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Paris 2024: Tony Estanguet is still confident about the calendar

After major announcements as for the Olympics calendar, head of Paris 2024 Organizing Committee Tony Estanguet told Le Monde goals will be achieved "in time". Tickets, urban development projects, and even search for partners: the calendar is to be observed.

Pizzeria Popine launches a €5 Margherita pizza for lunch

Who says better than €5 for a pizza? Head to Popine Saint-Sauveur to make the most of this new offer available every lunch of the week.

Sapid, Alain Ducasse's naturality-based restaurant in Paris is open

On September 6, 2021, Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse opens a restaurant focusing on "naturality" in the 10th arrondissement: an eatery called Sapid, from Latin Sapidus meaning delicious. The restaurant will serve healthy and sustainable food, 95% based on vegetables and cereals with a low environmental impact.

The George V unveils a new gastronomic season

The famous George V Palace goes back to school! The restaurants are firing up the stoves again to unveil an ultra-gourmet gastronomic offering, with new dishes to tantalize the taste buds of Parisian gourmets.

BAM Karaoke Box Etoile, the festive karaoke of the Champs-Élysées

BAM Karaoke Box Etoile has finally opened its doors just a few steps from the Champs-Elysées! First planned for 2020, it's finally since September 9th 2021 that the festive spot is waiting for you to break your voice. Warm up your vocal cords, your evening may be melodious (or not).

Paris: the Place de l’Etoile goes car-free for 3 weekends in September for Christo’s installation

The Place Charles-de-Gaulle Etoile will go car-free for 3 weekends in September, from Saturday September 18 to Sunday October 3, 2021, so Parisians and tourists can fully enjoy the wrapped Arc de Triomphe, as designed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Over 300 mediators will come and meet visitors and give a sample of fabric to those who would like one.

Covid: myocarditis risk higher for covid than for the vaccine

A new American study reveals myocarditis risk is higher when catching Covid than getting vaccinated.

August 31st Paris Ephemeris: Lady Diana's fatal accident in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel

On August 31, 1997, after a frantic chase through the streets of Paris with paparazzi, Princess Lady Diana died in a tragic car accident in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.

Covid: 70% of the entire EU population is fully vaccinated against Covid

The EU has hit a milestone: 70% of the EU adult population is now fully vaccinated, European Commission Presidence Ursula Von der Leyen announced this Tuesday August 31. It represents over 230 million people.

Covid: Against the Delta variant, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are only 66% effective

According to a study published this August 24, 2021 by the American health authorities, Pfizer and Moderna are no longer 91% effective but 66% effective against the Delta variant.

Liberation of Paris: a tribute reading on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville, Everything begins again in Paris

To mark the 77th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, the Mairie de Paris has chosen to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed themselves for Freedom, with a poetry reading by actors Philippe Torrenton, Marion Isvi and Nicolas Evrard, accompanied by musicians. Together, they have planned an evocation of seven "episodes" of the Liberation, with texts, archive images and current photos.

Covid: coronavirus positive newborn dies at birth

This is worrying news: More and more babies infected with Covid-19 - mostly contaminated by their non-vaccinated parents - are hospitalized. A newborn baby has died at birth on August 20 in Occitania. He tested positive for Covid, so did his mother.

Ephemeris for August 21 in Paris: First deadly Resistance attack on the Barbès metro station

On August 21, 1941, the Resistance carried out the first murderous attack in Paris against the German forces that had occupied the capital for over a year. Pierre Georges, who was to become Colonel Fabien, shot a Kriegsmarine soldier twice in the Barbès-Rochechouart metro station.

Olympic Party #2: Pop-rock concerts and skate and breakdance initiations at the Bercy Skatepark

As part of the Hyper Festival 2021, the La Grande Party springboard is organizing its 2nd edition of L'Olympic Party, dubbed "Le Grand Bowl d'Air", on Sunday August 29, 2021 at the Centre Philippe Auguste. On the program for this free, festive event, at the crossroads of sport and music: skateboarding and breakdancing initiations, two disciplines invited to the Paris 2024 Olympics program, as well as pop and rock concerts provided by promising artists. Don't you just love it?

French health pass: how to get it as a foreign tourist?

The health pass given to foreign tourists in their home country is not valid in France, but the latter can fill in an application to get it ahead of their stay in France.

Covid: facemask-wearing compulsory outside in these 38 departments

Faced with the spread of the Delta variant and the fourth wave, several French cities and departments have decided to instate compulsory outdoor facemask-wearing again to curb the coronavirus epidemic.

Ephemeris of August 19 in Paris: The Liberation of Paris

From August 19 to 25, 1944, Paris was finally liberated from German occupation. It was the triumph of the Allies and fighting France, and the establishment of General de Gaulle as leader of a liberated and victorious France.

Ephemeris for August 17: Last convoy of deportees and closure of the Drancy camp

On August 17, 1944, the last convoy of deportees left the Drancy camp for Buchenwald. The following day, 1,467 prisoners were liberated.

History fact: it happened on August 18 in Paris, Henry IV’s wedding at Notre-Dame de Paris

On August 18, 1572, Henry of Navarre – future king Henry IV – marries Marguerite of Valois – or Queen Margot – the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. An alliance by way of reconciliation between the Catholic and the Protestant Churches that will lead to the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in spite of everything.

Covid Île-de-France, 3 departments with incidence rates of over 200, towards new restrictions?

The coronavirus epidemic in the Paris region has seen a significant decline. However, due to the Delta variant becoming dominant in the region, Paris and the whole of the Île-de-France region saw a rebound in the epidemic. In three départements, the incidence rate exceeds 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a decisive threshold that may give rise to further restrictions.