Université Paris Cité

Eight Parisian universities have regrouped under the new umbrella of Université Paris Cité. The new campus, the biggest in the city, will hold 120,000 of the city’s 300,000 students and includes some of its best-known institution, including the Sorbonne Nouvelle,...

Musée du Quai Branly reveals flood protection

One of Paris’ newest museum buildings, the Musée du Quai Branly, which opened in 2006 on the banks of the Seine, has revealed its secret weapon that until now has remained hidden from the public. Thanks to a specially designed...

Paris get tough on bouquinistes

Paris’ world-famous riverside booksellers – the bouquinistes – are being called to order by city authorities after many have been found selling tourist souvenirs, objects ‘made in China’ and unlawfully subletting their stalls. The town hall has been accused of...

Paris plans more nursery schools

Working parents in Paris will have access to 22 new day nurseries in the city by the end of this year. Paris mayor, Bertrand Delanoê, has pledged to create four and half thousand new nursery places by 2014, which will...

Controls for Paris hygiene department

Paris’ so-called ‘Brigade Anticrottes’ has been brought to heel. The 90 officers of the city’s hygiene department (DPE) issue fines and report dog owners whose animals foul the pavements, those who put bin liners on public highways or those who...