At an event attended by French president Emmanuel Macron Seqens inaugurated a facility in Villeneuve-la-Garenne that produces highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients the plant will make the contraceptive hormone estetrol for Mithra Mithra expects products containing estetrol to win approval next year ACS’s Basic Package keeps you connected with C&EN and ACS $80 Regular Members & Society Affiliates ACS’s Standard Package lets you stay up to date with C&EN ACS’s Premium Package gives you full access to C&EN and everything the ACS Community has to offer This article has been sent to the following recipient: Sign up for C&EN's must-read weekly newsletter Copyright © 2025 American Chemical Society You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed For an outing sheltered from the wind, cold or rain, indoor play grounds are the perfect family outing, for young and old alike. In Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Newtown Park offers a multitude of activities in over 1,800 m² of space The program includes a wide range of connected activities with virtual reality to explore immense virtual worlds in the Vex Arena sports and multiplayer games in the Newtown Ninja Tag diving into a ball pool or going down a slide in the Newtown Beach.. Sports enthusiasts will love Newtown Mountain and its climbing area where you can climb up to 5 metres high while families can enjoy a game of bowling there's plenty for the whole family to do in the afternoon with the adrenaline package at €20 per person you'll have to pay for each activity separately: €12 for Newtown Beach or Newtown Mountain you can expect to pay from €12 per person for 20 minutes: in all cases you pay each time for a certain amount of time For a fun, sporty family outing for young and old alike, head for Newtown Park in Villeneuve-la-Garenne Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here France (AP) — With a yellow safety vest tied to her backpack 17 for her first protest with a grassroots movement that is now shaking France she was blockading a fuel depot of gas giant Total until dozens of police in riot gear cleared out her small group and a handful of fellow protesters from her working class town north of Paris are plotting their next blockade but we’re not army chiefs,” said Pouzet who is raising two children alone and can barely make ends meet passionately protesting against a government they say has forgotten the people while pandering to the rich The movement took off in November with blockades at strategic crossroads around the nation following a fuel tax hike that is part of President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to wean the nation off fossil fuels The movement is dubbed “yellow vests” for the fluorescent safety vests that are required by law in each car and that protesters often don The original protests may have been fairly low-key at the start following an ugly turn that has led to two violent weekends in the heart of Paris and four people dying the French state is in the midst of its most serious periods of civil unrest in decades French authorities trying to grapple with the restive citizenry have stressed the right to protest — while preparing extraordinary security measures ahead of Saturday’s demonstrations including putting armored vehicles on Paris streets said Friday that “rebellious” individuals are expected to meld into the crowds and made clear all would be done to prevent a repeat of the recent destruction and violence “Some ultra-violent people want to take part,” he said the government had withdrawn plans for the January fuel tax hike in a bid to appease restive citizens — three days before a feared fourth protest in the French capital the movement had ballooned and radicalized and demands have multiplied The concession was widely seen as too little too late Now France is bracing for more violence this weekend the Louvre museum and countless shops are to stay closed Saturday as security is tightened Pouzet has neither a car nor a driver’s license the girl who struggles every day and who fights to try to have a minimum She said she decided to stop wearing a yellow vest because the movement is no longer about cars she calls herself “an angry French woman.” She has had a steady job for 14 years caring for children at a public nursery in a nearby town She lives in a white stucco semi-detached house in a working class town north of Paris But she says she has around 200 euros (under $230) per month to feed her family and pay for surprise expenses The rest of her monthly pay check of 1,750 euros health insurance for her and her two children She took out a bank loan to pay France’s annual “habitation tax.” “telling myself listen to those around you shut your mouth and follow and grin and bear it.” the growing protest movement meant “the world was opening its eyes coming out of a lethargy” and “I saw I wasn’t alone.” Groups formed and other networks were engaged It is unclear how many people are in the movement But the speed at which actions and demands are multiplying has swept Pouzet away “This crisis is deep and it’s not just economic The phenomenon began incubating in mid-October apparently spurred on in part by a video that went viral she gives Macron a tongue-lashing for piling new taxes and restrictions on cars needed for work — while slashing a wealth tax the beleaguered Macron “detonated” the crisis starting with a gradual