Sombre remebrance of the victims of France attacks

French Republican guards stand during a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks in 2015, at Republique Square in Paris Source: AAP Image/EPA/YOAN VALAT

It was a very important day for the French people and the Parisians in particular - the day of remembrance. The ceremony in honour of the victims of last year attacks in France took place at 11 oclock Paris time, at the Place de la Republique. But, as RFI correspondent Andrei Vaitovich explains, the local authorities did everything possible to avoid media access to the semi-private ceremony

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