1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (710+ words) Airbnb may still have to pay an €8.6million fine for not collecting tourist tax from holiday rentals on the Ile d’Oléron (Charente-Maritime). The platform was fined in April 2025 by the Poitiers Court of Appeal after neglecting to collect the taxe de…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (706+ words) Residents in around 400 French towns and cities are planning to take to the streets for a national day of demonstrations calling for action on climate change. The mobilisation, set to take place on September 26, is organised by the Mouvement du…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1136+ words) Petrol prices in France are now at all-time highs as the tensions in the Middle East continue to impact prices. Average prices of €2.12 per litre for SP95-E10 were recorded on Wednesday (September 9), the highest ever, according to Radio France estimations based…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (746+ words) Columnist Nick Inman argues that it is time to rectify the imbalance Gustave Eiffel was so pleased with his engineering masterpiece, the icon of Paris, that he wanted it to serve as an enduring symbol of French ingenuity. To share…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (588+ words) A speed camera on the Paris ring-road has been removed and fines issued to those caught by it cancelled following widespread criticism. The camera, located at the Porte de Montreuil exit of the périphérique ring road, was only installed on…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (582+ words) New survey highlights France’s enduring influence on English vocabulary Perhaps in an attempt to reclaim some national pride following France’s defeat by England in July’s football World Cup third-place play-off (deemed a booby prize by all accounts, what the French…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (687+ words) France has changed the world map used by its foreign ministry after the UN backed efforts to make maps more accurately reflect the size of continents. France has abandoned the Mercator projection for its official diplomatic maps, adopting the Eckert…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (555+ words) Ferry traffic between the UK and France has returned to normal after a protest disrupted access to the Port of Dover on Saturday (September 5). Some 300 masked demonstrators blocked roads leading to the port from around 07:00, according to eyewitness reports, bringing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (594+ words) A new-dad living in south-east France has created a free app to help parents find walking routes suitable for different types of pram. “The aim is to remove some barriers that keep early parents from getting out with their 0-3 year…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1106+ words) Amidst ongoing postage issues between the US and France, heightened costs have targeted an unlikely product – French magazines. US customs authorities started considering magazines and newspapers as "goods" this summer, leading to more duties and formalities, according to La Poste....