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Greenpeace activists face fine over Eiffel Tower protest

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

Greenpeace activists who hung a banner from the Eiffel Tower in protest against far-right leader Marine Le Pen should be given 500 euro fines and suspended sentences, French prosecutors said Friday. Demonstrators from the environmental campaign group unfurled the banner which read "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity #Resist" from the iconic tower on May 5 last year, two days before the secondRead more

Paris truffle find hailed as boon

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

French gourmets were celebrating Friday after a wild truffle was discovered for what experts said was the first time ever in Paris. The discovery in a hotel roof garden in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower comes as prices for the aromatic fungus have doubled to more than 5,000 euros ($6,000) a kilo. Coming just before Christmas, when truffles areRead more

Paris truffle find hailed as boon for urban gardeners

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

Al Sheikh expects notable increase

Cairo - Mohamed Ammar

Egyptian tour guide Wala Al Sheikh said that the world is preparing for a few months to welcome the new year, and there are several tourist destinations around the world that attract tourists because of their popularity, including the Eiffel Tower in France, Big Ben Square in England, Temples of Luxor and Aswan in Egypt, "along with the pyramids also.Read more

Eiffel Tower knifeman wanted to attack soldier: security source

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

A man arrested at the Eiffel Tower brandishing a knife has told investigators he wanted to attack a soldier, a source close to the case told AFP Sunday. The man, aged around 19 and with a history of psychological problems, also said he had been in contact with someone from the Islamic State terror group who had encouraged him, theRead more

Paris tourism alive and kicking again

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

High-kicking dancers are enthralling full houses again at the Moulin Rouge and art lovers are swarming the Louvre as Paris enjoys a tourism revival after plummeting numbers brought on by terror attacks. Tourists are increasingly refusing to give in to fear of being caught up in a jihadist attack such as the November 2015 bloodbath in the French capital andRead more

'Syrian Billy Elliot' dances his way to a new life

Paris - AFP

From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and erasing the horrors of the Islamic state group. Joudeh was invited to Paris by singer Sanga, his friend and admirer, for a special one-off performance, using a song specially written for him. Thursday's show at the Eiffel Tower was theRead more

Activist demands Iran Olympics ban over 'sexual apartheid'

Paris - AFP

Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai on Friday demanded sports sanctions against her country as punishment for banning women from stadiums, a policy she described as "intolerable sexual apartheid". Speaking in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the two cities bidding for the 2024 Olympics, the 42-year-old, wearing a tee-shirt bearing the slogan "Let Iranian women enterRead more

France’s Fillon battles to keep campaign afloat

Paris - Arab today

French conservative candidate Francois Fillon battled to keep his presidential bid afloat on Saturday by unveiling his policy platform in the eye of a storm over a fake jobs scandal. Marking his 63rd birthday, Fillon is trying to turn the page on a nightmare week that saw scores of defections from his camp after he admitted he will face criminalRead more