Mass security measures are being put in place ahead of the Olympic Games. Paris is expecting hundreds of thousands of fans to attend the competition. Security concerns have been heightened after threats to football matches
Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they will have to fly around the restricted airspace.
The idea of holding the Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine is a 'crazy idea' - maybe it would have been best to have left it at the ideas stage, writes John Lichfield.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony could move from the River Seine if the security risk is too high, the BBC reports. Mr Macron said it could be “limited to the Trocadéro”, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, instead of covering the planned stretch of the river. He added that …
There are multiple plans in place for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games should the security risk be too high to host the curtain raiser on the Seine, according to the French president Emmanuel Macron. Europe, especially Champions League football, has been at the heart of security threats recently. Terror group ISIS said they’d []
French president says location of spectacle, due to take place on Seine, could change if there is serious risk of terror attackFrance has backup plans to move the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Seine if there is a serious risk of a terrorist attack, Emmanuel Macron has said.Speaking in a television interview on Monday, the French president said organisers “could and would” continue to plan for a “world first” opening ceremony for 26 July, when more than 300,000 people are...
Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about
Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday.
With sunset and moonlight gleaming on the river, the grandiose opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics will last nearly four hours. A total of 205 delegations will parade on more than 80 boats on the Seine. The ceremony will drift slowly from east to west, bridge to bridge, snaking six
Dozens of Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics
Follow The Athletic’s coverage In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games. There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions of visitors, as well as an unprecedented opening ceremony set to take place on the River Seine, which runs through the city’s heart. At least, that is plan A, anyway — Emmanuel Macron, the French president, confirmed an off-river contingency for the first time on Monday. Advertisement Excitement has not...
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed hope that hostilities in Russia's war against Ukraine and other military conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Sudan, will cease during the Paris Olympic Games. In an interview with French media on Monday, April 15, Macron stated his commitment to "do everything possible to obtain an Olympic truce" for the upcoming Summer Games. "We want to work on an Olympic truce, and I think this is an opportunity for me to engage with many of our...