A great white shark has been spotted in waters off the south of France, a rare sighting in this area of the Mediterranean ...

Pornic, in the Loire-Atlantique department of western France, takes the top spot of towns with under 40,000 inhabitants. Its 18,000 locals swell to over 100,000 in summer, when tourists flock to this ...

Veterinarians are reminding people that their pets can also donate blood to help save the lives of injured cats and dogs.

Various social media posts are making the rounds in France claiming diesel drivers who deactivate emission-limiting technology on their vehicles will fail roadworthiness tests. The posts mention the ...

Paris recently became the fourth city in France to bring in limits on driving within its city limits, through a zone à trafic limité (ZTL). This zone covers the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th arrondissements ...

French lawyer Corinne Lepage has opened a case in the European Court of Justice against the EU’s 2023 decision to allow the weedkiller glyphosate to be sold in Europe for another 10 years. The EU took ...

D’ailleurs and par ailleurs are popular French terms used in everyday conversation to connect two ideas together. They may look and sound similar, however there is a slight difference between them ...

Lateral thinking by engineers at French car maker Renault is being used to make roads less noisy. Many Renault vehicles now have noise-cancelling equipment installed, and Thomas Antoine, head of the ...

Hospitals across France are taking part in a trial to detect early signs of heart disease through a 15-minute test. The trial – the first of its kind in France – is to see whether large scale ...

Retiree Peter Scott had the surprise of his life after sending in documents for a French carte de séjour: the paperwork showed he was adopted and has two half-brothers and two half-sisters. Mr Scott, ...

Speed limits on secondary roads have returned to 90 km/h in a majority of French departments. However, in many of these, only a small percentage of eligible roads have seen the 90 km/h limit ...