Originally brought in a temporary Covid-related measure, expanded café terraces have now become a fixture of Paris in the summer, and this year once again return on April 1st.
Megastar singer Celine Dion on Monday announced her return to performing after a lengthy break prompted by a rare health condition, calling the comeback news revealed on her birthday "the best gift".
An exhibition of some of Claude Monet's most famous paintings is being staged in his former home of Giverny - where he painted his waterlily series - to mark the 100th anniversary of his death.
The final years of Henri Matisse's artistic life, marked by the Nazi occupation of France and a brush with death and surgery, will light up a twilight retrospective opening next week.
The president of France’s Palace of Versailles is expected to take over as head of the Louvre following the resignation of Laurence des Cars, AFP has reported.
France is often thought of as the country of love and romance, with Paris topping lists every year for the 'best spots to visit for Valentine's Day'. But this does not necessarily mean that the French love 'la Saint-Valentin', as it is called in France.
The famous Pic du Midi mountain in the French Pyrenees is one of the country's iconic landmarks and now the Ministry of Culture wants it to be officially recognised as an UNESCO World Heritage site.
A used tissue put up for auction by the French actor Pierre Niney has attracted bids rising to €100,000, which the actor says will be donated to charity.
The aviator sunglasses that captured the world's attention when French President Emmanuel Macron wore a pair on stage in Davos in a faceoff with US counterpart Donald Trump have become an unexpected success for the Italian owner of the France-based manufacturer that has watched sales soar.
From Robert Capa to Auguste Renoir - via Lee Miller and Louis XIV carpets - French museums are preparing their temporary exhibitions for the upcoming year.
French publisher Hachette on Friday said it had recalled a dictionary that described the Israeli victims of the October 7, 2023 attacks as "Jewish settlers" and promised to review all its textbooks and educational materials.
Fragments removed from the Bayeux Tapestry in 1941 by a Nazi scientist have been returned, according to the French museum that houses the priceless 900-year-old artefact.
The French Culture Ministry has confirmed to The Local that non-EU citizens who live in France will not have to pay the new higher museum ticket prices for non-European visitors.
Long a symbol of glamour and desire, Brigitte Bardot's image was forged in a cluster of cult films and pop duets. Here are three of the most memorable:
French film icon Brigitte Bardot, a symbol of sexual liberation of the 1950s and sixties who turned her back on cinema to devote herself to protecting animals, has died aged 91, her foundation said on Sunday.
A French supermarket group astounded by how viral its Christmas ad featuring a cartoon wolf has become said it regrettably would not be able to sell soft toys of the lupine character any time soon.
Anglo-French singer and film star Jane Birkin was honoured Saturday by the city she made her home after Paris named a footbridge over one of its canals after her.
A French supermarket has made a strong entry into the competitive field of Christmas advertising with a viral animated clip about a vegetarian wolf that has wracked up tens of millions of views internationally.
Runaway success this year for French indie hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could be crowned with a Game of the Year title at Thursday's Game Awards in Los Angeles, the industry's equivalent of the Oscars.
The thieves who stole priceless crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday.
