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Added on the 02/02/2018 17:02:00 - Copyright : NouvelObs Montage
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived for a meeting with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on a Vélib city bike. The two were set to unveil a study regarding the number of lives saved by city and regional air quality policies. IMAGES
Ten years after Paris launched the wildly popular Velib bicycle-sharing scheme, the grey two-wheelers that have spawned imitators worldwide are getting a makeover. On Wednesday, the City of Paris unveiled two new, colourful models that will replace the existing, 20,000-strong Velib fleet from January, 30 percent of which will be electric. IMAGES
Around a hundred people gather in front of Paris secondary school Maurice-Ravel in support of its principal who resigned on Wednesday after receiving death threats following an altercation with a student demanding she remove her Muslim veil. French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday have expressed dismay at the principal's resignation. IMAGES
Civil servants in Paris turn out in low numners to march in an attempt to wrest pay rises from the French government despite a tight budgetary situation. IMAGES
Four months ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera inaugurates the Yves-du-Manoir stadium, in the northwestern Paris suburb of Colombes. The stadium, which was the main site for the 1924 Paris Olympics is ready, a century later, to welcome hundreds of participants and tens of thousands of spectators. IMAGES
Paris Prefect of police Laurent Nunez arrives at La Courneuve police station, located near major venues for this summer's Olympics, after it was attacked with firework mortars on Sunday evening. IMAGES