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The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the banks of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris, France.
2024-07-26

Kurds riot near the Place de la République in Paris, France, damaging shops and setting fires. The Paris Police Prefecture reports 11 arrests and at least 30 minor injuries in relation to the violence. The riot followed a peaceful protest in response to yesterday's mass shooting at a Kurdish cultural center that killed three people.
2022-12-24

Pro-free speech protests take place at the Place de la République in Paris following Paty's beheading.
2020-10-18

France reports a record 32,427 new cases in the past 24 hours as curfew goes into effect in Paris and other major cities in a bid to contain the outbreak.
2020-10-17

Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the United States are diverted for several hours on following anonymous bomb threats.
2015-11-17

A gunman attacks the offices of the newspaper "Libération" and the bank Société Générale in Paris, three days after attacking the offices of the news channel BFM TV.
2013-11-18

French police arrest six people in Paris over their suspected involvement in an attempt to steal 1.6 million euros worth of gold bars from an Air France plane on September 19.
2013-09-27

Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel loses his appeal against a five-year prison sentence for forgery and breach of trust, handed down in 2010.
2012-10-24

Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the ratings of France's three biggest banks, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Société Générale.
2011-12-9

Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel is sentenced to three years in jail in France for his role in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss.
2010-10-5