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Authorities in France today banned the sale and use of fireworks on the country's July 14 national holiday after the riots and violence in several cities, AFP reported.

When Athens' Syntagma Square was the center of violent mass protests at the height of Greece's debt crisis, many European journalists, officials and analysts were visiting the city. We had become, literally and figuratively, the "hottest" spot in Europe.

Or something more intellectually stimulating? How about mathematical equations sketched by quantum theory pioneers Erwin Schroedinger? Or poems from the pen of Arthur Rimbaud?

All yours if you have the money.

Emmanuel Macron's victory over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election generated a sigh of relief. Europe however still has a number of land mines to avoid before it can exit high-risk territory.

French holiday marked in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- French Ambassador Francois-Xavier Deniau has laid a wreath at the Monument of Gratitude to France in Belgrade, marking July 14, his country's holiday.

BELGRADE - French Ambassador to Serbia Francois-Xavier Deniau laid a wreath at the Monument of Gratitude to France in Belgrade on Monday, marking July 14, a national holiday in France.