French news

Leaders of the other 27 EU countries are claimed to be ‘almost unanimous’ in support of a final Brexit referendum for the UK.

Fast food giant McDonald’s has offered to keep a Marseille restaurant open in its current format, in the wake of a public outcry and legal challenge that claimed its closure would threaten many locals’ jobs.

A pizzaïolo in Lille (Hauts-de-France) has created the city’s first ever legal pizza dough made with cannabis.

A government group has been created to tackle the growing issue of fly-tipping in France, which sees people dumping over 80,000 tonnes of excess waste into nature every year.

Environmental activists in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, Occitanie) have called for the cancellation of a “duck race” tombola that would see thousands of numbered, plastic bathtime-style toy ducks dropped into the Garonne river.

A change in attitude from shepherds and hunters alike as planned release receives widespread support

An apartment in a condition of total disrepair and measuring just 12m2, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, is on sale for €205,000 - and two people have put in an offer.

President Emmanuel Macron is to pay homage to French victims of terrorism today (Wednesday September 19), and will meet victims and family members of victims after the official ceremony.

President Emmanuel Macron has today confirmed his plans to transform the French health system, including funding changes and closer links between clinics and hospitals.

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.