loss of solidarity in French society “It’s the poorest giving to the richest … We have the impression of being modern-day slaves,” she said with self-appointed spokespeople but no real leaders has created a conundrum for the government Infighting within the movement that apparently is attracting radicals on the right and left has multiplied sources of potential danger but considers it inevitable if change is to come “The French people have reached saturation point we’re waking up together so let’s go.” Milos Krivokapic contributed from Gennevilliers Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas in the suburbs of Villeneuve-la-Garenne and Aulnay-sous-Bois The tensions were ignited in the early hours of Saturday when a motorcyclist was injured during a police check in Villeneuve-la-Garenne prompting about 50 angry bystanders to gather A police statement said the group targeted officers with "projectiles" in a near two-hour standoff was hospitalised with a broken leg and had to undergo surgery after he had crashed into the open door of a police car Residents allege the door was opened deliberately so that the rider would smash into it The man will lodge a complaint against the officers while prosecutors have opened an investigation calm had returned to Villeneuve-la-Garenne after a second night of riots marked by suburban fires and explosions The trouble had also spread to nearby Aulnay-sous-Bois where police claimed they were "ambushed" by residents in a district of dense high-rise social housing of mainly immigrant occupants who claim they are regularly the victims of harsh police treatment Police said they were targeted by residents using fireworks as projectiles After the motorcyclist was injured on Saturday rights group SOS Racisme issued a statement calling on authorities to shed full light on the incident and urging police restraint "in this time of confinement and tensions" prosecutors opened an investigation into the death in detention of a 33-year-old man arrested for allegedly violating the home confinement measures imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Sunday police had carried out 13.5 million checks since the lockdown started on March 17 with people allowed outside only for essential purposes and then with a self-certified letter explaining their reasons for leaving their home More than 800,000 people were written up for violations Several complaints of brutality were lodged against French police during recent months of pension reform protests and "yellow vest" anti-government rallies Motorbike rider who clashed with police Saturday calls for calm as vandalism erupts in suburbs Unrest sparked by an incident in which a motorcyclist hit a police car in a Paris banlieue has been reported across France highlighting growing tensions caused by the strict lockdown In a fourth night of violence and vandalism, on Tuesday evening a primary school was partially destroyed by fire in a north-west suburb of Paris and police in another district said fireworks had been aimed at them In Toulouse several rubbish bins and cars were set alight and incidents were also reported in Strasbourg The unrest spread after a trail motorbike ridden at speed on Saturday evening which was stationary at a red traffic light in the suburb of Villeneuve-la-Garenne Witnesses said an officer had deliberately opened the door issued a plea for calm to those on the streets I ask you to go home and calm down,” he said in a video filmed in hospital an MP for the Seine-Saint-Denis area outside Paris home to some of France’s most run-down outer-city housing estates told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday: “Compared to what sadly happens far too often and too easily the number of people involved and the seriousness of the incidents is still quite low.” The Paris police prefecture has banned the purchase or possession of fireworks in the city and three surrounding departments until 27 April In a district of Lyon a group of 30 youths destroyed a bus shelter smashed the windscreens of several cars and damaged the entrance of the local crêche on Monday evening reportedly shouting: “That’s for Villeneuve-la-Garenne.” adding: “They wouldn’t even know where to find Villeneuve-la-Garenne on a map … it’s just an excuse to smash things up.” “The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne,” 1872 – The Bruce Museum and the Hôtel de Caumont Centre d’Art in Aix-en-Provence are mounting a major monographic exhibition of the art of the French Impressionist Alfred Sisley The first retrospective in more than 20 years of this purest of all the major Impressionists “Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Impressionist Master” spotlights about 50 of Sisley’s paintings which come from private collections and major museums in Europe and North America The Bruce Museum will premiere the exhibition January 21-May 21 and is the only venue in the United States where it will be on exhibit from June through October Born in Paris to well-to-do British parents Sisley at first intended to pursue a career in commerce and spent two years in London from 1857 to 1859 studying both the Old Masters and the great British landscape painters John Constable and J.M.W he was determined to become a landscape painter and enrolled in Charles Gleyre’s studio where he met the future Impressionists Claude Monet Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Frédéric