A man arrested on Tuesday may have woken up with more than the average number of regrets after a night of drinking, after French police said he tried to extinguish the eternal flame at Paris's famous Arc de Triomphe monument.
France's population broke the 66 million mark at the start of 2014, but its women are having fewer children, new figures revealed. Is it the fault of a bad economy and should French leaders be worried?
French President François Hollande faced the media pack for the first time on Tuesday since news of his alleged affair with a French actress made headlines around the world. He's a recap of the main points from the press conference.
France's controversial expulsions of Roma, which has drawn condemnation from the European Commission, hit a record high in 2013. A new report says nearly 20,000 were deported - double the number that were expelled in 2012.
Two thirds of French voters mistrust their president, more and more are leaning toward far-right values and the population's "collective depression" is worsening, according to a new study into how French attitudes are changing. Get a gauge for how the French are feeling in 2014.
French comedian and polemecist Dieudonné has been given the green light from Paris authorities to perform his new show on Monday night, after a string of cities banned a previous production that was labelled 'anti-Semitic'. Authorities have warned they'll be watching closely.
The famous Normandy landing beaches, where thousands were killed on D-Day 1944, have had their chances of becoming UNESCO World Heritage sites boosted. The effort to protect and promote them intensifies as the 70th anniversary of the landings approaches.
Reports in France over the weekend linked a "love nest" allegedly used by President François Hollande and actress Julie Gayet to two figures with connections to the Corsican mob. It is the latest twist in a tale that is dominating the headlines in France on Monday.
UPDATED: Taxi-drivers in France, protesting against new private car hire companies, brought traffic chaos in and around Paris on Monday as well as several cities across the country. There were reports of up to 200km of traffic jams. Read the latest here:
No pants, no problem. So it was on Sunday on the Paris Metro as scores of folks dropped their trousers as part of a collective stunt called the 'No Pants Subway Ride'. Here are some safe-for-work clips, just in case you feel you missed out.
Passengers on Paris' Metro system will have the chance to leave their trousers - and a little bit of their dignity - at home this Sunday with the annual 'No Pants Subway Ride'. Will you be taking part?
A long awaited report on the deadly Bretigny train crash in the Paris suburbs published on Friday shed some light on the cause of July's derailment that shocked a country which prides itself on its world class rail system.
Revelations about French President François Hollande's alleged affair with French actress Julie Gayet hit the headlines in France on Friday. But who is the woman who "the president loves in secret", as Closer magazine has claimed? Here are ten facts about the actress.
It's been nearly 90 years since 'Lucky Lindbergh' made it across the Atlantic alone. A Frenchman aims to make the same trip, but this time he'll only be powered by sunshine and algae. Meet Raphaël Dinelli our French Face of the Week.
Drivers negotiating Paris's famous ring road the Peripherique will have to take their feet off the gas a little from Friday morning. The speed limit on the capital's busiest road is to drop by 10 km/h in a bid to reduce road deaths.
France said 'oui' on Thursday to its first marijuana-derived medicine, which will come in the form of a mouth spray and will be made available to those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
A woman riding one of Paris' public rental bikes died in a collision with a dump truck in the centre of the French capital on on Wednesday. Initial reports suggest she could have been caught in the driver's blind spot.
Talk of French comic and polemicist Dieudonné was everywhere this week, as authorities across France lined up to ban his shows in response to accusations of anti-Semitism. The Local hears from two opposing voices on the question of whether it's right to ban the comic.
The annual riot of the first day of the French New Year sales is expected to be quieter than normal this year. Tough times and changing business behavior are threatening the annual French tradition.
French and American cultural differences in the world of work were once again underlined on Tuesday when a controversial American CEO reacted with astonishment to news that two French bosses at a factory he is set to invest in had been taken hostage by workers.
