Topic: France 🇫🇷

Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark 1956 Congress of Black Writers and Artists, held at the Sorbonne university in Paris and aimed at strengthening the Pan-African movement and giving voices to black writers and intellectuals from across Africa, Europe and the United States.

With fuel prices an increasingly prominent issue ahead of next year's presidential election, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government is due to unveil new support measures on Tuesday. 

The hybrid warfare threat being waged by Russia is "real and documented", France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told journalists on Monday.

Thousands of people marched in Paris and other French cities on Sunday against a proposed law on the legitimate use of force that critics say would be a "licence to kill" for police and gendarmes.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday welcomed Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney to France's tiny North Atlantic territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, just off the Canadian coast.

As thousands flock to see the Bayeux Tapestry in London, where the 11th-century artwork is on loan for the first time, residents of its hometown in northern France say they’re feeling its loss.

Europe's maize crops have been hit hard by this summer's heatwaves and ongoing drought, with French producers saying almost half of this year's harvest is unusable. To prepare for hotter, drier conditions, some cereal farmers are experimenting with sorghum – a crop from sub-Saharan Africa that re...

The French government announced new financial aid measures on Tuesday to help those hit hardest by surging fuel prices including nurses and long-distance and frequent commuters.

From new tenant rules to a big rise in gas prices and planned nationwide strikes - here's everything that changes in France in October.

As fuel prices spike across France more and more petrol stations are reporting shortages. So in which parts of the country will you find it the hardest to fill up your tank this week?

It's tax season in France, with payments due and 'taxe foncière' property tax bill being sent out. If you’re struggling to pay one or both of them, here's what you can do to get help.

More than 50 leading American writers will be in Vincennes, just to the east of Paris, this week for the American literary festival, which is celebrating US literature at a time of strained feelings towards the United States under President Donald Trump.