French author Laurent Mauvignier has been announced as the 2025 winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the leading ...

The first residency cards are due for renewal but not all prefectures are taking up new simple online system Applicants for certain residency cards and citizenship need to get 80% right after January ...

Connexion meets Régis Defraye, a Dordogne mayor who has brought a dying village to life using collaboration and apolitical thinking ...

French MPs voted in favour of replacing France’s property wealth tax with a broader tax on ‘unproductive wealth’ during 2026 budget discussions on Friday (October 31). The change is not final: it must ...

In the east, heavy rain is expected throughout the day, and may lead to weather alerts being raised – check with state ...

I have lived in France for six years but my French is still basic. Part of the reason is isolation: I live alone in a small ...

The first Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (WA) residency cards are now coming up for renewal, prompting efforts to create a standardised, though not centralised, renewal process. Not all areas, however, ...

Several high-speed TGV trains have been cancelled in France this morning (October 27) after a fire on the tracks between Valence (Drôme) and Lyon (Rhône), which authorities believe is an act of ...

A British couple who moved to Dordogne to set up a highly-rated gîte and a farm have had their appeal against an order to leave France rejected – but remain determined to do everything possible to ...

Nearly 11 million households on a peak/off-peak electricity tariff from EDF or another supplier could see their off-peak hours change from November. The move to bring some off-peak hours into the ...

Fatiha Keloua-Hachi has proposed new law backed by a large number of fellow socialists, saying the measure would be an ...