President François Hollande described the actions of disgraced ex-Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac on Wednesday as "an insult to the Republic" and vowed to introduce a new law on ministers' wealth. Cahuzac has been charged in a tax evasion probe.
France's former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac confessed on Tuesday to having hidden €600,000 in a foreign bank account for the last 20 years. He was subsequently charged with the offence of "laundering the proceeds of tax fraud".
French Tourism Minister Sylvia Pinel pledged on Tuesday to ensure the security of travellers after 23 Chinese visitors were robbed of their cash and passports shortly after arriving in Paris.
Contraceptive pills cause the deaths of 20 women and lead to around 2,500 cases of blood clots each year in France, according to a report released on Tuesday, which appears to confirm newer generation pills pose a greater risk of causing thrombosis.
France’s women’s rights minister has promised a change in the law that could see prostitutes return en masse to the streets of Paris and other city centres.
Heavy snow and icy conditions caused travel chaos across northern France and Paris on Tuesday, leading to the cancellation of Eurostar trains and numerous other rail services. The president has called for 'exceptional measures'.
A mother who sent her three-year-old son Jihad to school wearing a sweater with the words "I am a bomb" on the front, along with his name and 'Born on September 11th' on the back, told a court on Wednesday it was just to "make people laugh".
Things got a whole lot worse for France on the unemployment front on Thursday with new figures showing the jobless rate had risen to 10.6 percent, the highest level since 1999. The level of unemployment among young people hit 25.7 percent.
Two off-piste skiers died in an avalanche near the resort of Tignes on Wednesday, to add to the growing death toll of winter sports enthusiasts, who have lost their lives in the French Alps this winter.
The mother and uncle of a three-year old named Jihad, who was born on September 11, were due in a French court on Wednesday for sending him to school in a top with "I am a bomb" written on it.
Thousands of trade union members staged protests across France on Tuesday to express their opposition to a reform of the country's labour laws, which is set to be adopted by the French government.
Pupils at a school in France will no longer be given a substitute meat if they don't eat pork, as local authorities try to cut down on food waste and costs. Parents have complained about the measure.
The mayor of the famous French landmark Mont-Saint-Michel has been hit with a €30,000 fine for using his position of power to make sure bus services shuttling the 2.5 million annual visitors to the site left from outside his businesses.
The writer and diplomat Stéphane Hessel has died aged 95, his wife announced on Wednesday. The former fighter with the French Resistance, whose book 'Indignez-Vous!' inspired the global Occupy movement died overnight on Tuesday.
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in a Paris court Tuesday to try to ban a graphic new book by author Marcela Iacub detailing their affair, saying it was filled with lies.
France's Foreign Ministry has denied earlier reports from military sources that the French family kidnapped in the north of the country has been released. The ministry warned against "spreading premature information".
Shares in French appliances group Seb soared on Tuesday after US television personality Oprah Winfrey told her millions of Twitter followers its low-oil fryer had "changed my life".
European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US Internet giant Google after it failed to follow their orders to comply with EU privacy laws, the French agency at the head of the fight said on Monday.
France's government accused the French company Spanghero on Thursday of knowingly selling horsemeat under the label of beef. The allegations follow the results of an investigation into the horsemeat scandal by government officials.
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has launched legal action against the feminist group Femen who flashed their breasts in the heart of historic church to “celebrate” Pope Benedict’s decision to step down.
An unemployed man died on Wednesday after setting himself on fire outside a job centre in the city of Nantes in western France. It is believed he committed suicide because his benefits application was rejected.
A France international footballer was linked to an investigation into underage prostitution on Wednesday, in what looks set to be the latest sex scandal to engulf French football.
The marathon debate over gay marriage in the French parliament is set to come to an end on Tuesday when deputies vote on whether to pass the proposed legislation.
