Topic: France 🇫🇷

French authorities are trying to establish whether a group of young French citizens were removed from a plane bound for Paris from Spain this week because they are Jewish. The airline, Vueling, has denied the claims. 

US officials have strongly condemned a criminal investigation by France into the social network X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, on suspicion of foreign interference.

A year ago, Paris was buzzing with the excitement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. While little infrastructure was built for the occasion, the neighbourhoods where new facilities did spring up – such as Porte de la Chapelle, in northern Paris – have been transformed. 

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he will officially recognise Palestinian statehood before the UN General Assembly in September. While the move has been denounced by Israel and the US and welcomed by Palestinians and Arab countries, the reaction in France has been mixed.

Musician Bertrand Cantat, who has already served jail time for the death of actress Marie Trintignant, is to face a new police investigation over the suicide of his former wife – following the release of a Netflix documentary series about the singer.

President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his closest military advisor, an experienced fighter pilot, as the new chief of staff of France's armed forces, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Wednesday.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is “in the process” of tightening travel conditions to France for “a number of Algerian dignitaries” after Algeria refused to take back 120 nationals who are under an obligation to leave French territory, government spokesperson Sophie Primas said o...

Whether you're planning a trip to France or you already live here and are looking for ideas for the summer break, here are our suggestions for exploring some of the country's best off-the-beaten track attractions.

As French politicians head off on holiday, John Lichfield looks back at a turbulent year in French politics and what it all means for the make-or-break presidential elections now less than two years away.

France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad -- issued before his ouster -- over 2013 deadly chemical attacks.

The French are, as a nation, subject to quite a few stereotypes and myths, often romantic ones - but how do real French people live, love, eat and drink?

The proposed new agricultural law has sparked huge controversy in France, with more than 1 million people signing a petition urging the government to scrap it.