Trouble on the tracks: French rail strike ahead
Four French rail unions, acting together for once, have called a 37-hour strike for next week over pay, staffing and working conditions.
Four French rail unions, acting together for once, have called a 37-hour strike for next week over pay, staffing and working conditions.
A pilot project in eastern France is turning wastes from cheese-making into marketable products, and into electric power.
Among a number of new laws, France is giving workers the right to turn off, tune out and disconnect from work e-mails, texts and phone calls.
Well, at least butter-knife points. French media are mocking a British supermarket that's making straight croissants instead of...well...crescents.
A French inventor believes his 'SeaBubble' can take traffic off the street and route it down the Seine to give Paris a new taxi alternative.
Van Gogh's bedroom in Arles, which he painted at least three times, has been reproduced as an Airbnb apartment by the Art Institute of Chicago.
France wants the 'sharing economy' to share some of its revenue with the government. A study is poised to propose some new rules.
The Academie Française has mandated 2400 changes in spelling and accents, and it's stirred up a small storm in the press and online.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is proposing to combine Paris arrondissements for more efficient government and services.
Weapons, toilets, bicycles and even a drone turn up as workers clean the bed of Paris's iconic canal.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) could be a tough day for travelers and others, as protests by taxi drivers, air traffic controllers and farmers promise disruptions.
The traditional French bistro, or cafe-bar-restaurant, might be an endangered species. The numbers have been dropping since the 1960s.
France is a land of carousels...but this one has some unusual features.
Paris has lots of rock-star tourist attractions, but some of its most interesting buildings deserve more notice than usually comes their way.
A quiet moment sitting in one of Paris's most popular parks contrasts with the day's news of the world of unrest.