7 charged in cyberbullying campaign targeting Paris Olympics’ artistic director
PARIS (AP) — French authorities said Friday they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies. Jolly became the target of an online hate campaign filled with homophobic and antisemitic abuse following...
Paris Olympics opening ceremony cost around €100 million
The opening ceremony of this summer's Paris Olympics cost around €100 million ($108 million), according to budget documents from the French parliament published by French media on Thursday. The high costs are also due to the fact that the opening ceremony in Paris wasn't organized in a stadium for the first time. The event was held along the Seine in the city centre with athletes cruising the river in boats. The sum doesn't include the costs for the massive police presence to ensure the safety during the ceremony. Otherwise, expenses and income for the Games were balanced, according to the budget document, and amount to around €4.4 billion. The budget was 15.5% higher that the sum calculated in the bid made by Paris in 2015.