The medieval Bayeux Tapestry suffered no visible damage during its journey to London for an exhibition after leaving France for the first time in over 900 years, a French culture ministry official has told AFP.
The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and under “police protection”, the UK envoy helping to coordinate the historic transfer told AFP.
French scholar and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, entered the Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian to receive the honour bestowed on exceptional figures in politics, culture and science.
Historian and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, will enter the Pantheon on Tuesday in a rare tribute reserved for France's most revered historical figures.
It can be the most fun day of the year - when France goes music crazy and bands suddenly appear on every street corner - but there are some tips to make your Fête de la musique experience as good as it can possibly be.
Villages, towns and cities across France will come alive with the sound of music on Sunday, June 21st, to celebrate the sheer joy of live performances in bars, cafés, venues and on the street.
Even if you're not a football fan, there are some songs that you won't be able to avoid hearing in France as the 2026 World Cup kicks off - from a 70s disco classic to a chant about jumping Frenchmen.
The French are famously proud of their language and several bodies to exist to safeguard it from the looming threat of English words and phrases - but is it ever actually illegal to use English in France?
France's medieval Bayeux Tapestry will be moved to Britain in secret in a shock proof container so that it can be displayed in London this year, the culture minister said Wednesday.
A museum in eastern France on Sunday reported to police the theft of a banana that forms a core part of a multi-million euro artwork by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan.
Tourists and Parisians goggled at the sight of the French capital's oldest bridge transformed into a giant "cave" on Thursday, a spectacular new public work by the street artist JR.
France’s government has waded into a row that has sent shockwaves through the domestic cinema industry after the head of France’s biggest film producer, Canal+, said the group would no longer work with signatories of a petition against billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré.
The head of France's biggest film producer, Canal+, said on Sunday that the group would no longer work with 600 industry professionals who signed a petition against right-wing billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré.
Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday with Dara's catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga" sweeping the 70th edition of the world's biggest live televised music event and pushing into second place Israel, whose participation had triggered a major boycott.
From AI instructions to flirting, via influencers, slackers and chocolate - here are some of the new words that have been included in French dictionaries for the first time this year.
Paris has a taste of Nigeria’s film industry with the start of the Nollywood Week festival, with movies exploring love, family and duty, shorts and documentaries.
France's president donned his crooning hat during a state dinner on Monday, leading Armenian leaders in a rendition of "La Bohème," the 1965 classic by the late Charles Aznavour, a singer beloved in both countries.
France's interior minister vowed Sunday a crackdown on illegal raves as he flew over a giant party at a military site that defied warnings about the risk of possible explosions.
Up to 40,000 partygoers gathered on Saturday for an illegal rave at a military site in France, defying warnings about the risk of possible explosions from old ordnance.
Around 20,000 partygoers gathered on Saturday for an illegal rave at a military site in France, defying warnings about the risk of unexploded ordnance and possible blasts.
The Eurovision Song Contest is famous for celebrating everything from cross-dressing ballad singers to heavy metal bands in monster masks, but geopolitics is threatening its 70th anniversary edition.
French film star Nathalie Baye, a multi-Cesar Award winner who starred in Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me if You Can," has died at the age of 77, her family told AFP on Saturday.
US rapper Kanye West has postponed his scheduled concert in Marseille, following reports that the country's interior minister was seeking to block the performance.
An art-loving engineer from Paris was the lucky winner of an original Picasso painting worth more than €1million at a charity raffle in Paris on Tuesday.
