The first mass was held at Notre Dame since a ferocious fire destroyed the roof, spire and part of the Paris cathedral's vault — with all present wearing hard-hats, Euronews reports.

The French artist’s giant biodegradable artworks adorn fields, are best seen by drones and last only days.

Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half, researchers have said. Dozens of species have seen their numbers decline, in some cases by two-thirds, the scientists said in a pair of studies – one national in scope and the other covering a large agricultural region in central France.

Thousands of protesters gathered across France and in over 30 cities around the world to march against the activities of Bayer-Monsanto and others agrochemical giants on Saturday, while Monsanto lost its third lawsuit in the US.

Amazon warehouses in the U.K. and France routinely discard unused products, with one facility sending 293,000 items to the trash heap during a nine-month period, according to media reports. Reporters posing as Amazon employees found a site dubbed the "destruction zone," where they secretly filmed Amazon workers loading brand new toys, kitchen equipment and flat-screen TVs for transportation to dumps, according to a report in Britain's Daily Mail.

A €2,000 prize is offered for whoever can decipher a weird rock inscription in western France.

France produces more nuclear waste per-capita than any other country, and the industry is already excited about the potential of the project.

French yellow vest protesters set fires along a march route through Paris on Saturday to drive home their message to a government they see as out of touch with the problems of the poor: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn't the only problem France needs to solve.

The Scrabble career of Nigel Richards went from great to astounding this week, after he won the French-language Scrabble World Championships. A New Zealand native, Richards has won several English-language titles; his new victory follows weeks of studying a French dictionary.

France’s Yellow Vest protests are the latest Western uprising against rule by technocratic insiders. By Christopher Caldwell.

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has revealed that he is working on a mockumentary about the making of his best-known film, the 2001 romantic comedy Amelie. Ahead of the film’s 20th anniversary, the French filmmaker told IndieWire that he had been inspired by Peter Jackson’s film Forgotten Cinema. “It’ll be just stupidity, something very funny, very cheap to make, I hope,” he said.

Ça y est la Collectivité Térritoriale de Martinique a dévoilé ce lundi 8 avril 2019 les trois drapeaux et les trois hymnes retenus par les deux commissions de sélection. Les Martiniquais ont jusqu'au 15 avril 2019 pour formuler leur choix. 

Fully electric “flying vehicles” could join Paris’ transport network “within five years”, according to the French capital's public operator RATP.

Internet Archive perplexed and annoyed over idiotic demands

Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a searing loss for the city and for France.

Literary classic “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” by Victor Hugo, jumped to first place on the best-seller list of Amazon France on Tuesday after a fire ravaged the world-famous cathedral during the night. The book, called “Notre-Dame de Paris” in French, tells the tale of the beautiful Esmeralda and the cathedral’s bell-ringer Quasimodo. Increases in sales of such works have turned into a way for Paris to grieve when the city is hit by tragedy.

As people across France struggled with the pain of the devastation to Notre-Dame cathedral, more than $1-billion in donations has poured in from around the world to help rebuild the cultural landmark. French President Emmanuel Macron promised to restore the fire-damaged cathedral to its glory within five years, vowing in a televised address on Wednesday that it would be even more beautiful.

The rebuilding of Notre-Dame won't be your typical renovation project. It's not often that the restoration of a building whose origin dates back centuries has to be contemplated.

Do you bee-lieve in miracles? The bees that made their home inside three hives atop Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral have survived this week’s massive blaze — even though the roof was almost completely destroyed, according to a new report. A drone photo posted by the Paris-based urban beekeeping company Beeopic on its Instagram page appears to show all three hives — which were initially believed to have been destroyed in the blaze — still in place.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced tax cuts for middle-class workers and a more representative parliament on Thursday to quell five months of yellow vest protests that have damaged his presidency. In a nationally televised speech, he also warned that France and Europe must better fight illegal migration.

Journalists could face years in jail for handling a classified military document that revealed details about France’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. By Ryan Gallagher. (May 17, 2019)

Despite centuries of efforts to make standardised French the language of all of France, Occitan, which is intrinsically tied to the local culture, could not be suppressed.

Two and a half million tickets at €15 a piece were sold for the heritage lottery drawn on Friday, September 14. The €15-20 million collected will subsidise the restoration of 269 endangered French heritage sites. Eighteen sites designated as “iconic” by the minister of culture will receive priority funding. They will receive immediate funding from the Fondation du patrimoine – enough to begin the first stages of construction and restoration. Here are some of the top sites.

The sea imbues the town of St-Malo with what locals describe as ‘a salty side’ that’s not only present in its culture and regional dishes, but also its wine.

France's health watchdog says the risk of cancer from sunlamps and sunbeds is proven and authorities should act to stop people being exposed to artificial ultraviolet rays. Brazil and Australia have already banned sunbeds commercially, and France is one of a number of countries that have already limited their use. But now the Anses watchdog says France should go further and impose a ban.

French president makes new appeal for force in run-up to First World War Armistice centenary

New video of baby goats slaughter in France reveals the horrors behind organic meat. A scary look inside a certified organic abattoir.

A small cylinder called Le Grand K has defined the kilogram for more than a hundred years. But if a scratch ever rendered it lighter, the definition of the kilo literally shifted. Time for a change.

With bees on the endangered list and the terrible consequences that will come to pass if they become extinct, France has taken a drastic step in an attempt to save the population of pollinating insects. As reported by Organic Consumers, the European nation has decided to ban all five pesticides that scientists believe are responsible for killing bees.

Over 300 days during World War One, these villages were completely wiped out – along with hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers – during the Battle of Verdun.

For the past two weeks, a massive protest movement known as the “yellow vests” has shaken France. While the movement began as a way for low-income people to voice their anger at the government’s efforts to target car pollution with a heavy carbon tax, it has now spiraled into an ongoing, at-times violent expression of general dissatisfaction with president Emmanuel Macron, as well as France’s political system and labor laws.

President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed claims that protesters in Paris demonstrating against fuel prices have chanted his name. "The Paris Agreement isn't working out so well for Paris," Trump tweeted Saturday morning. "Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting 'We Want Trump!' Love France."

The 29-year-old, who authorities say was radicalised in prison, is still on the run

Heartwarming stories on the Internet are a rare commodity, but that's exactly what we have today, courtesy of a few French police officers. Reported on by French outlet BFMTV (translated via ResetEra), Paris police recovered some stolen video game consoles, and apparently couldn't locate the original owners. Thus, the systems were set to be destroyed, until Paris police decided rather than destroy them, they would donate them.

A collection of high quality remastered prints from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900. Slowed down footage to a natural rate and added in sound for ambiance.