You will have noticed that, in order to reduce France’s €3.3 trillion debt (to which €5,000 is being added every second, apparently), French PM François Bayrou has proposed, among other measures, that ...

Creamy brie smeared on a crusty baguette, crisp local wines sipped in a sun-dappled square and Alpine wildflower meadows to roam – our love affair with French holidays shows no signs of fading. A ...

Public holidays are referred to as national holidays in France and are also called fêtes or jours fériés. They are very important to the French as they firmly believe in a good life-work balance and ...

PARIS—If French Prime Minister François Bayrou loses his job in a confidence vote Monday, it will be due in no small part to his willingness to fiddle with a cornerstone of Gallic life: public ...

Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a bûche de Noël. And the French holiday ...

On 31 January, two French unions representing workers in ski resorts plan to start unlimited strike action during February. It's the busiest time of year for resorts and threatens to upset lots of ...

French news junkies have looked on in horror over the past few months as America’s most august papers slashed staffs and in some cases morphed into exclusively online entities to weather the worst ...