Mettre la puce à l'oreille first appeared in France in the 13th century, at a time when fleas were a part of daily life for many people. At that time, the expression meant to provoke or romantically ...

Sometimes violent’ storms are set to batter more than half of France from Wednesday afternoon, forecasters have warned, as ...

President Emmanuel Macron has invited New Caledonia leaders to talks next week on the future of the French overseas territory ...

Visitors to France’s Palace of Versailles can now strike up a conversation with talking statues instead of listening to a ...

Services on the Eurostar remain severely disrupted on Wednesday after two fatal accidents that saw all trains halted on ...

Members of the European Parliament voted on Tuesday to ban airlines from charging passengers for small carry-on luggage in a ...

A French court has ruled that green algae found along the Brittany coast was responsible for the death of a jogger - the ...

Paris in summer might be a bit hot and sweaty - but it is also chock full of great cultural events and exhibitions. Here are ...

France charged a British citizen with offences including money-laundering and identity theft after he allegedly organised a ...

One of the biggest challenges for speakers of non-gendered languages such as English is figuring out how to get their heads ...

Rigolo comes from the verb rigoler, roughly pronounced ree-go-lay, meaning to laugh or to joke. You will likely hear a French ...

It was one of the surprise hits of the Paris 2024 Olympics - the giant hot air balloon that carried the flame aloft over the ...