Bazille Initially Sisley worked in the naturalistic landscape tradition of the Barbizon School but increasingly adopted a proto-Impressionistic style recording specific locations in a sequence of visual records of different times of the day In so doing he charted comprehensively and from multiple points of view the landscapes of his residences in the villages along the Seine west of Paris and beyond the Forest of Fontainebleau at Veneux-Nadon and Moret-sur-Loing Sisley was first and foremost a painter of light He knew how to imbue all of his paintings with it One could say that light floods his landscapes deliciously bathing even the most modest of details While his landscapes are generally modest in scale and tonally relatively restrained the magic with which he was able to capture the effects of the light dancing on water the brilliance of winter sun on snow and hoar frost the exploration of the depth of a rural scene and the vastness of the skies create compelling works akin to poetry quiet contemplation and their reevaluation is well overdue independent art historian and curator of the 1992/93 and 2002/03 retrospective exhibitions on the artist It is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog published by Editions Hazan bring new insights that ensure the publication will be an indispensable reference on the artist and his oeuvre In addition to the Bruce Museum’s regularly scheduled adult tours school programs and hands-on in-gallery family activities special public programming to complement the exhibition in Connecticut will include a graduate student symposium featuring PhD students from leading art history programs who will present their original research on the multifaceted ways in which artists frame nature in their work The show will also be a focus for visitors of special groups including the museum’s Lifetime of Looking program for guests with memory loss and the community partner program through Abilis for visitors with developmental disabilities The Bruce Museum is at 1 Museum Drive. For information, 203-869-0376 or www.brucemuseum.org A Grand Reopening — The Frick Collection ‘Banners of Liberty’ Revolutionary War Flags Gather At Museum Of The American Revolution Turner Exhibition Reopens Yale’s Center For British Art The Night of Solidarity is an operation that counts the number of homeless people in a particular area on a given night The seventh Night of Solidarity in Paris took place during the night of the 25th to 26th January 2024 mobilising over 2,000 volunteers and professionals of the social fields the Greater Paris - Grand Paris Metropolis - coordinated their third Night of Solidarity with nearly 2,000 volunteers and 120 partner non-profit associations in the 32 volunteer municipal Communes: Alfortville 785 people were met on the same night in the 32 volunteer municipal Communes of Grand Paris Metropolis Apur processes your data to manage sending out the newsletter. For more information on the management of your personal data and to exercise your rights, please click here. You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. Clichy-Sous-Bois, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap. It was her first time accepting charity, but she had no choice. The coronavirus pandemic has turned her small world upside down. With open air markets closed, supermarket prices skyrocketing, an out-of-work husband, two children to feed and another on the way, Diatite said even tomatoes are now too expensive. “This is my only solution,” she said, relieved that a local group in her Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois stepped in with help. Clichy-sous-Bois – where fiery nationwide riots started in 2005 – is just 23 14 miles northeast of the French capital, but with its rows of housing projects, restless youth and residents teetering on the poverty line, it feels light years away. The town mayor, seeing a looming crisis triggered by food shortages, sounded the alarm, and with scattered unrest simmering in impoverished suburbs, the French government announced a plan for urgent food assistance of nearly $42.1 million for communities in need. Providing food aid might be the most fixable of the longstanding problems in the heavily immigrant housing projects ringing France’s large cities. Leader after leader has tried and failed to find remedies for often-dilapidated and cramped housing, chronic delinquency, a thriving drug trade and, above all, the entrenched discrimination against minority communities that limits their job prospects in France. Some residents say they felt confined years before the strict coronavirus lockdown measures imposed March 17. “I feel the social crisis is growing with confinement,” said Clichy-Sous-Bois Mayor Olivier Klein. “We see numerous people in need, urgently, in a way we’ve never seen,” he told France Info radio. “In these tense neighborhoods, the smallest spark can trigger still more tension.” Alongside the food crisis, there has been scattered violence, with youths targeting French police in confrontations that end in clouds of tear gas but no known injuries, including in Clichy-sous-Bois. The town is where filmmaker Ladj Ly shot his Oscar-nominated modern police drama “Les Misérables.” A call for calm came from an unlikely person, a 30-year-old man with a long criminal record who crashed his motorcycle into the open door of a police car in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, northwest