Mystery photographer: I recently came across this collection of WWII photos that were taken by a man and his wife who worked at the famous department store, Le Printemps during the occupation of France
The Élysée Palace: The First Republic didn’t care for a presidential palace. The revolutionaries, back in 1792, wanted no president, much less a king...
The French Government: It took three months to cobble up a new French Government. Tomorrow, it could collapse entirely.
Exploring the French Political System: The long delay seen in France was not a failure. It was just how the French system was designed to work in uncertain situations. It doesn’t just allow the President to govern—it practically demands it.
Aya Nakamura has been invited to sing an Édith Piaf song at the Paris Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony. A firestorm immediately erupted! What's your View?
Laurence de Cars: The Louvre’s first female president, Laurence des Cars, wants to remind people it offers much more than the Mona Lisa
Académie Française, the 388-year-old prestigious custodian, and promoter of the French language, has a new leader, French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf to lead the "Immortals"
The State Visit was planned as a gesture of friendship from Britain after the rocky road to Brexit. Both countries do pomp & ceremony well. Military bands and parades at the Arc de Triomphe
Hi everyone, welcome to this new regular column: 'Understanding France' - a weekly snapshot of the big stories in France. This Week's Dispatch: Ségolène Royal - Nicolas Sarkozy + Niger ejected French diplomats
In 1793 the blade on a newfangled killing machine was hard at work. When it sliced through the neck of King Louis XVI and his head tumbled into the guillotine’s basket, the Divine Right of Kings came to an end in France.
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