French news

Over 200,000 people (and counting) have signed a petition in support of a RATP bus driver, who has been summoned for disciplinary proceedings after he slapped a “disrespectful” middle school boy.

Hundreds of “château style” historical stone ornaments - including a Louis XIII chimney surround estimated to be worth up to €480,000 - are to be sold at auction near Paris on September 24.

Visitors to one church in Corsica urged to turn off phones - and warned what could happen if they use their phones while driving

The French government has published advice on how to avoid being scammed by fraudulent, criminal administrative websites.

French athlete Kévin Mayer has become the first ever Frenchman to hold a world record for the decathlon, beating the previous record-holder, American athlete Ashton Eaton, this weekend.

Over 12 million people visited almost 16,000 monuments across France this weekend as part of this year’s Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days).

The drought and heat of the summer in France this year and in 2013 may threaten the cost and availability of Christmas trees in Decembers to come, producers have warned.

Schools in France will now be required to offer a vegetarian menu at least once a week, and remove single-use plastic from canteens, after the National Assembly gave the “green light” to the ideas.

The National Assembly has rejected a move to legally ban the herbicide glyphosate completely, for the second time this year.

Half of all machines used to collect blood donations in France have been pulled from service amid fears that they could be dangerous for donors.

Over 2.5 million tickets have been sold for the first ever “Loto du patrimoine” lottery in France, which is raising funds to restore historical monuments in need, and has a top jackpot of €13m.

A new “bike plan” for France that aims to triple the use of push bikes for daily journeys by 2024 and invest €350 million in infrastructure, is to be presented by the government today (Friday September 14).

Certain impacts of Brexit affecting Britons visiting or living in France are detailed in a new batch of ‘no deal’ contingency planning papers by the UK government, but there is nothing about key rights of expatriates.

The French grandchild of a Jewish art collector has had a Renoir painting returned to her family by an American museum, after the piece was stolen by the Nazis in 1941.

Multiple school subjects in France should be taught in English and other ‘living languages’, to improve language acquisition, a new report presented to the education minister has said.

President Emmanuel Macron’s anti-“poverty plan” is set to be announced today (Thursday September 13), and expected to include measures such as breakfast at school, and mandatory education up to 18.