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Top French court upholds burkini ban in Grenoble’s swimming pools

Grenoble’s city authority lost the legal battle for the burkini against France’s highest administrative court

Evening Standard

France rules against burkini swimwear for religious reasons

France’s top administrative court has ruled against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons

The Independent UK

No place for burkinis in Grenoble's public pools, rules top French court

Full-body swimwear including the Burkini should not be worn in public pools in the city of Grenoble, France's top administrative court ruled on Tuesday, upholding an earlier order by a lower court.

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The French are obsessed with the burkini – and it’s all getting a bit embarrassing

The world is burning and France is fixated on whether women wear long sleeves to have a swim – a furore with obvious roots in the country’s deep Islamophobia, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

A French city approved burkinis in its pools. Then the backlash came

The city of Grenoble's move to allow the full body-covering swimsuit for Islamic women has sparked a legal battle. Activists say it's a matter of civil — and women's — rights.

WEKU

France burkini ban challenged in country’s top court

Marine Le Pen has called the burkini the ‘clothing of Islamist propaganda’

The Independent UK

GlobalFoundries-STMicro Discuss Partnering For Chip Plant In France

GlobalFoundries Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) and STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE:STM) are amid discussions to build a semiconductor factory in France with the help of government funds, Bloomberg reports. The European Commission looks to produce 20% of the world’s chips by 2030. The European Union executive arm proposed the 43 billion euro ($45.3 billion) Chips Act earlier to…

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Grenoble takes on French state as burkini legal row reaches highest court

Dispute due to go before Conseil d’Etat in municipal bid to allow people to wear any kind of swimwear

The Guardian - UK

French court forces Grenoble to backtrack on allowing burkini in public pools

A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow people to wear burkini in public swimming pools.

Radio France Internationale

French court scraps rule allowing burkinis in Grenoble swimming pools

A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow body-covering "burkini" bathing suits for women in municipal pools, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter feed.

Reuters

Tourist Plane Crash Kills Five in France

Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed in a tourist plane crash in the French Alps on Saturday, rescue services said. The accident happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble in southeast France, for what should have been a half-hour…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French government moves to block 'burkinis' in public swimming pools

France's interior minister says that he will seek to overturn a rule change in the city of Grenoble that would allow women to wear burkinis in state-run swimming pools.

Radio France Internationale

French city of Grenoble allows wearing of ‘burkini’ in state-run swimming pools

Burkinis are swimming suits that covers whole body, except for face, hands and feet

The Independent UK

Outcry after French city of Grenoble votes to allow burkinis in public pools

Grenoble has become the second city in France to allow women to wear burkinis in public swimming pools – as well as bathe topless – following a divisive city council vote late Monday on modifying swimwear rules.

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Plan to allow burkinis in Grenoble swimming pools reignites French culture wars

Burkinis have been a long-standing catalyst for dispute in France, calling societal attitudes towards Islam and feminism into question. Rule changes in Grenoble’s swimming pools suggest that opposition to the garment could be receding.

The Guardian - UK

French mayor reignites burkini row with pool rule proposal

Grenoble mayor wants swimmers to dress ‘how they like’, including topless or in full-body suits

The Independent UK

Grenoble city guide: Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in France’s ‘capital of the Alps’

Too often missed as visitors make a mad dash for the mountains, this southeastern French city is where skiers and hikers converge with raucous wine bars and elegant antiques shops, says Anna Richards

The Independent UK

Council sends mayor to speak about decarbonisation at climate conference in France – via easyJet flight

‘We’re a low mileage Council, and we send him by air because it’s quick, and the meeting is important,’ says Oxford City Council

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The Guardian - UK

A local’s guide to Grenoble, France: spectacular night skiing and great nightlife

Publisher Jacques Glénat shares tips on hearty bistros, craft beer and one of France’s finest art museums in Europe’s Green Capital 2022

Radio France Internationale

Killer of eight-year-old Maelys apologises in first day of trial in Grenoble

A former French soldier was in court Monday on charges of kidnapping and murdering Maelys De Araujo, whose disappearance in August 2017 shook France and dominated the news for weeks. In the first day of the trial, he admitted her death was a "mistake".

The Independent UK

France: Man tried over killing 8-year-old girl, other crimes

A former dog trainer goes on trial Monday in the French city of Grenoble accused of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl at a wedding in the Alps

Daily Record

Marvel actor Gaspard Ulliel dies aged 37 after ski accident

The 37 year-old actor was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Grenoble following a collision on the slopes in the Savoie region of the French Alps on Tuesday 18th January.

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