RACE TO RESTORE
A huge amount of work remains to be done before Notre Dame Cathedral can reopen to the public following the damage caused by the fire in 2019. Can it be finished in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics, as President Emmanual Macron has mandated? A close look at the restoration’s process and progress. (France 24)
WHAT’S NEXT IN FRENCH POLITICS?
The presidential election is barely over, but the major parties are already looking ahead to parliamentary elections on June 12 and 19, and hoping to win a majority. (France 24)
BARGAIN RESTAURANT MEALS
The Fork restaurant reservation site is offering a special deal at restaurants all over France; book for certain dates and get a 50-percent discount. Details here: (The Local)
BACON BONANZA GOES TO FRANCE
A friend of the late artist Francis Bacon has decided to donate his collection of works by and taped interviews with the artist to Paris’s Centre Pompidou rather than the Tate. (The Guardian)
UKRAINIAN WORKERS TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE
A Ukrainian textile company based in Kyiv is helping its employees relocate to northern France, where it has another factory. (Euronews)
REVOLUTIONARY SITE IN VERSAILLES RESTORED
The Jeu de Paume (Royal Tennis Court) at the Château de Versailles, where the new French National Assembly voted to write the country’s first constitution in 1789, has been restored and can now be visited. (The Art Newspaper)
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