The surrounding region, called "Ile de France" (Island of France ... said Jean-Christophe Francois, a geography professor at Paris Cite University. "As comfort levels rose, cheap and overpopulated ...

Since September, the trial has brought 51 men of all ages, walks of life and origins at the Vaucluse criminal court of Avignon, southern France. All but one are charged with the aggravated rape, ...

These delicate almond confections have been evolving since the Middle Ages, and today Parisian patissiers are crafting ...

To learn more about this icon of French history, architecture, and opulence, AD chatted with Mathieu da Vinha, director of ...

Markets fret about a budget crisis, but slow economic growth is the underlying problem.

Already struggling with flat growth and a large debt and deficit, the country faces a new period of instability without a functioning government or a budget. By Liz Alderman Reporting from Paris ...

France is set to see weak but steady economic growth through the first half of next year as a political drama over the 2025 ...

France's government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was forced out in a no-confidence vote in Parliament, reigniting a summertime political crisis for the country as it ...

Five years after a ruinous fire, the reopening of the cathedral restored it in full glory to the Paris skyline and delivered a much-needed morale boost for France. By Richard Fausset Catherine ...

The girl in question, whose identity remains protected due to her age, delivered a tearful apology to the victim's heartbroken family in a special court hearing yesterday more than four years after he ...

On December 2nd the yield on Greek bonds fell below that on French ones, indicating investors thought it safer to lend to Greece than France. The yield on French bonds is now 0.8 percentage points ...