A majority of The Local's British expat readers quizzed on whether they want their home country to stay in the EU have said they back the campaign to remain. But could it make a difference?
The French diet is celebrated around the world for its high quality and health benefits. But some of the things they do with their food are enough to turn the stomach of many Anglos.
Today is April Fools' Day, which means you should treat most things you read with a healthy dose of scepticism - but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
The beginning of the month signals a new raft of changes in France, some may even leave you better off, if ever so slightly. Here's what you need to know.
Prince William, his wife the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry desperately need somewhere to stay when they come to France this summer after their chosen hotel was forced to turn them away.
Seven iconic Parisian squares have been selected to get a major makeover, as part of the mayor's ongoing bid to hand the city back to cyclists and pedestrians.
France has rolled out the first of 5,000 dummy speed cameras in the hope of tricking motorists into driving more safely in a bid to cut rising road deaths.
Salafistes, a controversial documentary about radical Islam, will be off-limits for those under 18, France's Minister of Culture announced on Wednesday.
France has been top of travellers’ bucket lists for centuries, and there's never really a bad time to visit. But there's a lot going on here in 2016, from sport to art, so here's our list of what not to miss in France next year.
Some 3.9 million travellers have used Airbnb to visit France in the past year with the director of Airbnb for France claiming this contributed €2.4 billion to the French economy. But controversy continues to dog the firm.
Thousands of medical professionals are set to strike across the country on Friday as they protest a health reform bill up for debate by French MPs next week.
Parisian designer Zoé de Las Cases wants to take legal action against online accommodation service Airbnb claiming the company copied the design of her apartment for their own company headquarters without giving her the credit.
Plans are afoot to install a "water wheel hotel" on the banks of the River Seine that would see guests sleep in rotating pods that rise and fall above the City of Light.
France can consider itself Europe's most innovative nation and the third in the world after a new study published on Thursday looked at the number of patents lodged in each country.
The 63-year-old was found dead in his Montpellier apartment on Monday, where emergency services found that his dog had apparently eaten part of his leg.
November 11th is a national holiday in France, but what does the end of the First World War mean to the French today? The Local takes a look at what 'Le Jour du Souvenir' means nearly a century on.
UPDATED: Refugees and police clashed for the third night in a row in Calais. The violence comes as the French government steps up efforts to move refugees and migrants out of the New Jungle camp.
