Stories from Paris · France

The Association for the Protection of Sports Programs (PPS) has filed a complaint with Arcom regarding illegal sports broadcasts. The PPS, which includes 23 members from broadcasters, federations, and professional leagues, reported 18,000 incidents on Telegram last year.

A coalition of 150 associations is calling for reinforced state action and new legislation to combat sexual violence. The group, known as the Integral Feminist Coalition, is advocating for a law to address these crimes.

France is pursuing efforts to modernize its coal mines despite the discovery of new energy sources. Last year, production reached nearly 9 billion tons. Coal remains attractive due to low costs, ease of storage, and ease of extraction compared to oil.

France recorded 107 murders of women by partners or ex-partners in 2024, following 164 cases the previous year.

More than half of parliamentary assistants in the French National Assembly use artificial intelligence for their daily work. Nicolas Bonnet, an ecologist deputy and co-rapporteur of a working group on AI usage, confirmed the trend.

The Mona Luna group is seeking selection by the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a rover for a future lunar mission. If selected, the team expects to participate in a mission to the lunar surface by the 2030 horizon. The rover is designed to operate in temperatures reaching 300 degrees Celsius to allow for long-distance exploration. The mission aims to enable long-distance travel on the Moon and would launch from French Guiana. Teams expect to learn if their rover has been selected within several weeks.

French national cybercrime authorities have launched an investigation into a website operating under the name "Cocoland." The site is reportedly a rebranded version of the previously banned "Coco" site, which was implicated in the Pélico case and shut down by justice...

The European Space Agency has entered the active development phase for the Orbit Maintenance Laser (Omlet) project. The laser-based system is designed to prevent collisions between satellites and space debris.

Italian founder Isaac Steidel of the Cocollande site is under investigation for the diffusion of pedopornographic images, corruption of minors, and criminal association. The platform was cited in 23,000 criminal cases between 2021 and 2024.

European consumer associations alert that annual household bills could increase by 53 percent over the next four years. While energy companies and businesses currently bear the costs, European households are expected to be affected by 2028. Currently, 37% of households in France use gas for heating, a figure that rises to 55% in social housing. The warning comes amid concerns regarding the impact of the crisis in Iran on energy prices. The World Meteorological Organization stated that the record increase in greenhouse gases makes it practically impossible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees in the coming years without temporarily exceeding the Paris Agreement. Celeste Saulo of the World Meteorological Organization said that any such exceedance must be kept as short and shallow as possible.