Temperatures were set to drop well below zero on Wednesday night as travelling in the Paris region remained hazardous after 15cm of snowfall caused transport chaos earlier in the day.
The French government has moved to stamp out recent scenes of shoppers battling to get their hands of discounted goods such as Nutella by unveiling a new law to tighten rules on supermarket promotions.
French MPs will have to adhere to a fairly strict dress code when they turn up at parliament in future after a new law banned them from wearing crackdown inappropriate attire including football shirts and religious symbols.
All eyes in Paris were on the rising waters of the River Seine on Wednesday, which has forced authorities to suspend a major commuter line and residents to take precautions. And it's not reached its peak yet.
The nationwide strike by prison guards in France was ramped up on Monday after new attacks by inmates against wardens. Blockades were in place at 120 prisons with the government desperate to find a solution.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed to stump up millions more in cash to help France boost security at the UK border in Calais. Reports say the sum could amount to €50 million and will be announced on Thursday.
After decades of wrangling and protests the French government has finally said 'non' to controversial plans to build a new airport in the west of the country at Notre-Dame-des-Landes.
The French government has vowed a crackdown after separate attacks on French police officers over New Year, which which included a policewoman being repeatedly kicked and beaten in a "savage" assault that was filmed and posted on social media.
The story of missing 9-year-old Maëlys has gripped France for the last three months, not least because the man the police and everyone seems to believe is responsible continues to deny everything, despite the evidence against him.
Former US president Barack Obama will be in Paris this weekend where he will be treated to a lunch with President Emmanuel Macron. The event will be low key so as not to cheese off Donald Trump.
The breakdown in attempts by Angela Merkel to form a government has shown France that is must take the initiative in Europe, the presidency says, but without German backing Emmanuel Macron's ambitious reforms will stay on ice.
Two years to the day since the devastating terror attacks in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron led a series of sober ceremonies around the French capital on Monday to commemorate the 130 victims.
The swear word 'f**k' might be considered vulgar in English but it has become "part of the common French spoken language" and is therefore no longer taboo. At least that's according to Canada's broadcasting watchdog.
Tens of thousands of French public service workers from teachers to air traffic contollers have downed tools on Tuesday because they have some very real beef with French president Emmanuel Macron and his government.
Sheep farmers in France were set to protest on Monday at what they see is the government’s failure to protect their animals from attacks by wolves. They claim one of the problems is the strict regulations for making cheeses.
The aircraft industry descends on Paris for the world's biggest airshow Monday, which sees bitter rivals Boeing and Airbus
battle for contracts as newcomers snap at the heels of the two giants.
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen won a
seat in parliament for the first time on Sunday, but it was a bittersweet
victory that masked an electoral debacle for her National Front (FN) party.
President Emmanuel Macron's Republique en Marche (REM) party were set to gain a massive majority in the French parliament, according to initial estimations on Sunday evening. However record abstention rate in the second round of the elections meant Macron's victory was slightly tarnished.
President Emmanuel Macron's party was expected to win a huge majority in France's parliamentary elections, but a record abstention rate which could reach 58 percent means many will question the legitimacy of his victory.
There are reasons why a resounding victory in the parliamentary elections for Emmanuel Macron's party could spell bad news for France and the president himself.
Initial results for the first round of France's parliamentary elections on Sunday pointed to a mammoth majority for President Emmanuel Macron's gleaming new Republique en Marche party on a day when the turn-out was only 50 percent.
Of all the reactions from global leaders to Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Paris climate deal, there was only one they were talking about on Twitter and in the press on both sides of the Atlantic for that matter.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Donald Trump had made an historic error Thursday by abandoning the Paris climate agreement, and urged frustrated US climate scientists and entrepreneurs to come and work in France.
France's new government announced a new bill on Thursday aimed at cleaning up politics after a flurry of recent scandals and restoring the faith of a French public who deeply distrust their political leaders.
