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France's Macron punctures Spanish project for cross-border gas pipeline

Building a gas pipeline across the Pyrenees mountains is in "Europe's interest" and is a project that Spain will vigorously defend despite top-level French opposition, a Spanish minister said on Tuesday in Madrid. French President Emmanuel Macron, however, has argued the project is "unnecessary".

Radio France Internationale

As crisis bites, Spain pushes to become EU energy hub

Madrid (AFP) - With Europe facing a major energy crisis, Spain wants to become the new gateway for gas through an ambitious trans-Pyrenees pipeline and is hoping supply-starved Germany will pressure a reluctant France.

AFP

Protesters interrupt Tour de France again

Cahors (France) (AFP) - A climate change protest held up the Tour de France on Friday during its 19th stage run from the Pyrenees to Cahors.

AFP

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'Best man won': Pogacar hails Vingegaard as Tour de France slips away

Hautacam (France) (AFP) - Defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar refused to blame his high-speed downhill fall for losing ground on Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard after stage 18 in the Pyrenees, insisting "the best man won".

AFP

Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France triumph as Pogacar wilts

Hautacam (France) (AFP) - After 18 stages of intense struggle, Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard put one hand on the 2022 Tour de France title on Thursday as defending champion and closest rival Tadej Pogacar wilted in the Pyrenees.

AFP

Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 17 but Vingegaard holds firm – as it happened

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard put on a dominant display, leaving the pack far behind before battling it out for the stage win

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France: Canada’s Houle wins stage 16, Vingegaard keeps lead as race hits Pyrenees

Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle claimed an emotional first-ever grand tour stage victory on Tuesday, while Jonas Vingegaard stayed in the overall lead of the Tour de France after a tough 16th stage as the race hit the Pyrenees.

France 24

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Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – as it happened

Houle becomes only the second Canadian winner of a stage, the top three emerge unscathed, and Nairo Quintana goes fourth

The Guardian - UK

Pro-independence democracy demo 'Europe's biggest ever artistic political action'

PRO-INDEPENDENCE activists linked up across the European continent to demonstrate for people's right to decide ...

The National (Scotland)

Tour de France 2022 stage-by-stage guide, route maps and profiles

The 2022 Tour de France begins in Copenhagen and finishes in Paris, via the Alps and the Pyrenees

The Independent UK

Brown bear population in Pyrenees highest for a century, says study

Monitors identify 70 individuals in 2021, with 114 newborns since launch of repopulation scheme in 1996

The Guardian - UK

Frozen in time: Andorra, a European exception

Andorra, a microstate nestled between France and Spain in the heart of the Pyrenees, attracts millions of tourists every year for winter sports or shopping trips for cheap alcohol and cigarettes. Its flourishing financial sector contributes to an image of a tax haven. But today, the principality is facing criticism.…

France 24

Pyrenees explosion: At least seven including two children killed in blast and fire

An explosion was heard at around 1.30am today, before a huge fire broke out at a home in Pyrénées-Orientale, killing seven people including two children

Daily Mirror

From exiles to expats: Toulouse's role in shaping Spanish history

The southern French city of Toulouse is famed for its rugby club, its pink brick buildings, its sunny climate, its nightlife and its storied history. Since the 20th century, it's also become home to one of the largest Spanish communities in France. The biggest wave arrived in the wake of…

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How Lourdes became a byword for hope

Thousands of apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported by Christians across the world, from fourth-century Asia Minor, which is now Turkey, to contemporary California. Of all of these, the most renowned are the visions of Our Lady of Lourdes, reported in the mid-19th century by a teenage girl…

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