France, May 6 -- "England is no longer an island," French newscasters solemnly announced in their evening bulletins of 6 May 1994 (conveniently forgetting that it never had been). At 12.40pm that aft... Read More
France, April 21 -- This 21 April marks 80 years since women secured the right to vote in France. A wartime decree finally granted equal suffrage in 1944 - decades later than other European countries,... Read More
France, March 20 -- With more than 320 million speakers globally, French is the world's fifth most-spoken language. But traditionalists complain that spelling, grammar and vocabulary are on the declin... Read More
France, March 16 -- The number of men in France getting a vasectomy - a minor operation tocut the tubes that carry sperm- has rocketed in the past decade, but the procedure remains far less common her... Read More
France, March 3 -- For the past four decades, people in the centre of France have had a cinema unlike most: one on wheels. The Cinemobile - a lorry that transforms into a movie theatre - tours towns a... Read More