French news

The first firework display in Nice since the terrorist attack of July 2016 has taken place in celebration of today’s July 14 Fête Nationale.

France is to create a new Space army, to “ensure the development and strengthening” of the country’s “spatial capacity”, President Emmanuel Macron has announced.

France is celebrating its Fête Nationale today (July 14), with commemorative events in Paris including a military parade and flypast in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders.

A woman who wore flip-flops on a hike to the summit of a Savoie mountain required rescue by helicopter this week, prompting emergency services to warn hikers about using proper equipment.

Gendarmes near Tours (Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire) had an unusual job this week after being called to help a retiree who was pulling a caravan on the motorway...in a farming tractor.

A French MP has created a new “punk rock” version of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, as “a fight song for our times”.

'Red' crisis alert levels reached in particular areas of 18 departments

The leaking to the press of confidential reports from Britain’s ambassador to the United States giving frank views about US President Trump and his administration has made diplomats feel shocked and undermined, says the former British Ambassador to France.

Health watchdog insists paracetamol products feature warning on risk of overdose

News website claims that Environment Minister spent more than €63,000 of taxpayers' money renovating official apartment - and hosted lavish dinner parties while in former role

Celebrity French chef Marc Veyrat in spat with Michelin Guide over star status

A ‘constructive’ meeting took place yesterday with the EU, says the UK’s Brexit minister, including discussion on the rights of Britons abroad in the EU - however neither side report any change in attitude.

The danger of toxic green sea algae naturally found on the Breton coast has come into renewed question after an 18-year-old oyster farmer died suddenly on a beach.

Homeopathic medicine will no longer be reimbursed by the French State from January 1 2021, the health minister has confirmed, after months of national debate on the issue.

A new “eco-tax” is to apply to all airline tickets for flights departing from French metropolitan airports by 2020, the French government has announced.

The UK’s Brexit Minister is expected to raise again the idea of ring-fencing the rights of expatriates on both sides of the Channel when he meets with EU negotiator Michel Barnier today.