Irish rap group Kneecap, one of whose members faces a British terror charge for allegedly supporting Hezbollah, are to perform outside Paris on Sunday, despite objections from French Jewish groups and government officials.
You might think that it's impossible to have too many French restaurants - but there are growing voices within France calling for controls on the food sector and even a cap on the total number of restaurants allowed, especially in cities.
France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said.
A visitor to a French museum bit into a fresh banana worth millions of dollars taped to a wall last week, exhibitors said on Friday, in the latest such consumption of the conceptual artwork.
A town that hosts one of France’s biggest music festivals has withdrawn its subsidy to the event because Irish rappers Kneecap have been booked to play.
Gisele Pelicot, who became a feminist icon by publicly testifying over the mass rapes she endured, and rapper-turned-fashion designer Pharrell Williams were among 589 people awarded France's top civic honour on Sunday.
The UN's cultural organisation on Saturday included the megaliths of Carnac and the banks of Morbihan, a vast area including famous alignments of menhirs in western France, on its World Heritage List.
The priceless 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to Britain in 2026-2027, French President Emmanuel Macron announced. Here are some facts about the remarkable work.
Four pro-Tibetan groups in France have lodged a legal complaint against a popular Paris museum, accusing it of wanting to “erase the existence of Tibet”.
Colours ran wild and silhouettes softened at Paris Men's Fashion Week, which ends Sunday, as designers brought a rare breath of fresh air to a gloomy fashion climate.
A city in southern France is celebrating its most famous local painter Paul Cezanne with an exhibition showcasing his works inspired by the sun-drenched landscapes of the Provence region.
Visitors to France’s Palace of Versailles can now strike up a conversation with talking statues instead of listening to a traditional audio guide, as part of a new collaboration with artificial intelligence companies, the palace has said.
In France June 21st is the Fête de la Musique, and this year that falls on a Saturday - here's how to make the most of the country's biggest street party.
In 2022, it was estimated that between 350,000 and 400,000 ‘gens du voyage’ lived in France – more than the number of Brits legally resident in the country.
Netflix announced Wednesday a livestreaming and on-demand content agreement with French television group TF1, its first such deal with a major traditional broadcaster anywhere in the world.
If you've ever browsed French cinema listings or Netflix, you will instantly notice that the titles of English-language movies often have quite unexpected translations.
Archaeologists have discovered what they say are the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometres underwater off southern France, the deepest such find in its section of the Mediterranean or any other French waters.
A French court on Wednesday sentenced a top antiques expert to jail for duping the Palace of Versailles and wealthy collectors into buying furniture he had built, claiming it dated from the 18th century.
British Netflix drama "Adolescence" -- which has sparked widespread debate about the toxic and misogynistic influences to which young boys are exposed online, can now be shown in French secondary schools -- a minister has said.
From Friday, June 6th, flicking through the TV channels in France is going to be a bit different as a number of channels move around and switch places.
Greenpeace activists overnight Tuesday to Wednesday returned a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron they had stolen from a Paris museum as part of a protest against French economic ties with Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
A new mural depicting a lighthouse by world-famous street artist Banksy has appeared on a wall in the southern French city of Marseille, with AFP confirming its location on Friday.
When Sarah Lezito began messing around with motorbikes at 13 she never dreamed that one day she would become the stunt double of some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
A Brittany-based crisp manufacturer is riding a wave of popularity among the younger gourmands in France, thanks in part to its willingness to give unlikely flavours a try . . .
Long-running cult gameshow Intervilles - in which French towns battle against each other - is making its big comeback after being absent from French TV screens for more than a decade.
