In March 2015, a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps, resulting in the deaths of all 150 passengers and crew. Investigations revealed the co-pilot intentionally locked the captain out of the cockpit and crashed the aircraft.
Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu says she is open to returning for another Winter Games. In a recent interview with NBC News, the star figure skater said she would “love to” compete at the 2030 Olympics in the French Alps. The 2030 Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place across venues in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions of southeastern France.
A French court has ordered the state to suspend ptarmigan hunting for five years. These birds are primarily found in Arctic and boreal regions, with small, isolated groups in the French Alps and Pyrenees.
Death of Briton along with Polish citizen near La Grave comes four days after fatal avalanche at Val d’Isère
A third British man has been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.
The man had been skiing with a group of four others when the avalanche struck near the resort town of La Grave on Tuesday morning, local media reported.
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The group was swept away by an avalanche after venturing off piste in the Val d'Isere area. Heavy snowfall brought by storm Nils has increased the avalanche risk in some French ski resorts.
Around forty cyclists ascended Alpe d'Huez to protest against the "Tomorrowland Winter" electronic music festival, deeming its organization in the Isère resort too polluting.
Now that the Winter Olympics is over and done with until 2030 in The French Alps, the sporting world turns to UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 coming in early March.
Two women who went skiing in La Chapelle d’Abondance, Upper Savoy, eastern France, were found buried in snow after an avalanche, bringing the total number of avalanche victims in the region to 30.
A third British national has died in an avalanche in the French Alps within a week, contributing to a total of 28 avalanche fatalities in the region since the winter season began.
Rescuers in the French Alps attribute a significant increase in avalanche fatalities this season, now over 100, to adverse weather conditions and skiers who are not adequately prepared.
Ukrainian writer Andriy Kurkov is currently in the French Alps, near the Italian border, where his visit was organized by a small village, as he notes that no one is asking when or how the war will end anymore.
A volunteer firefighter was stabbed without apparent motive in Fontan, Alpes-Maritimes, France, while on duty. Police have opened an investigation for attempted homicide, and the attacker remains at large.
A Belgian skier was miraculously rescued in La Rosière, French Alps, after being buried in an avalanche. Rescuers managed to revive him after multiple attempts.
French mountain rescue teams are engaged in perilous work in the Alps, where unusual weather has led to a deadly winter with a higher-than-usual number of avalanches, claiming 28 lives.
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Stuart Leslie, 46, and Shaun Overy, 51, died while skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère amid red avalanche alert
Two British skiers who died in an avalanche in the French Alps have been named as Stuart Leslie and Shaun Overy.
The pair were part of a group of five people, accompanied by an instructor, skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère in south-east France on Friday when they were swept away by falling snow.
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