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Soyez Les Bienvenues

RFI's JFF opens with 'soyez les bienvenues' just after their headlines.

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Soyez les bienvenu(e)s ! : Welcome! (to a group of people) FR CA
Sois le bienvenu ! Sois la bienvenue ! : Welcome! (to one man, one woman)

Soyez and sois are the subjunctive. Thus expressing wish. Thus lit. 'we wish you bienvenues' or 'we wish you welcomes'.

Appendix

Conjugation of 'être':

From: frenchlearner.com\ Conjugation of 'être'