of Paris. Claims that police were at fault spread across the internet. From his hospital bed, he implored gangs to “go home,” in a video released by his lawyer. Clichy-sous-Bois was the takeoff point of nationwide rioting 15 years ago. Nightly TV images of the destruction awakened many in France to large swaths of a population they barely knew existed. The lockdown is again shining a spotlight on the still mostly invisible lives of those who struggle even in the best of times. City of Hof draws a positive balance: active exchange with five partner cities The signs of Hof's twin towns and friendly cities in the Fernwehpark in Oberkotzau.On the occasion of World Twin Cities Day on the last Sunday in April the city of Hof takes stock of its relationship with its five twin cities Cheb (Czech Republic) and Plauen (Germany) are important partners in cross-border cooperation and cultural networking Mayor of the City of Hof: "Our city partnerships stand for international cooperation and a lively network of intercultural dialog They give us the opportunity to see cultural diversity as an enrichment The relationships are valuable in many respects We can build bridges and strengthen the European idea." Benjamin Nadolski was elected as the new mayor of Ogden last year The town twinning between Hof and Ogden celebrated its 70th anniversary in January 2024 19 representatives from the city of Hof visited the USA to get to know the city of Ogden the state of Utah and the Mormon religious community A return visit from Ogden is planned for 2025 With Jere Penttilä as the new city director since the end of 2023 Hof's social services and schools departments are making initial contacts the organizational structures and responsibilities were compared A planned exchange with the business development department is intended to further deepen relations The Hofer Deutsch-Finnische Gesellschaft plays a decisive role in renewing relations with the city leadership of Joensuu and in the cultural promotion of both cities Villeneuve-la-Garenne will be very busy this year This is currently leading to less interest in the annual exchange between the swimming clubs The Franco-German Society and the Jumelage in Villeneuve are continuing to work intensively on relations and cultural cooperation between the two cities The tribute paid to former mayor Dieter Döhla by Cheb city leaders at the beginning of the year marked the 20th anniversary of the partnership between Hof and Cheb The youth wind orchestra of the art school and the dance ensemble of the majorettes perform at the Schlappentag in Hof A total of over 30 participants from the Czech Republic will enrich the parade through Hof city center on 27 May 2024 the city of Hof's annual company outing will take place in the twin city this year The second petanque friendship tournament between the Freie Turnerschaft and the Egrensis association in Cheb in July of this year will be another occasion for the meeting The relationship with Plauen is characterized by close political cooperation and cultural exchange The focus is on topics such as the electrification of the Bavaria-Saxony main line Cultural meetings - at the handmade days in Hof the Plauen Lace Festival or the Hof Folk Festival - strengthen the friendly relations between the two cities Situated on a land plot of over 7 hectares in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine the future Saint-Ouen Grand Paris Nord University-Hospital Campus (CHUSOGPN)  is planned to replace the Hospitals Bichat (Paris 18th district) and  Beaujou (Clichy ) by 2028 a university site will bring together several research and training units This study draws up the state of play of the territorial social and health data concerning areas around the site whose populations will make up the patients admitted to the future campus It examines the demographic and social forecasts on a time line up to 2040/50 the trends of available healthcare and medical dcmographics as well as projects and changes in the territory (urban projects etc.) which could affect the healthcare needs in the sector The analysis covers a wide area around Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine that corresponds to the catchment area of the future hospital  Fifteen Municipal Communes are included in the study with comparative data on the scale of the Metropolis and Ile-de-France : Paris 17th outlines a summary of the future hospistal's medical project draws up the socio-demographic and healthcare diagnosis concludes by summarising the challenges raised by the study Apur processes your data to manage sending out the newsletter. For more information on the management of your personal data and to exercise your rights, please click here Police on Monday rescued 18 people from a shopping centre north of Paris where armed assailants were holding at least 10 others hostage in a clothing store Those rescued were hiding in a canteen in the Qwartz centre in Villeneuve-la-Garenne a police source said adding that the hostage drama appeared to be an attempted armed robbery and not a terrorist attack "Two or three armed criminals went into the Primark store for what we think was initially an attempt at armed robbery," BBC quoted a police source as saying Traffic in the area was stopped and all other shops nearby were closed A police source said two or three gunmen entered the store around 6:30 a.m An employee of the shop "sent a