Mother nature has not quite finished with France just yet, with much of the north east on alert for violent storms, the day after a 70-year-old man drowned in his car after flash floods.
Four people have died and 24 been injured in this week's near recording floods in France, prime minister Manuel Valls confirmed on Saturday morning, as the waters showed the first signs of receding.
The Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay on the banks of the River Seine in Paris have been forced to close in order to evacuate artworks as flood waters rise.
Floods continued to cause havoc in France on Thursday while authorities in Paris are growing increasingly concerned as the River Seine keeps on rising. More rain is on the way.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday became the first foreign dignitary to meet Sadiq Khan following his election as mayor of
London, in a brief tete-a-tete at St Pancras Station.
Several trade unions in France have called for two days of strikes next week as the government faces a no-confidence vote in parliament over its unpopular labour reforms bill that was forced through parliament this week without a vote.
French air traffic controllers have dismissed Ryanair’s complaints about their strikes having cost the budget airline millions in lost profit calling boss Michael O’Leary a “provocateur”.
The number of foreign visitors to France rose last year to allow France to keep its crown as most visited country in the world. And that's despite the terror attacks.
According to a shock ruling by a Paris employment tribunal, calling a gay male hairdresser a “dirty faggot” is not a homophobic insult, because there are lots of gay male hairdressers.
After five years of construction, 18,000 panes of glass, and €240 million in investment, the futuristic new Forum des Halles was officially inaugurated on Tuesday.
The ex-school director imprisoned last year for the rapes of dozens of students was found dead in his cell on Tuesday morning, having hanged himself ahead of his trial.
France's women's rights minister faced growing criticism on Thursday, including calls on social media to resign, after comparing women who wear the Muslim headscarf and veil to "negroes who supported slavery".
UPDATED: There were violent clashes on the streets of French cities on Thursday during the latest round of nationwide protests against the government's labour reforms.
A French minister has struck a raw nerve after stating France is home to 100 Molenbeeks – referring to the Brussels suburb known to be hotbed for jihadists. But is he correct?
Salah Abdeslam, the chief surviving suspect of the Paris attacks has told his lawyer he did not know about a plan to bomb Brussels airport and metro system and has stopped cooperating with investigators.
