Now playing Next Food and Drink You are what you eat: Paris Olympic athletes offered meat-free menus With 60% of the food served to the public being meat-free and 80% sourced locally, the Paris Olympic Games are setting a new standard for environmental sustainability. 30/04/2024
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Now playing Next France Migrants relocated from Paris ahead of Olympic Games Aid groups fear the move, which included mostly women and children, is the beginning of a broader effort by Paris authorities to clear people out by the summer. 04/04/2024
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Now playing Next France 'Disturbing': Rough sleepers removed from Paris ahead of Olympics Hundreds of migrants and rough sleepers have been relocated from Paris to regional France on chartered bus services. 28/03/2024
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Now playing Next Design Paris 2024: Official Olympic Games posters by Ugo Gattoni revealed The Paris 2024 Olympic posters look great – a richly immersive composition of micro-elements that feel like a Where’s Wally frame that’s been commissioned by Jay Gatsby. Have a look for yourself... 05/03/2024
Now playing Next France Probe into theft of bag thought to have contained Olympics plans Paris city hall confirmed that a stolen USB memory stick did not contain police security plans for the 2024 Olympic Games. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next My Wildest Prediction Pioneering flying taxis will take off this summer in Paris While flying taxis may still sound like science fiction, they are poised to become a reality before the end of the year. Volocopter's drone-shaped electric vehicles are ready to take flight in Paris, coinciding with the 2024 Olympic Games. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Macron won't relocate Paris' iconic bouquinistes for Olympic Games French President Emmanuel Macron has scrapped plans to relocate the bouquinistes – Parisian booksellers on the banks of the Seine – for the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony. 14/02/2024
Now playing Next Design Do Paris Olympics medals really contain pieces of the Eiffel Tower? 2024 Paris medalists will take a bit of France and its iconic landmark home with them. And it's legit pieces of the Eiffel Tower, in case you were wondering... 08/02/2024
Now playing Next France French authorities investigating Olympic chief Estanguet's salary With the 2024 games in Paris only months away, questions have arisen about how the chief organiser is being paid. 07/02/2024
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