text message around 7:00 a.m to her boyfriend saying that they were held hostage by two gunmen" "Le Parisien" daily said three men were involved adding that one may have been recognised as a Primark employee French police on Monday were hunting armed robbers who escaped after holding up a store in a shopping mall near Paris prompting special forces to intervene and seal off the area The three men -- one of whom was thought to be an employee of the shop -- burst into the Primark store in Villeneuve-la-Garenne early Monday said a police source who wished to remain anonymous An employee first alerted her boyfriend to the hold-up at around 7:00 am (0500 GMT) when she sent him a text message saying they had been taken hostage by two armed men The area around the Qwartz mall was shut down all traffic stopped and other stores in the vicinity closed as special forces rushed to the scene The mall was promptly evacuated but according to police 18 employees had remained inside -- some were told to stay put by the gunmen and others had managed to hide on their own one of them was unwell but no-one was injured," police said But while security forces initially thought the gunmen were still inside the mall they realized after searching the premises that the men had escaped and the search continues outside the mall," a source close to the probe said Prosecutors added they did not appear to have fled with any money Memories of attacks in January by Islamic extremists who gunned down 17 people in and near Paris -- including several who were held hostage in a Jewish supermarket -- are still fresh in many minds in France remains on high alert with some 7,000 soldiers deployed around the country to help police in countering any further attack But so far police have indicated Monday's attack was a common armed robbery I turned around and took the lift," he said a low-cost clothing store that has been a huge success in Britain confirmed there had been an "incident" at its store We will do all we can to support our staff and their families," he said The incident comes on the eve of the traditional Bastille Day military parade special forces will march down the Champs-Elysees for the first time in recognition of the role they played in countering the January attacks Multinational supermarket chain Carrefour has equipped more than 55,000 Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) from Pricer into its Carrefour Villeneuve la Garenne store Carrefour will be able to enhance the in-store shopping experience using indoor navigation mobile shopping and SmartTAG graphic labels “Carrefour came to us six months ago searching for ideas to modernize the shopping experience in their stores,” said Arnaud Lecat “Pricer delivered a solution enabling Carrefour to interact with their customers through their smartphones and the ESLs.” The 55,000 NFC-enabled ESLs will offer centralized price automation and give customers access to more product information if they place their NFC-enabled smartphone next to the shelf label Customers also can use their smartphones to “like” a product on Facebook View the Retail Trendcaster Webinar Series on-demand to uncover key 2025 retail trends from AI and personalization to social commerce and actionable takeaways to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market Get access to exclusive content including newsletters with experts analyzing holiday sales and forecasting trends View the full lineup of the Retail Trendcaster video series for insights on consumer spending and more—helping you focus on what truly matters in 2025 An unusual musical experience from 2pm to midnight with no fewer than 15 artists on hand for the occasion In a huge two-hectare park nestled between Villeneuve-la-Garenne and Gennevilliers, the lucky ones will have the chance to discover the Cirque Micheletty village and its funfair atmosphere where attractions and performers (fire-eaters At the heart of this huge electronic carnival Madame Loyal will take you back to childhood with her regressive stalls Kerri ChandlerAcid ArabJoachim PastorLeblancSwimming PaulBarbara ButchSoubeiranHow2FlyFritjofEcloLife is Hard DJ SETSaturation CollectiveCamille DoeScolcabBérouADBTheobuntuOmizs & E.T!Le Roro So, are you ready to dance and party alongside Madame Loyal on May 24, 2025? Don't delay, reserve your seats now Primark has also signed an agreement for a store in Val d’Europe a popular commercial centre located close to Disneyland Paris tying in with the opening of the Créteil Soleil store Lauded as the man who invented Impressionism Paul Durand-Ruel was the art dealer who bought the works of Monet and Renoir while they were still being ignored or ridiculed Now the focus of a major exhibition at The National Gallery in London WILLIAM COOK writes about how much the art world owes to Durand-Ruel’s passion and support for these artists It was the start of an unlikely partnership which opened the door to modern art but he fell in love with Monet and Pissarro’s radical approach to painting Over the next 50 years he bought over 1000 Monets these ‘Impressionists’ (as myopic art critics called them Inventing Impressionism is a sumptuous display of some of the many pictures Durand-Ruel bought and sold but most of all it’s a tribute to the man himself Through meticulous reconstructions of his most influential exhibitions and became the first modern art dealer in the process The first room is a replica of his Paris apartment and Renoir’s tender portraits of his five children (Durand-Ruel’s wife died aged 29 Visitors were reassured to see these daring paintings in such respectable surroundings Durand-Ruel didn’t want to shock his customers He promised to buy back a painting if a buyer had second thoughts backing the Impressionists almost ruined him He borrowed heavily to buy up all their works but his passion for their paintings wasn’t always conducive to good business (he sold Renoir’s Girl With A Cat but missed it so much he bought back again) and what I liked I never managed to sell,” he recalled “My best clients began to question me: ‘How can you praise these pictures in which there is not a shred of quality?’