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I hiked through the French Alps to discover wildflower meadows and pretty villages

On a walking tour from La Clusaz to Annecy, Jake Hall explored peaceful mountain peaks, remarkably clear lakes and delicious local cuisine

The Independent UK

'What's left is you': AI is the elephant in the room of Europe's biggest animation festival

The Annecy animation festival in France is widely recognised as the industry's biggest event in Europe, where deals and careers are made and films are bought and sold. This year, however talk on and away from the market floor was dominated by artificial intelligence and the winds of change.

Euronews

The best lesser-known cities for romantic getaways in 2025

Trade in the crowds for some quiet one-on-one time with these equally romantic but less hyped-up European cities

The Independent UK

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Skip the coast: three of Europe’s loveliest lakes to visit – by travel experts

Three writers pick their favourite lakeside getaways in France, Germany and Italy, with boat trips and great places to stay and eat

The Guardian - UK

5 highlights from Annecy 2024: these are the new animated films to know about

From Lord of the Rings to Spermageddon.

Creative Bloq

Six of the best places in France for paddleboarding, kayaking and canoeing

Turquoise seas, tranquil canals and glacial lakes … France offers some of the world’s most scenic paddling routes

The Guardian - UK

A tour of Savoie’s majestic Alpine lakes

Beloved of historical figures from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Queen Victoria and Paul Cézanne, the great Alpine lakes of France’s Pays de Savoie match the region’s towering peaks, including Mont Blanc, in their “still, silent majesty”, said Steve King in Condé Nast Traveller. A tour might begin beside the largest and…

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Distressing Annecy footage put social media’s self-regulation to the test

Big platforms have policies restricting graphic content, but as sector becomes more regulated, words will have to be followed by action

The Guardian - UK

Playground stabbing: French town holds gathering to support wounded children, families

The French Alps town of Annecy is holding a “citizens’ gathering’’ at the lakeside park where a man with a knife raced around stabbing people

The Independent UK

French town pays tribute to survivors of playground knife attack

Residents of the French town of Annecy gathered on Sunday to honour the six victims of a knife attack in a playground on Thursday, as well as the people who rushed to stop it.

Radio France Internationale

British toddler who was stabbed in French knife attack coming home 'within days'

Ettie Turner, three, was one of four children stabbed in Annecy, France, on Thursday. Local prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said the girl is set to be discharged in days from a hospital in Grenoble

Daily Mirror

France knife attack suspect charged with attempted murder

Abdalmasih H is refusing to speak about the motives behind his attack on children in the French Alpine town of Annecy.

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British girl stabbed in knife attack can leave hospital soon, prosecutors say

French judges have handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to the suspect.

The Independent UK

Suspect in France playground stabbing charged with attempted murder

French judges have filed preliminary charges of attempted murder against a man accused of stabbing four children and two adults in a park in the town of Annecy.

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The Independent UK

Syrian man handed preliminary attempted murder charges after children stabbed

The incident took place at a park in Annecy in the French Alps on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Annecy attack: British girl, 3, to leave hospital in the coming days, prosecutor says

The three-year-old British girl who was stabbed in Annecy will leave hospital in the coming days, officials have said.

The Independent UK

Man accused of knife attack on four children in Annecy held on attempted murder charges

The attack left four children - aged between 22 months and three years - in a critical condition

France 24

French stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder as toddlers remain in hospital

French judges on Saturday handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a park in the French Alps town of Annecy, an attack that reverberated across France and beyond.

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The Independent UK

British girl ‘awake and watching TV’ after France stabbing – as Macron hails ‘backpack hero’ for facing attacker

French president says there is ‘positive’ news about all four child victims, including the British three year old who had been on holiday with her family

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone is asking why’: Annecy locals try to make sense of knife attack on children

The stabbing of four toddlers has united inhabitants of the picture-postcard French town but also left them heartbroken and baffled

Evening Standard

Annecy attack: Emmanuel Macron visits victims of horrific stabbing

Emmanuel Macron has travelled to Annecy in the French Alps to visit the families and victims who were stabbed.

The Independent UK

British girl stabbed in knife attack in French Alps visited by President Macron

A knifeman attacked a group of children – aged between 22 months and three years – and two adults at a lakeside park in Annecy on Thursday.

Daily Mirror

France stabbings: Man who knifed toddlers 'sat in park every day for a month'

Abdalmasih Hanoun, a Syrian refugee, apparently spent hours sat on benches less than 50 feet from the scene of Thursday’s attack at a riverside park in Annecy, France

Daily Mirror

France stabbings: Wife of knifeman breaks silence to condemn 'terrible' attack

Speaking to French media outlets in the aftermath of the attack, the knifeman’s ex-wife revealed he has a daughter the same age as the British victim

Radio France Internationale

Toddlers stable after French playground attack, suspect held in custody

Well-wishers laid flowers on Friday at the site in the French mountain town of Annecy where an attacker stabbed four toddlers, as investigators held the asylum-seeking assailant in custody for a second day.

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