France and Spain are on wildfire alert as weather agencies warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense heatwave.

From all the ways to complain about sweat in French to France's August public holiday and escaping to Brittany and Normandy, this week's La Belle Vie newsletter offers you an essential starting point ...

In France, 'pressing the mushroom' is not exactly what it sounds like.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Friday condemned an act of "anti-Semitic hatred" after a memorial tree planted in ...

British nationals living abroad were urged to send their MPs postcards this summer as part of a campaign for dedicated MPs ...

The Paris deputy mayor in charge of tourism is 'sounding the alarm' about increasing visitor numbers, especially of young party-loving tourists, since the Paris Olympics.

Your local pharmacy could be closed on Saturday, as France's pharmacists' unions call for closures to protest against a ...

The practice of polygamous marriage has been the subject of a surprising number of culture wars in France, and can also get ...

The Local has put together a map showing the locations across France that have beaten their all-time heat records in the past ...

If you’re planning a long car journey in France this Assumption weekend, you’re going to have to be patient out on the roads ...

Health authorities have linked a listeria outbreak that has killed two people to consumption of cheese sold nationwide in ...

France waged a “war” in Cameroon marked by “repressive violence” during and after the African country’s decolonisation in the ...