DRIVING to France on holidays is set to get more expensive for families under plans for a new road tax in the Budget.

Public holidays are referred to as national holidays in France and are also called fêtes or jours fériés. They are very important to the French as they firmly believe in a good life-work balance and ...

France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — ...

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has announced the newest addition to its Holiday Collection for the 2025 season with a brand-new itinerary along the Seine. The seven-night ‘Magical Parisian Holiday’ ...

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Proposal to secularize the civic calendar prompts controversy. Debates about the place of Christianity in public life regularly resurface in Europe. Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday, the ...

Several pedestrians and cyclists were injured this Wednesday, 5 November after a vehicle drove into members of the public in ...