.” Durand-Ruel refused to give up and gradually the tide began to turn he mounted a big ensemble exhibition in Paris but there is someone madder than them – the dealer who buys their work’,” remembered Monet But Durand-Ruel was smart enough to realise the publicity value of such controversy In spite of these hostile reviews (or perhaps in part because of them) people flocked to see the show Durand-Ruel was just as innovative as his artists he encouraged Monet to stage a solo retrospective – an unusual and audacious move for a living artist in those days Durand-Ruel was invited to exhibit in the USA I would have been lost,” he recollected “The Americans don’t criticise – they buy.” American collectors came to Europe to seek him out “At last the Impressionist Masters triumphed,” he wrote Berlin’s Nationalgalerie became the first public institution to buy an Impressionist painting (The Mill on the Couleuvre near Pontoise by Cezanne) It wasn’t until 1901 that a French museum the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (not Paris) finally bought an Impressionist – Woman Playing A Guitar by Renoir this stimulating exhibition culminates in a (partial) reconstruction of Durand-Ruel’s spectacular display at London’s Grafton Galleries in 1905 - still commonly (and quite rightly) regarded as the greatest Impressionist show of all time “The history of Impressionism Durand-Ruel tells in that 1905 exhibition the one we follow today,” says Christopher Riopelle “Very few artists have entered the Impressionist canon whom Durand-Ruel didn’t champion.” started a campaign to buy an Impressionist painting for the nation Rutter wanted to buy Monet’s Lavacourt under Snow (one of the highlights of the Grafton show) but the National Gallery didn’t want a Monet They spent Rutter’s money on a tamer painting who wasn’t represented by Durand-Ruel (and was also safely dead) Lavacourt under Snow was bought by the Irish collector Hugh Lane When Lane died in 1915 (he went down with the Lusitania) he left this Impressionist masterpiece Lavacourt under Snow is still hanging here today So did Durand-Ruel ‘invent’ Impressionism but it would have been very different without him These painters were already painting in a new way before he met them this revolution might well have petered out He transformed Impressionism into an international phenomenon almost anything we call ‘modern art’ can be traced back to the Impressionists – and Paul Durand-Ruel Inventing Impressionism is at The National Gallery More highlights from The National Gallery's exhibition of 85 artworks devoted to the man who invented Impressionism The refugee artist with worldwide status comes to London's Royal Academy A week-long celebration of Pop Art across BBC Four Edinburgh’s Dovecot Gallery is hosting two major exhibitions as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Art Festival An astounding photographic collection by 'Speedy George' Douglas A sculptural mystery tour which takes in several of Britain’s finest galleries Just who was the man behind some of the most memorable artworks of the last century The extraordinary work of award-winning American photojournalist Steve McCurry A major Tate retrospective of the British sculptor and the dedicated museums in Yorkshire and Cornwall Find clips of the important artists and their work Clémence Varène rendez-vous à Villeneuve-la-Garenne pour profiter d’un anniversaire pas comme les autres Le centre commercial Qwartz célèbre ses 10 ans c’est que c’est vous qui allez faire le plein de cadeaux Qwartz vous invite à plonger dans une ambiance festive pour transformer vos visites et vos courses en moment de plaisir Car bien plus qu’un centre commercial Qwartz est un lieu emblématique où se mêlent shopping et divertissement Le centre Qwartz vient de fêter ses 10 printemps (et vous remarquerez que des réductions et plein d’autres surprises aussi bien sur place que sur leurs réseaux sociaux Et on parle ici d’une valeur totale de 10 000€ de lots soit de quoi vous gâter comme il se doit Une publication partagée par QWARTZ (@qwartz92) Au programme : des gâteaux géants à déguster les 13 et 20 avril des remises dans plusieurs enseignes du centre des bons de réduction à foison la possibilité de gagner jusqu’à 800€ de cartes cadeaux chaque jour lors de l’incroyable vide-dressing du 24 au 28.. l’un d’entre vous pourra même remporter une voiture neuve grâce au grand jeu spécial anniversaire.  les occasions ne manquent pas pour vous permettre de remporter des cadeaux tous plus cools les uns que les autres puisque chaque nouvelle visite sera une chance supplémentaire de repartir gâté  grâce à un mois de célébration inédit pendant lequel vous pourrez bien évidemment continuer de profiter de toutes les autres activités et boutiques que Qwartz a à vous offrir Une publication partagée par QWARTZ (@qwartz92) Centre commercial Qwartz 4, boulevard Gallieni – Villeneuve-la-Garenne (92390) Du lundi au samedi de 10h à 20h30 Dimanche de 11h à 19h Du 6 au 28 avril Plus d’infos Des courts de tennis de Roland-Garros ouverts gratuitement au public cet été Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Clement weather and sunny skies: the festival season seems to be well and truly underway! Day after day announcements come in and our favorite events unveil their programs one by one we’ve also included a number of smaller festivals in highly unusual locations around the Paris region We’ll show you the best upcoming events in Paris the Insula Festival returns to Pont-Marly’s Île de la Boxes for our greatest pleasure let yourself be lulled to sleep by the soaring melodies of Guts creative and eco-friendly event with cultural and artistic activities Imagine a circus transformed into an XXL electro funfair with some of the biggest names and emerging artists on the house scene… That’s the crazy experience Madame Loyal is inviting you to… What’s on the program for the festival and its successive editions in Paris bumper cars and many other surprises… So are you ready to party at an extraordinary open-air show Madame Loyal – Several dates this summer –  115 Bd Charles de Gaulle MisOver is an ephemeral venue on Ile Saint-Denis where talented collective Kumquat organizes electro Open Air events enjoy performances by a dozen artists specializing in house and minimal techno More than 90 artists gathered in some 30 towns in the Val de Marne this is precisely what awaits you during this festival created over 35 years ago with the aim of supporting and encouraging chanson d’expression française a host of concerts will take place in the finest venues Now all we need is you to spice up this explosive cocktail Festi’Val de Marne – September 29 to October 22 the fabulous classical concerts at the Arènes de Montmartre make their grand return to the heights of the city One of the capital’s most idyllic and romantic rendezvous that we’ll be sure to mark in our diaries Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov will be featured Les Arènes Lyriques – From July 28th to August 19th 2023 – Arènes de Montmartre It has become a rendez-vous immanquable for all music lovers and lovers of good deals the  Fnac Live festival sets the Parisian stalls alight thanks to its highly eclectic program and the fervor of the Parisians in attendance we’ve pulled out all the stops to organize the best possible concerts under the summer sun to name but a few: big names from their respective scenes will be on hand Fnac Live Festival – From June 28 to 30 2023 – Parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville A group of gunmen broke into a discount clothing store near Paris yesterday trapping 18 people inside for hours before fleeing and prompting a manhunt throughout the area All 18 people were safely evacuated from the Primark store in a shopping center in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne She said police are now pursuing the assailants Police surrounded the sprawling shopping center and cordoned off the neighborhood adjacent to the Seine River about 10 kilometers north of central Paris The assailants entered the store around 6:30 a.m yesterday in what police believe was an attempted robbery The officials weren’t authorized to be publicly named Officers from a special police unit entered the store and a few officers emerged later accompanying women reported to be store employees according to images broadcast on BFM television There was no immediate sign of a political or other motive for the robbery The ceiling of a Russian military barracks collapsed in Siberia yesterday causing four stories to crumble and killing 23 young men trapped inside Rescuers searched for hours for victims trapped under the debris of an airborne troops training center in Omsk following the collapse that occurred in the early hours of the morning Authorities sent 10 seriously injured victims to Moscow for treatment while the Kremlin offered condolences to the families of the deceased The defense ministry wouldn’t speculate on the cause of the accident but the footage and video from the scene showed an entire section of the building lying in ruins Igor Konashenkov said the building was renovated in 2013 but he insisted that could not have caused the collapse You must be logged in to post a comment Register to Drapers to read ONE FREE article and a FREE digital edition Primark is planning to take more than 233,000 sq ft of retail space in France in the next 12 months The value giant has so far identified five stores that will open from December this year Primark will make its French debut in Marseille just before Christmas It will be its third largest at 44,200 sq ft The remaining three stores will be in Paris with two opening in March: a 37,400 sq ft store in the O’Parinor mall and 47,000 sq ft store in the Villeneuve-la-Garenne shopping centre Primark will open a 42,100 sq ft store in Paris’s Créteil Soleil scheme It is not clear whether there are plans to open more stores although it is believed this marks the initial stage in the company’s French strategy Primark’s parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) first confirmed its plans to enter France this April At the time, ABF chief executive George Weston said the success of competitors such as H&M, Zara, C&A and New Look had given management “reason to believe it is worth having a go” He said: “They are all running significant numbers of stores in France and we think ‘why shouldn’t we be there too?’