TravelFrance: A week in ProvenceDeborah Telford plunges into polishing up her command of French with practical lessons in a Provence village.10 Oct 02:00 AM
TravelTop five travel-inspiring moviesThere's nothing like a beautifully shot film to make you feel like up-and-leaving the very next day. Here are five examples that show off their stunning destinations to full effect.25 Sep 11:00 PM
TravelFrance: Frank, flashy, and alluringAnthony Peregrine sees the best of Nice, a magnet to the rich for centuries.25 Sep 03:00 AM
New ZealandParis talks highlight Security Council bidAfter his jaunt with royalty, Prime Minister John Key will return to business with a thud tonight.22 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldEagle-eye view: Flying over the French Alps with a Go-ProThis amazing GoPro cam footage captured some amazing scenes as it was placed upon an eagle flying through Mer de Glace glacier and Montenvers Railway on northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.Watch20 Sep 02:27 AM
WorldFrance: Military option for Syria remainsIn a televised address, French President Francois Hollande says he hasn't ruled out the "military option" against Syria.15 Sep 08:14 PM
WorldMan killed by runaway elephant in FranceAn 84-year-old man has been killed near Paris after an elephant belonging to a local circus escaped from its pen and hit him with its trunk.09 Sep 08:24 PM
WorldInheritance clue in Alps slaughterFrench and British investigators probing a quadruple murder in the French Alps say they are looking at a dispute over a multi-million-dollar family inheritance as a motive for the slayings.07 Sep 05:30 PM
KahuMaori art turns French headsAn enormous hand-sculpted rock carving in France nearly six years in the making could be the largest work of Maori art in the Northern Hemisphere.01 Sep 05:30 PM
TravelFrance: Living the simple lifeAt a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time.18 Aug 11:00 PM
WorldDSK's 'factory-line sex' partiesJudges have described Dominique Strauss-Kahn as "king of the party" and the "linchpin" of soirees with prostitutes that resembled "carnage on a pile of mattresses", in a damning indictment of the disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief.08 Aug 05:30 PM
WorldParisians learn hospitality with guide to foreignersParis has launched a new kind of tourist guide: not a guide for tourists, but a guide to different types of tourists.19 Jul 05:30 PM
TravelEurope: Tour in FranceTwo wheels is the ideal way to travel the back roads, writes Trish Murphy.16 Jul 03:00 AM
WorldTrain derails outside of ParisA train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris on the eve of a major holiday weekend.12 Jul 09:08 PM
TravelFrance: Paris address bookThree stylish women, frequent visitors to France, share their favourite Parisian haunts.12 Jul 03:00 AM
WorldPresident falls back on fierce flag wavingWhen Francois Hollande became France's leader, it was with the insistence that he was a man of the people, who despised patriotic pomp and shunned the splendours of the Elysee Palace and its use as a political prop.11 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldParis history goes up in smokeFire has ravaged a Qatari-owned 17th-century mansion in the heart of Paris.11 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldParis accused of US-style spyingFrance's Government spies on its own citizens in the same way as the United States, it was claimed yesterday.05 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionBruce Logan: Family glue holds France togetherAlthough I spend lengthy periods every year living in a town of about 12,000 people in southern France I sometimes forget the two, sometimes three-hour lunch.27 Jun 09:30 PM
WorldFrench flag their daily breadThe French are increasingly shunning the traditional baguette, opting instead for cereal at breakfast, biscuits at tea time and pasta and rice dinners.27 Jun 05:30 PM
WorldVisitors miss out as strike shuts iconic Paris landmarkThe Eiffel Tower's lifts have ground to a halt as an industrial dispute over security and working conditions brought workers at the Paris monument out on strike.26 Jun 05:30 PM
TravelFrance: Through Paris' hidden hallsStep into the catacombs and find a fascinatingly grisly scene, writes Trudy Lefeber.26 Jun 03:00 AM
TravelFrance: Marseille's revolutionary makeoverFunded by the European Union to the tune of $140 million, a deft bit of reinvention has turned France's drug and crime epicentre into the nation's Capital of Culture. Jenna Hand goes along for the ride.11 Jun 03:00 AM
WorldReligion stopping France from embracing gay marriageOf all European countries, you might have thought, France would have taken gay marriage in its stride.31 May 05:30 PM
