Ever since absinthe was outlawed due to rumours it led to insanity, this simple drink has become the nation's go-to apertif.

As the French Prime Minister attempts to launch a national discussion about French identity, The Local looks at how you define Frenchness, and whether it's even possible.

Harit Joshi, a Hindi and Indian History Professor at Inalco University in France said that several people in France study ...

A vast central African metropolis is thought to be the most francophone city globally, with more people speaking French there than ... by Cuban rhythms, is famous across the continent.

By contrast, the German economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, while France grew by 1.1%, Italy by 0.5%, and the UK by an ...

After closing its last tourist information office, the French capital has urged visitors to be guided by social media. I did ...

One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

HEARTBROKEN friends of a British couple found dead at their French home have refused to believe a chilling new theory into the shocking deaths. The bodies of Andrew, 62, and Dawn Searle, ...

Think classical subjects and allegory. Those artists who came to be called “Impressionists” turned this tight world of ...

Bourbon Street, the site of a deadly New Year’s Day attack, is closed to traffic at night, one of many measures intended to ...

The singer, 77, surprised fans by announcing Who Believes In Angels? - a collaboration with country artist Brandi Carlile - ...

Joséphine Jobert stars in the new CBC series, Saint-Pierre, a crime drama where she plays Genevieve Archambault — nicknamed "Arch" — as a cop from Paris who becomes deputy chief on the French island ...