.” “Clearly the French teenager is fashionable We are told that in France there are people with more of a tendency to buy single classic items and then accessorise around them Primark has 256 stores across eight countries including the UK 160 are in the UK and 38 in the Republic of Ireland Primark sales grew 20% in the 16 weeks to June 22 fuelled by a rise in retail space and strong like-for-likes Sales at value retailer Primark grew 20% over the last quarter fuelled… Topshop and Topman merchandising boss Gavin Mackie is leaving his role at… Can the value retailer hold its own among the department store’s high-end… Primark’s brief life online will come to an end in the next… Primark is considering opening stores in the US on the back of… Womenswear brand Jigsaw has said that it is seeing "encouraging early signs",… who has served as Asda chair since… Topshop and Topman are readying new websites by launching holding pages under… Get full access to all the fashion industry news and intelligence you need Browse the archive of more than 55,000 articles read the daily and weekly newsletters in full and gain priority access to Drapers events take a seat on one of the EXKi terraces in the heart of Paris What more could you ask for than a healthy meal in the sun this terrace is nestled inside the restaurant the EXKi Berri terrace offers a beautiful and spacious 65-seat terrace Address : 8 EXKi Montorgueil In this trendy district of the capital EXKi offers a terrace with a refined and fresh decoration with a real invitation to cosmopolitanism and exchanges Address: 59 EXKi Avenue de France Located just in front of the establishment this terrace is also trendy and above all sunny from 12pm to 4:30pm Address : 116 Avenue de France EXKi Villeuneuve la Garenne Nestled in the recently opened QWARTZ shopping center this restaurant is a call to relaxation in the heart of the shopping center The store has 2 terraces (indoor and outdoor) allowing customers to relax in a casual and sunny atmosphere Address: Qwartz Shopping Center 92390 Villeneuve La Garenne / Les Grésillons Phone number: 01 47 90 41 55 Practical information: EXKI's summer terraces in ParisMore info on the official website Maria Sumalla © Madame LoyalLe printemps est arrivé notre envie effrénée d'écumer tous les festivals de France et de Navarre Vous ne savez pas où donner de la tête on vous a sélectionné les meilleurs festoches pour démarrer la saison en beauté On ouvre le bal avec le Printemps de Bourges et sa programmation léchée et éclectique Rendez-vous est donné du 23 au 28 avril dans l’une des plus belles villes de France le maître de la pop loveuse Eddy de Pretto un hommage à Kurt Cobain avec une création originale portée par Béatrice Dalle et Youv Dee le trio français de noise-rock ultra 90’s Lysistrata l'afro pop new-gen de l’artiste malienne Fatoumata Diwara les emblématiques iNOUïS avec les nouveaux artistes et groupes de demain… En bref Une publication partagée par Le Printemps De Bourges Crédit Mutuel (@printempsdb) Printemps de Bourges Crédit MutuelDu 23 au 28 avril 2024Plus d’infos et billetterie un cirque de 8000 m2 et surtout des artistes d'exception le temps d'une journée… Madame Loyal c’est l'événement immanquable de la saison au Parc des Expositions de Rennes et de Bordeaux d'électro et de house avec plus de 30 DJs de qua-li-té Mais ce qui rend l’expérience vraiment folle c’est cette atmosphère de fête foraine Une publication partagée par Madame Loyal Festival 🚀 (@madameloyalfestival) Madame Loyal Cirque Micheletty115, boulevard Charles-de-Gaulle – Villeneuve-la-GarennePlus d’infos et billetterie Rendez-vous des féru·es de house et techno du mois de mai Marvellous Island est l’un des premiers rendez-vous incontournables des beaux jours Avec sa programmation éclectique explorant tout le spectre des musiques électroniques impossible de ne pas trouver son bonheur sur la plage de Torcy transformée en île paradisiaque le temps d'un week-end de teuf Cette année encore la programmation n'annonce que du bon les 18 et 19 mai avec près de 100 artistes sur cinq scènes Parmi nos coups de cœur de cette 12e édition  Une publication partagée par Marvellous Island (@marvellousisland) Marvellous Island Route de Lagny – TorcyLes 18 et 19 mai 2024Plus d’infos et billetterie des stands food végé à s’en lécher les doigts Rendez-vous début juin pour les festivités avec une prog' qui donne déjà mal au crâne : Burna Boy on ne sait plus où donner de la tête  Une publication partagée par WE LOVE GREEN Festival (@welovegreen) We Love GreenBois de Vincennes – 12eDu 31 mai au 2 juin 2024Plus d’infos et billetterie On l’attend toujours à la rentrée pour un été indien tout en musique le festival qui fait vibrer toute l’Île des Impressionnistes à Chatou nous embarque pour une teuf électro printanière le 15 juin prochain Un rendez-vous à noter d’une croix blanche Une publication partagée par Elektric Park Festival (@elektric_park) Electrik ParkÎle des Impressionnistes – ChatouSamedi 15 juin 2024 de midi à minuitPlus d’infos et billetterie 8 concerts à ne pas manquer en mai à Paris 5 expos gratuites en plein air pour profiter du beau temps