Tag: Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Charles Wills returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led there after it was liberated. He worked then for “Stars and Stripes” when he met both Marion and Helen Ellswirth. He soon married and was happy staying in Paris after his discharge. While working for a news organization, Charlie began to write the…


Crowds Flock to Champs-Elysees During Paris Car-Free Day

PARIS—Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue on Sunday as a car-free day removed most of the traffic from the French capital’s usually busy streets. Pedestrians wandering along the most famous thoroughfare in Paris could view the Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an art installation. The monument has been…


French Slackliner Wows Crowd With Eiffel Tower Performance

PARIS—Slackliner Nathan Paulin drew applause from a watching crowd in Paris as he completed a 600-meter crossing on Saturday from the Eiffel Tower to the other side of the river Seine. Paulin, 27, moved along the slackline suspended 70 meters above the ground, at one point sitting and lying on the rope before arriving at…


France’s Bollore Poised to Own $7 Billion Worth of Universal After Listing

PARIS/AMSTERDAM—Vincent Bollore is set to own $7 billion worth of Universal Music Group shares after it floats next week, raising questions about how the French tycoon could use this new source of cash as Universal’s parent Vivendi charts a new course. Bollore, the top investor in Vivendi who spearheaded the spin-off of the world’s biggest…


Budapest and Paris: The Contrast Between Civilization and Barbarism

Commentary Pope Francis went recently to Hungary for a few hours to preach the eternal sacred truths of political correctness. Of course, these truths may change in time, indeed they are certain to do so, but their sacrosanctity will remain. After all, the sacred must move with the times. I also went to Hungary recently…


Suspect of Paris Terror Attack That Killed 130 People Says He’s ‘Fighter of ISIS’

The prime suspect of the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people nearly six years ago described himself on Sept. 8 as a “fighter of the Islamic State” while appearing on trial over the worst terror attack in France’s history. Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old man with French citizenship but who grew up in Belgium, is…


Suspect in Paris Terror Attack That Killed 130 People Says He’s ‘Fighter of ISIS’

The prime suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people nearly six years ago described himself on Sept. 8 as a “fighter of the Islamic State” while appearing on trial over the worst terror attack in France’s history. Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old man with French citizenship but who grew up in Belgium, is…


Security High in Paris as Bataclan Jihadist Attacks Trial Begins

PARIS—The trial of 20 men accused of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris in 2015 began under high security in the French capital on Wednesday, with the man widely believed to be the only surviving attacker appearing in a black mask. Some 130 people were killed and hundreds wounded when gunmen with suicide vests…


The Dark Origins of Communism Ep. 3: The Burning of Paris

The Paris Commune of 1871 is regarded as the first time communism seized power. This violent revolution led to the destruction of a large portion of the arts and architecture of Paris, saw the killing and persecution of priests, and laid the foundations for future revolutions. Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus…


[Premiering at 8PM ET Tonight] The Dark Origins of Communism Ep. 3: The Burning of Paris

The Paris Commune of 1871 is regarded as the first time communism seized power. This violent revolution led to the destruction of a large portion of the arts and architecture of Paris, saw the killing and persecution of priests, and laid the foundations for future revolutions. Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus