It's still more than six months away, but France's next presidential election is already the source of fevered speculation, so here's a quick guide to how it will work and what happens next.
Europe has said it will welcome fully vaccinated Americans with open arms this summer, but exactly how you prove you are vaccinated is a slightly more complicated question.
The five-star palace hotels are in full swing, the sound of music drifts across the beach and after a 'horrible' year blighted by coronavirus, Cannes is buzzing again for its international film festival.
Starved of live music for the past year, fans of veteran French rock band Indochine got the chance to see their idols in concert on Saturday, all in the name of Covid-19 research.
The WHO's European director warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won't end until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, and criticised Europe's vaccine rollout as "too slow".
Those lucky enough to have received both doses of their vaccine are beginning to think of international travel again, but some restrictions remain in place even for the double-jabbed.
French estate agents brokered record numbers of country homes sales in 2020 as city dwellers chafing under Covid-19 restrictions fled cramped apartments in Paris and other cities for the countryside, statistics showed on Thursday.
France on Wednesday appointed Laurence des Cars, known for promoting social issues through art, as the new head of the Louvre - the first time a woman will be in charge of the world's biggest museum in its 200-year history.
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi and Britain's GSK announced on Thursday the start of final tests of their belated Covid vaccine as they race to add their jab to the world's arsenal against the pandemic.
French president Emmanuel Macron has invited the government to find “methods of guaranteeing the transmission” of minority languages, after the rejection of a bill allowing schools to teach a large proportion of classes in a regional language.
Several French social media influencers say have been approached by a mysterious company, appearing to be based in London, offering them money to post videos discrediting the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine.
Workers in France enjoy a generous spread of public holidays, celebrating everything from key dates in French history to slightly obscure religious festivals - but how does the allocation compare to other European countries?
France's top constitutional authority said on Thursday it had rejected a key article of a new security law that could see prosecutions of people who publish photos or film footage of police officers.
While the easing of restrictions means restaurants, cafés, shops and cultural venues are now open, working from home continues to be the rule in France for the time being. But when can we expect to go back to the workplace?
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Thursday over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election campaign, just weeks after the rightwing heavyweight was convicted in a landmark corruption trial.
As France eases out of lockdown, and cross-border travel resumes with certain health requirements, how do those who have recovered from Covid-19 prove it to be able to travel?
With France setting up its digital health passport, those who get vaccinated here can scan the QR code on their vaccine certificate straight into the passport app - but what about those vaccinated in other countries?
The Paris prefecture announced on Monday that it would temporarily close the square in front of the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral due to a "concentration of lead-laced dust above the usual level for Paris".
The French government has announced that tourists coming to France this summer won't have to pay for PCR tests – a requirement for returning home to many countries.
