Rabadan stated how the Seine River lost its natural ecosystem and became a dumping ground for sewage. The Deputy Mayor of Paris also highlighted that the initiative to cleanse the river was a ...

The sandbox-on-the-Seine was initiated 12 years ago by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. To accommodate the beach, the Georges Pompidou Expressway flanking the Right Bank of the river is blocked off ...

According to France 24, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has also promised ... The country is planning to use the River Seine for open-water swimming competitions as well as the Summer Games’ triathlon ...