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Things to do in locked down Paris

Here's our guide to the empty streets of Paris while France remains under tight coronavirus restrictions.

Moments

Get in the holiday spirit with these vintage photographs

Festive food and ‘window shopping’ in France, Christmas in Hollywood and a holiday spirit in the Soviet Union: here's a look at some vintage holiday photos.

France

Gunman behind foiled 2015 Thalys train attack gets life behind bars

The foiled attack came just three months before the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris.

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Light show projected onto façade of Paris' Opéra Garnier

The event was organised by the German Embassy in Paris to celebrate Franco-German relations and show solidarity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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France

Paris fined €90,000 for appointing too many women in senior roles

"This fine is obviously absurd. What's more, it is unfair, irresponsible and dangerous," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has said.

France

Riot police arrest dozens at protests against French security law

Critics of the new legislation, which the government has now said it will rewrite, say it's vital to be able to hold the police to account by filming them whilst on duty.

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France rules limit in places of worship too restrictive

France's top administrative body ruled in favour of the Catholic church on Sunday saying the 30 person limit in places of worship across the country was too restrictive.

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Security law protest in Paris sees fires, water cannons and injuries

Fires blaze around the Place de la Bastille in Paris during the protests against a security law that is being considered by French lawmakers.

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Shops in France allowed to reopen after coronavirus lockdown eased

The easing of strict lockdown measures came in light of a drop in virus infection rates in the country.

The Cube

Macron says images of black man's violent arrest 'shame us'

Four French police officers have been suspended from duty after a viral video documented the violent arrest of a black music producer in Paris on Saturday.

World

COVID cleanup: Duo walk from Marseille to Paris picking up old masks

One is called the 'English snail' and the other the 'Marseille boar.' Together, Edmund Platt and Frédéric Munsch are walking from Marseille to Paris, collecting thousands of discarded facemasks along the way.

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Brussels decorates its Christmas tree as famous Paris avenue is lit up

The countdown to Christmas is underway in European capitals Brussels and Paris.

France

Paris switches Christmas lights on amid tight lockdown restrictions

The lights are set to stay until January 6, but far fewer people will be there to enjoy them this year.

Musica

A look back at Massenet's “Manon“ at the Opéra Bastille

Euronews' Musica looks back at the highlights from the new production of Massenet's “Manon“ at the Opéra Bastille in Paris earlier this year, reimagined by Vincent Huguets. The director sees Manon as a modern emancipated woman during the 1920s.

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Shop windows all dressed up for Christmas with no-one to impress

The lights are on, but no-one is home.

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Opera star sings US national anthem from his window to toast Biden win

Senechal rose to fame on social media during France's first coronavirus lockdown after uploading clips of himself singing to his neighbours.

France

French police targeted by mortar fire in clashes outside high school

Police in France were targeted by mortar fire in front of a high school in Compiègne, where several dozen young men had set fire to rubbish bins, authorities have said.

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Sign language interpreters take on hip hop in Paris

Sign language interpreters performed alongside artists at a hip hop concert -- without a live audience -- that took place in Paris on Saturday.

France

Iconic Paris bookshop hit by lockdown urges customers to buy a book

Founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919, Shakespeare & Company became a creative hub for expatriate writers including Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce.

Earth News

The world's largest insect farm is being built in France

It will raise hundreds of millions of insects to be used as a protein source.