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Olympic Games 2024: French athletes' outfits and where to find the collection in Paris

For the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Stéphane Ashpool and Le Coq Sportif are dressing French athletes in a sporty-chic style in keeping with the spirit of Modern France. A collection that combines sport, fashion and craftsmanship, all in a context of eco-responsibility and proximity, dear to the designer's values. Find out more about our points of sale.

Paris 2024 opening ceremony: the number of spectators on the quays of the Seine has finally been reduced

In the end, there won't be 500,000 people on the quays of the Seine for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The capacity has been revised downwards to almost 200,000 fewer!

Paris 2024: discover the medal table by country for these Olympic Games

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games is obviously the major sporting event of this summer, bringing together over 200 countries in the French capital. When it comes to medals, will France come out on top on home soil? We tell you all about it!

Depeche Mode concert as a prelude to the Paris 2024 Olympics: VSA technology put to the test

Paris is about to experience a technological revolution under the banner of alternative rock. Depeche Mode fans gathered at Bercy's Accor Arena this Sunday won't just be thrilling to the sound of their idols. They will also be taking part, often unknowingly, in a first in France: the introduction of algorithmic video surveillance (AVS) in public spaces.

Paris 2024 Olympics: the Château de Vincennes is transformed into a festive Fan Zone

A free fan zone within the Château de Vincennes to enjoy the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? That's what awaits us from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Broadcasting, food but also sports and exceptional visits are on the program.

Paris 2024: a computer containing security plans for the Olympics stolen from a train

With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games only a few months away, an incident is disrupting preparations: the theft of a computer and USB sticks containing security plans for the event, i.e. "sensitive information". Reported on Monday February 26 at the Gare du Nord by a Paris municipal employee, the offence prompted an immediate police investigation. To be continued ...

RATP: soon, the Paris metro will no longer stop in the event of passenger discomfort

Paris metros will no longer stop in the event of passenger discomfort, and will be quicker to restart following news of a suspicious package. Following her appearance on the set of BFM Business, Valérie Pécresse announced significant changes in the context of transport in the Paris region, to be fully ready in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The new measures should be in place by next June.

Paris Olympics: Emmanuel Macron abandons plans to remove booksellers from the quays of the Seine

Once under threat, the bookshops on the quays of the Seine should finally be able to keep their place during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Emmanuel Macron has said he doesn't want to move them.

Paris 2024: no July 14th military parade on the Champs-Elysées, moved to avenue Foch

A change of program for the July 14 parade in 2024! Due to the Paris Olympic Games, the traditional procession has been moved to a neighboring avenue, and will carry the Olympic flame.

Cultural Olympiad 2024: the program of festivities leading up to the Games in Paris and the Paris Region

The Cultural Olympiad, this extraordinary event that prepares the public for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, promises great entertainment between sport and culture, accessible to all until the deadline, throughout the region.

Paris 2024: half of the Place de la Concorde will no longer be accessible by car after the Games

After the 2024 Olympics, half of the Place de la Concorde will no longer be accessible to motorists. The space will be redeveloped as a promenade, just like the Trocadero and the Champ-de-Mars.

Paris 2024: shopkeepers on the Champ-de-Mars must leave to make way for the Olympics

The Champ-de-Mars' iconic attractions are being forced to leave to make way for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In fact, they may never return ...

Paris 2024 Olympics: the Conseil d'Etat accepts the requisition of Crous accommodation

The decision has just come down, this Friday, December 29, 2023: after much debate, the administrative court has finally accepted the requisition of student accommodation from the Crous de Paris.

Marathon pour Tous: become a pacemaker on the legendary race of the Paris 2024 Olympics

Calling all running enthusiasts: the Marathon pour Tous is now recruiting pacemakers!

Menstrual insecurity: reusable menstrual protection to be reimbursed from 2024

The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, recently announced that sanitary protection would be reimbursed in 2024, in order to combat (at least in part) menstrual precariousness.

Paris 2024: 100 euros and Olympic tickets in exchange for accommodation for CROUS students

Due to the high demand for accommodation during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Crous is asking students living there to vacate over the summer period next year in exchange for 100 euros and tickets to the competition.

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: ticketing opens this Monday, October 9

After tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which were particularly difficult to obtain, it's time for sesames for the Paralympics, for which ticketing opens this October 9, 2023. This time, there's no draw!

Paris Design Week 2023: visit the workshop of the designer of the Olympic torch for the 2024 Games

Paris Design Week returns to the capital with its multitude of design addresses to discover free of charge from September 7 to 16, 2023. During this exceptional week, a visit to the Factory of Mathieu Lehanneur, the famous designer behind the Olympic torch for the 2024 Olympics, is a must. Come and take a closer look on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 10am to 7pm. Registration is now open!

Paris 2024 Olympics: the courts suspend the requisition of CROUS student housing for the 2024 Olympics

The Paris Administrative Court has just suspended the Crous' controversial decision to limit student housing leases until June 30, 2024, in order to make them vacant to staff the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A first victory for the students, even if the case could well be re-examined again ...

Paris: Place du Châtelet transformed into a theater square for over a month

From September 9 to October 15, 2023, the Place du Châtelet in Paris becomes the Place des Théâtres. On the program? A series of shows, many of them free, and a grand evening featuring over a hundred artists!