Topic: France 🇫🇷

July this year was the hottest month in France since records began in 1900, according to meteorologists. It was also France's third-driest July, with rainfall nearly 70 percent below average. 

The Ile-de-France regional council this week launched a civil law suit over the recent wildfire which decimated more than 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest, south of Paris. A criminal investigation has been opened into the blaze, which the national forestry office says caused significant e...

France's Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin has hailed Algerian security services for their work in the arrest of an alleged key figure in Marseille's crime world.

Devastating wildfires in the southwest of France have uncovered a hidden cache of Second World War-era shells in the village of Le Porge, adding an explosive edge to an already dangerous situation. 

A Paris court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Russian television commentator against an order to leave France, after authorities accused her of spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda. 

France’s wildfire situation showed signs of improvement on Monday, with thousands of residents and tourists preparing to return to evacuated areas in the south-west, even as firefighters remained on alert amid high temperatures, low humidity and a new risk of severe thunderstorms.

France is strengthening its oversight of non-European investment in strategically important companies, lowering the threshold at which foreign share purchases require government approval.

If you're driving around France this summer and pass through different communes, you might encounter some extremely long names, although they cannot top this 38-letter monster.

From Hollywood stars to world leaders, the list of famous people who speak French is long (and their accents are sometimes to die for) - let's take a look at their overall competence, accent and vocabulary.

France's biodiversity agency has issued a stark warning over what it describes as a "historic and critical" drought affecting the country's rivers, saying conditions are now worse than during the record-breaking drought of 2022. Here are several maps that demonstrate the current situati...

The vineyards of Bordeaux escaped the huge wildfires in the region, but the smoke has blown over a large area - so will this affect the taste of 2026 vintages?

Every year, parents of school-age children in France are sent a lengthy and complicated list of stationery that they must purchase - Helen Massy-Beresford offers parental tips on navigating the technicalities while also saving money.