Paris Opens River Seine for Public Swimming for First Time Since 1923 By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public ...

Cries of "It is warm!" rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians took a plunge in the river for the first time in more than 100 years. The French capital's iconic waterway has been ...

Paris (AFP) – As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre museum and other storied landmarks using water from the Seine river.

A bus has crashed into the Seine river in France. The vehicle ended up in the river in Juvisy-sur-Orge, south of Paris, at around 9.30am local time (8.30 GMT). The transport authority for the ...

PARIS — After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline.

Paris — The first Olympic swimming event in the Seine river has been postponed as tests of the river water continue. The swimming leg of the men's triathlon was originally scheduled to happen Tuesday ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, Parisians and tourists alike took a dive into the Seine on Saturday as three new swimming sites opened to the public. The long-forbidden waters are now ...

PARIS — After months of speculation about whether the Seine River would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, officials deemed the water safe for swimming after a last-minute test.

Banks of the Seine river Paris Plage on the quays in 2013. © Sylvain Sonnet/Hemis/Corbis A woman enjoys the sun next to the Pont Neuf bridge at Paris Plage in 2013 ...