PARIS — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime ...

They cite consistently high water quality, meeting European regulations, alongside favourable hot and sunny weather forecasts, ensuring a refreshing experience for all. Making splashes in Paris city ...

July 5 (UPI) -- The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. The waterway was ...

Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion ...

Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test ...

After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming ...

Some information may no longer be current. Joel Stratte-McClure holds an American flag after completing a short swim in the Seine River, in Paris, on July 4. Thibault Camus/The Associated Press ...

PARIS — French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and protect its fragile ecosystem, part of a global movement to grant ...

This article was published 30/07/2024 (300 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century.

Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics By: Tom Nouvian, The Associated Press Posted: 4:16 PM CDT Friday, Jun. 14, 2024 Last Modified: 3:02 AM CDT ...