Just one day after opening the River Seine to swimming for the first time in over a century, French officials shut down the ...

To ensure the river was Olympic-ready, Paris invested $1.5 billion into the cleanup effort, known as the “Swimming Plan.” As a result, more than 20,000 homes that were previously dumping wastewater ...

Paris lifted its century-long swimming ban over the weekend, only for the ban to be reinstated a day later after rainfall led ...

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As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about ...

After a century-long ban due to pollution, swimming in Paris's River Seine is now permitted in designated zones, thanks to ...

People enjoy the water at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine River in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025.

A major international competition has been launched for the €135.7 million transformation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris ...

French Archbishop Thibault Verny is the Vatican's new president of its Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors ...

Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time ...

Parisians and visitors looking to cool off this summer can dive in -- weather permitting -- at three bathing sites.

Horrible water quality made it illegal to swim in the Seine for more than a century, but the Olympics pushed forward to hold ...