If you are practicing your French on Duolingo, you might be asked to translate a sentence with the word 'soit' used multiple times. No, this is not a typo. Here's how to express 'either, or' and ...

The Port of Dover is waiting to get the green light from French authorities before it launches EES biometric checks for car ...

Almost half of the 3,690 town and village councils in France that have the authority to raise the rate of taxe d’habitation bills on second homes have done so, according to official figures.

Tax notices for the taxe d'habitation - the property tax paid by second-home owners in France - went online on Monday. Here are the other deadlines to be aware of.

One of Paris's top tourist attractions -- and certainly its most morbid -- closes to visitors from Monday for six months of renovations.

France's anti-fraud unit said on Saturday it had reported Asian e-commerce giant Shein for selling what it described as "sex ...

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A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday.

Several suspects arrested this week over an audacious jewel heist at the Louvre museum appeared before magistrates at a Paris court on Saturday, prosecutors told AFP.

At 84, George Clinton is a funk legend, ubiquitous hip-hop sample source, father of psychedelic Afrofuturism... and now, a painter with a show opening in Paris.

The Local is looking to hear from readers about their opinions of Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms in France.

A new study has found that most French towns and villages have at least one accommodation listed on the short-term rental ...