French news

New benches in Biarritz with solar panels built into the seats have prompted mockery on social media, after it was reported that people should “avoid sitting on them during sunnier hours”.

A mayor in Brittany is to face court after banning the use of pesticides and herbicides near housing in his commune, with authorities demanding that he reverse his decision.

An alternative Brexit protest is being organised in London on Saturday October 12 especially for those such as Britons in France who have booked unrefundable travel tickets for that date, after organiser People’s Vote changed the date of its planned march to the following weekend.

Sweets containing cannabis bought online can be much more dangerous than they may first appear, the Anti-poison Centre in Paris has warned.

More than 900 hectares of vegetation have been destroyed near Carcassonne (Aude, Occitanie) this week after one of the summer’s biggest forest fires took more than 500 firefighters to manage.

Complaint baffles mayor of rural village

Traffic across France is expected to be exceptionally heavy this weekend for journeys to and from the south and major holiday destinations, especially on Saturday August 17.

After the summer highs in June and July, now weather stations are recording lows in August...

President Macron has pledged to cut unemployment to 7% by the end of his five-year mandate in 2022

Southern invasion of France started in the evening of August 14, 1944, two months after the Normandy landings