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French Alps the sole candidate for 2030 Winter Olympics

The French Alps are the sole candidate to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, sources close to negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said to AFP on Wednesday.

Published: 29 November 2023 18:03 CET
French Alps the sole candidate for 2030 Winter Olympics
The delegation from France takes part in the parade of athletes, during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

The French bid now moves to targeted dialogue with the IOC, at the expense of the two other candidates, Sweden and Switzerland.

The hosts for both the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics will be announced next summer.

Only Salt Lake City in the United States has launched a bid to host the 2034 Games.

France, which welcomes the Summer Olympics in 2024, has hosted the Winter Games three times: Chamonix in 1924, Grenoble in 1968 and Albertville in 1992.

The bid for the 2030 Games is based around Meribel, Courchevel and Val d’Isere for alpine skiing while La Clusaz would host nordic events. The Olympic village would be in the Mediterranean city of Nice, which would host skating events.

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French air traffic control unions lift strike notice for May holiday weekend

The largest union representing French air traffic controllers has lifted a strike notice for the May holiday weekend after coming to an agreement with managers.

Published: 23 April 2024 16:38 CEST
Updated: 24 April 2024 13:18 CEST
French air traffic control unions lift strike notice for May holiday weekend

The SNCTA union, which represents around 60 percent of French air traffic controllers, had called strikes for Thursday, April 25th and for May 9th, 10th and 11th.

However after a last-minute deal with struck they lifted all strike notices, although disruption remains likely for April 25th – more details HERE.

The union had said that it would also be filing a strike notice for Thursday May 9th, Friday May 10th and Saturday May 11th.

In France May 8th and 9th are both public holidays – and many people had planned to take advantage of the rare ‘double holiday’ and extend it into a trip away.

May 8th is always a holiday, marking VE Day or the end of WWII in Europe and May 9th is the Christian holiday of Ascension, the date of which varies each year. This year it provides the unusual opportunity for workers to have two consecutive days as public holidays. 

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