The largest exhibition ever of the works of British artist David Hockney, including canvases that have never before been displayed, is to open in Paris in April at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, which Hockney said will also include his most recent paintings, adding 'I think it’s going to be very good'.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou said that if Europe does nothing to counter the 'dominating' politics of US President Donald Trump, who was sworn in for a new term of office on Monday, 'we will be crushed, we will be marginalised'.
Champagne sales fell in 2024 by 7.2% on the domestic market while exports were down by almost 11%, which the head of the festive wine's trade body said was due to economic worries, political instability and conflicts around the globe, underlining that 'Champagne is a real barometer of the state of mind of consumers'.
Ian Thomas Cleary, 31, was detained in France after an Interpol red notice was issued for his arrest and extradition to the US where he is wanted for the alleged sexual assault in 2013 of a fellow student who, years later, he sent messages to on Facebook, including one in which he admitted raping her.
Falling bread consumption in France has placed in question the future of some of the country's flour mills, but such fears have dissipated with new and steep demand from the US for French ground meal, and which almost doubled year-on-year in 2024, despite its comparative high price.
A French court has ruled that local authorities in central France must review their order that a boar, found in the wild by a horse breeder after it was abandoned by its mother, and which is now fully domesticated, should be handed to a sanctuary or euthanised.
In a policy speech before France's parliament, the country's new prime minister, centre-right veteran François Bayrou, warned of a 'new world disorder, that threatens all equilibrium' following the re-election of Donald Trump as US president, and that those who embodied that threat 'without complex' include tech billionaire Elon Musk.
In a much-awaited speech setting out the major markers of his government's policy, France's new prime minister François Bayrou announced on Monday he will re-open talks on a possible revision of Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reforms, in a bid to garner the support of socialist MPs and their allies in order to survive a no-confidence vote in the hung French parliament.
In the small town of Saint-Flour in central France, the local cathedral raised funds to repair the building's 19th-century choir organ through a share of profits from the sale of hams cured in its belfry, an unusual illustration of the plight of an estimated 2,300 French religious edifices in poor condition and lacking financial support.
In late November the central African country abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in late December.
