A key figure behind the vision is Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who, in 2015, drove Paris’ fourth attempt to host the Olympics, ...

Six main candidates are vying to succeed Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who is not running for re-election, in the municipal elections on March 15 and 22.

Paris — The City of Light placed the Seine river at the heart of its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will be held along the Seine, and several open water swimming events during ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Thursday that the Paris 2015 terror attacks, which left over 100 people dead, gave her the motivation to get the French capital ...

I see a city that moves!” says Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, about Rome, closing her hands into fists and making a small ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo sought to prove a point Wednesday: She took a dip in the murky waters of the Seine to show to the world the river is clean enough for outdoor swimming events at the Olympics.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside ...

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo finally fulfilled her promise to take a dip in the long-polluted Seine River to prove that it was safe ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics that begin next week. Hidalgo has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, dozens of people, including Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and ...

It’s been a torrid time to be a French politician. If you’re not one in a line of ousted prime ministers or being locked up for criminal conspiracy, you could now even be publicly exposed by your own ...