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A Holocaust memorial in Lyon was defaced with a "Free Gaza" inscription, city officials told AFP on Saturday, fuelling concerns over an increase in antisemitic acts and hate crimes in France.

France's foreign minister has arrived in Greenland to express his nation's "solidarity" with the Danish autonomous territory, the ministry said, after Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants the United States to take over the island.

As 2025 continues to fly by at TGV speed, we look forward to an ‘interesting’ September in France, offer the latest advice on citizenship applications, explain what border guards can ask travellers for … and suggest a few beyond-Paris day trips.

From the start of a new school year to basketball games to tune into and more opportunities to swim in the Seine River, here's what is happening in France this week.

A former officer with the police's child protection unit in the southern French city of Marseille will face trial on Monday for allegedly raping and sexually abusing Filipino street children.

Two former French Under-18 coaching staff members have been punished over their roles in the events surrounding the disappearance at sea of one of the players Medhi Narjissi last year, a source close to the case said on Saturday.

A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an altercation early Saturday, killing one person and injuring five others, prosecutors told AFP.

From turmoil in France via strikes, blockades and a doomed government, via the smelliest French cheeses and the iconic SNCF jingle, here's what we have been talking about in France this week.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Saturday there should be no restrictions on access to next month's UN General Assembly, after the United States said it would deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority.

An entire stage of the 2026 Tour de France will take place in the southwest département of Dordogne.

French trade unions on Friday called for nationwide strikes on September 18, deepening the political crisis ahead of a confidence vote that could topple Prime Minister Francois Bayrou.

This French word has little to do with a person's financial situation, though he or she may end up this way after an unfortunate turn of events.

This French expression is nicer than it might initially sound, and can mean a few different things.

French air traffic controllers have called a strike for September - adding to the growing numbers of strike calls for the autumn as France's political situation becomes ever more precarious.

As France gears up for la rentrée, unions and political organisations are also planning protests and strikes in September.

In a small town in the south of France, residents have become used to sharing their space with the local wild goat population - but things are now getting increasingly strained as the goat population has reached around 2,000.

French postal service, La Poste has announced that they have been 'forced to temporarily suspend' the shipping of parcels from France to the US, as a result of new US customs regulations.

Hot on the heels of the massively successful UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament in Switzerland comes another major sporting event – the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, hosted in England.

As France prepares to go back to work, September brings with it a new political crisis and possibly a new prime minister, planned strikes and protests, tax changes, a retirement planning update and gas and cigarette price changes, to name but a few.

After Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sent a letter accusing Emmanuel Macron of fuelling anti-Semitism in France by calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state, the French presidency snapped back with a statement calling the Israeli leader's claims "abject" and "erroneous". 

France has adopted a modified piece of legislation that will prevent a pesticide believed to pose risks to human health from being reintroduced into the country. The country's main farmers' unions had argued that the pesticide was necessary for French farmers to compete with their European counterparts.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against US right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that the wife of the president used to be a man. The Macrons said Owens' claims were "designed to harass and cause pain ... and to garner attention".

A French court on Monday jailed three people for the human trafficking of undocumented migrants to work in the champagne industry. Victims said they were treated "like slaves" as they were forced to work 13-hour shifts and left to sleep in an abandoned building with no food or water.

France’s new agricultural "Duplomb law" has met with stiff opposition from environmental and health experts for allowing the reintroduction of a controversial and banned pesticide that is known to damage ecosystems. However, although a petition against the divisive draft law has garnered a record 1.5 million signatures, it is unlikely to be withdrawn.

The famous red windmill above Paris's Moulin Rouge twirled again on Thursday evening, 14 months after the 12-metre blades tumbled to the ground in a shock accident. Hundreds of people gathered in the street outside the venue on Thursday to watch a public show celebrating the restoration of the iconic monument.