Rivals Christian Estrosi and Eric Ciotti have hurled accusations at each other ever since a pig's head with a Star of David was found in front of Estrosi's home. Several people have been arrested.

Claes Bang plays the Danish designer of Paris’s Grande Arche in a meticulous drama about artistic purity colliding with bureaucratic ego and national vanity ...

The Weekend Read / I spent years as a labor organizer. Marguerite Duras’s war novel taught me that the strongest fighters are ...

In a March 22 letter regarding detained Agence France-Presse journalists Dave Clark and Roberto Schmidt, as well as photographer Joe Raedle from , with which AFP collaborates, AFP Chairman Emmanuel ...

After a heist and the departure of its boss, the French institution wrestles with water leaks, strikes and much-criticised plans for a €1bn renovation ...

From the International Space Station to the Millau Viaduct, we take a tour of the landmarks that have made civil engineering history.

The Grand Mosque of Paris marks its 100th anniversary this year, reviving debate over its political role and its place in French history. Built to honour Muslim soldiers who died in the First World ...

By Miroslav Jovanović Lecturer in International Economics at the University of Geneva and a full-fledged member of Matica Srpska France presents itself in Serbia as a friend of the state and the ...

Evident is the vast influence that France has had upon the Netherlands city, the result of its geography, history and the population’s affinity for its culture.

After months of pressure, the Louvre has a new director. Christophe Leribault was named to lead the landmark on Wednesday, half a day after the previous ...

The Tour Montparnasse is one of Paris’s least-loved landmarks. After half a century, it’s finally being remodeled.

Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine shows how the continent has not yet solved the problem of what order comes after imperial collapse ...