Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo and other officials attend the inauguration of the Austerlitz wastewater and rainwater storage basin, which is intended to make the Seine river cleaner during the Paris ...

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 ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Paris. After months of anticipation, Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine Rive, fulfilling a promise she made in January ...

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 ...

Hidalgo had led a €1.4 billion plan to clean up the river ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, and on July 10 the mayor’s office said recent test results showed the ...

Officials from Île-de-France precinct, which includes Paris, wrote in a letter that they were not actively working to treat portions of the river during the winter months, which also featured ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics begin in less than a month. However, new tests revealed that the Seine River in Paris is far from ready. Paris has been rumored to have spent roughly $1.4 billion on ...

As Paris prepares to host the 2024 Olympic Games, it's taking on a big challenge - cleaning up the Seine River. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley looks at what that entails.

Triathletes start to compete swimming in the Seine River next to the Alexandre III bridge, during a Test Event for the women's triathlon for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Aug. 17, 2023.

As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre museum and other storied landmarks using water from the Seine river. Other sites ...

PARIS — 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 ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics.