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Paris, Oct 9 (EFE). - (Camera: Josep Puig) A colossal five-ton head welcomes visitors to the most important exhibition of the unknown Olmec civilization ever in Europe. Most of the pieces have never left the halls of Mexican museums but are now doing so to enter the Quay Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.
Paris, Aug 10 (EFE).- The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is cultivating an alternative solution to industrial agriculture on its rooftop: a 14,000-square-metre garden overlooking the Eiffel Tower. (Camera: MARTA GARDE. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Paris, Aug 10(EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohammed Badra) The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is cultivating an alternative solution to industrial agriculture on its rooftop: a 14,000-square-metre garden overlooking the Eiffel Tower. The garden, Nature Urbaine, situated on the roof of Pavilion 6 was installed at the end of June by Agripolis and Cultures en Ville, and when fully operational will be the largest of its kind in all of Europe. Tomatoes, strawberries and aromatic plants are already growing in the sizable garden, which is equivalent to two football pitches. FOOTAGE OF THE ROOFTOP.
For his first outing as Justice Minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti visited the Fresnes prison. The famous lawyer and newly appointed member of the French government said he was "concerned about freedom, about the conditions of detention and about the working conditions of prison staff". (COMPLETES VIDI1US3E1_EN) SOUNDBITE
France's largest squat - which has housed up to 450 migrants, most of them legal migrants according to associations - is being evacuated in the southern suburbs of Paris, 100 days ahead of the Olympic Games. IMAGES
Activist Greta Thunberg says that a ruling by Europe's top rights court that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change is "only the beginning". SOUNDBITE