The French government has extended the 'surtaxe' it charges on SUVs and high-polluting vehicles, as local authorities look for new ways to crack down on SUVs in cities.
The UK has changed its rules on overseas voting, meaning that thousands of Brits living in Europe will be eligible to vote in the next general election - and voter registration opens on Tuesday.
Tickets for the Louvre museum in Paris rose almost 30 percent on Monday to €22 - although the gallery says that 40 percent of its visitors qualify for free entry.
For the first episode of Talking France in 2024 we have a special show based entirely on questions about France and the French submitted by our listeners.
French President Emmanuel Macron named the 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as France's new prime minister on Tuesday. Attal becomes France's youngest and first openly gay PM.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron set to name a successor in a bid to relaunch his second term in office.
Five departments in the north of France were still on heightened flood alert on Thursday, as forecasts predict a marked dip in temperatures across the country from the weekend.
Pension protests, riots and political deadlock - but also a Playboy controversy, a dodgy sardine paté and the loss of France's best-loved Brit, Jane Birkin. Here's a look back at what happened in France in 2023.
What can we expect in France in 2024? The team at the Talking France podcast attempt to predict everything from politics to travel news and, of course, the Paris Olympics.
It has provided plenty of political drama with late-night negotiations in parliament and ministerial resignations, but France's proposed immigration bill has several sections that would affect foreigners living in France, those hoping to move here some day and second-home owners - so what does the political drama mean for them?
In Britain he might be best remembered as the subject of the tabloid headline 'Up yours Delors', but across Europe tributes have been pouring in after the death of the French politician widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the creation of the EU.
Unions representing Channel Tunnel workers have ended the wildcat strike that caused massive travel disruption on Thursday - but how long are services likely to be disrupted and what's the situation for rebooking?
A last-minute strike on the Channel Tunnel caused chaos on cross-Channel services, while a storm severely disrupting UK services. Here are the options if you had a trip booked.
French MPs have passed an immigration law which includes a clause that could potentially exempt British second-home owners from post-Brexit visa rules.
The EU's new border control system EES - which will require facial scans and fingerprints for travellers from the UK, USA and other non-EU countries - is set to be rolled out in October 2024, according to reports.
The Talking France podcast is back looking at the political crisis over France's immigration bill and the controversy around one of the country's most internationally famous actors, plus the rise of solar energy in France and how to tell French politicians apart using their sashes.
The French education ministry has announced details of a pilot scheme to introduce uniforms in schools - an idea which has been the subject of controversy over the years.
It's fair to say that night trains are having a bit of a moment as routes all across Europe are resurrected - taking advantage of an urge for greener travel combined with the old-school glamour of a night train.
French president Emmanuel Macron is under fire for an activity that most people outside France would consider perfectly innocuous - watching a Rabbi light a candle on Hanukkah.
The UK has announced new measures that will simplify travel for French school parties - after the numbers of trips plummeted due to post-Brexit travel complications.
