General Leclerc News Today

The Leclerc main battle tank replaced the AMX-30, which had entered service in 1966. Though initially designed in 1983, the Leclerc didn’t go into production until 1991 and didn’t reach service until the following year, thus missing out on France’s participation in Operation Desert Storm. 

Parisians overwhelmingly supported a ban, although turnout was low. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The brand’s Champagne maison presents a new vintage, which brings a generational change. Lucie Pereyra de Nonancourt, the founder’s oldest granddaughter, is now the head of the empire

Police claim the moped jumped a red traffic light and collided with a car

Sources say the scooter fled at the sight of a police patrol that was preparing to stop it in Limoges.

Police claim the moped jumped a red traffic light and collided with a car

A teenager riding a scooter and his adult passenger were killed in France after an encounter with police, during which officers said Sunday the pair fled a patrol and crashed into another vehicle.

A teenager riding a scooter and his adult passenger were killed in France after an encounter with police, during which officers said Sunday the pair had fled a patrol and crashed into another vehicle. The incident comes just weeks after France was engulfed by its worst rioting in years following the ..

The fight to liberate France was far from over when D-Day ended on 6 June 1944. So what was the aftermath of the battle of Normandy?

Witness the evolution of Paris from the glamour of the Belle Epoque era through to the Second World War and beyond, courtesy of a breathtaking coffee table book.