Ever felt dazed and confused when deciding which wine to buy in a French supermarket? Here are a few tips from the experts to help you choose a decent bottle (or two).
Several spectacular and historic Unesco World Heritage sites in France could one day end up underwater due to a rise in sea levels prompted by global warming. If nothing is done the consequences could be "disastrous", a study's authors say.
After France was awarded two new World Heritage sites at the weekend The Local has dug up some of the country’s least known gems on a list that now boasts 41. How many of these have you heard of?
The head of France's anti-immigrant, anti-EU National Front party was pelted with rocks as she drove in the Paris suburbs by a group of young men. Witnesses told police she was "targeted," according to media reports.
As work began on the "world's largest" tech incubator in Paris, French billionaire and telecom mogul Xavier Niel says despite the moribund French economy and the reputation of its bureaucracy, it's actually easier to start a business in France than Silicon Valley.
As if President François Hollande didn’t have enough to worry about, French lawmakers backed a measure this week that would allow them to legally sack the president in case of a “serious breach of duties”.
A new study out this week slammed France for totally inadequate controls on lobbyists. The president of the group behind the report tells The Local how France is lagging in transparency and is playing catch up with other nations.
In what could end up a major tax scandal in France some 60 French lawmakers are in trouble with the taxman after their financial disclosures to the public didn’t quite match up with what they’d declared to authorities, according to media reports.
A controversial new book by French polemicist Eric Zemmour is flying off the shelves and shows no sign of stopping. The notorious right-wing writer and polemicist appears to have struck a chord with a French public feeling disillusioned and "lost".
The alien queen at the heart of the American "Alien" film saga was forgotten until being rescued by a Frenchman who restored her to all her terrifying glory. Her faithful followers are now flocking to see her in a museum in Lyon.
UPDATED: There was both panic - and a good deal of skepticism - in several small towns in northern France this week after students reported they had been followed or threatened by an armed clown in three separate incidents.
American artist Paul McCarthy was slapped in the face and called ‘un-French’ by a passerby in Paris, who was not amused by the provocative creator’s temporary new outdoor work that many say looks like a giant sex toy.
France issues detailed guidance for its nationals about visiting foreign countries, and the warnings can provide humorous and spot on insights about the differences between France and countries like the US, Germany and Sweden. We've gathered together some of the more pertinent pieces of advice.
The some 2,000 migrants congregated at the French port of Calais have created their own city while they wait for their chance to smuggle themselves to Britain. Here is a look inside their difficult and fascinating world.
Drugs smugglers ended up in a pickle in France this month when customs agents searched their car and found nearly 27,000 ecstasy tablets smugglers hid in 13 cans of gherkins. It may sound like a joke, but it didn't end up that way for the two suspects.
Everyday scores of desperate migrants risk their lives trying to smuggle themselves from the French Port of Calais to the UK on board trucks. The Local observed how they do it and what daily life is like for them.
A top French nurses union says government silence has resulted in a dangerous lack of information for healthcare workers on how to deal with an Ebola outbreak in France.
France’s ecology minister has called for a 10 percent reduction in the notoriously high tolls on the country's privatized motorways as well as making the roads free on weekends. But the government has other ideas.
Thousands of migrants are camped out in the French port of Calais from where they will risk their lives to try to get to the UK. But why don't they want to stay in France? The Local went to Calais to find out why.
A French comedy that’s the biggest box office hit of the year in France, has been turned down by Anglo film distributors because they consider it 'politically incorrect' and borderline racist.
A French crook who earned his nickname 'conman of the stars' by ripping off the rich and famous has been at it again and this time he allegedly had the help of a French special forces legend. The Local takes a look at the barely believable tale of Christophe Rocancourt.
A pro-business French think tank has an interesting solution to France’s economic woes: people need to work more and get paid less. However, some economists say that’ll just make things worse.
The inaugural winners of The Local's "Only in France" award goes to two French lawmakers, who were involved in heated battle over a narrow but crucial bit of grammar that resulted in a hefty fine for one of them and a furious debate over feminism.
As part of an apparent charm offensive by the French government to convince the world it’s open for business, the country’s new economy minister told The New York Times that France needs to "shift its social model" but not become like the UK or the US.
French women breastfeed at a far lower rate of other European countries, a new study has revealed this week. A trend in French feminism may be playing a role in the phenomenon, one campaigner for breastfeeding tells The Local.
