardashian is never too shy when it comes to showing off her assets in public, which is exactly what she did when she walked out of a hotel in central Paris. Kim, 31, took to the streeets of the French capital and its high-end shops wearing a daring peach dress that showed off her [...]
Posted on 15 June 2012
Tags: cheryl cole, high heels, paris
Cheryl Cole was in Paris yesterday where she showed off her glamorous side in a leopard print panel frock. Cheryl, 28, who likes to experiment in fashion as much as in music, matched the daring dress with a pair of leopard high heel shoes. Mail Online
Posted on 13 June 2012
Tags: hotel, nadal, paris, room, tennis, watch
PARIS – It has been reported that police found the 300,000 euro ($376,000) watch stolen from the Paris hotel room of tennis star Rafael Nadal, and that a barman has been arrested in connection with the theft. Nadal was in Paris for the French Open, which he won Monday for a record seventh time, beating [...]
Posted on 07 June 2012
Tags: fire, france, moroccan, paris
PARIS – It has been reported that French police say a Moroccan national has been hospitalized after setting fire to himself outside the Moroccan Consulate in Paris. A Paris district police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing office policy, said Thursday that the 31-year-old is being treated for second degree burns at the [...]
Posted on 06 June 2012
Tags: axl rose, gig, guns n'roses, paris, robbed
PARIS (AP) – Police say Guns N’ Roses front man Axl Rose was robbed of three gold-and-diamond necklaces worth some $200,000 after the hard rock band’s concert in Paris. A Paris police spokesman said Wednesday that the lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band was fuming after the theft during a [...]