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 ...

The French government wants to eliminate the Pentecost holiday in order to save money. The holiday always falls on a Monday — this year it is May 16. French workers are not happy about eliminating one ...

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 ...

Hosting tips from Maman's Elisa Marshall and She Is French's Agathe Lerolle, two women who know how to throw a seriously chic party. “The holidays are a special time to gather together family and ...

French news junkies have looked on in horror over the past few months as America’s most august papers slashed staffs and in some cases morphed into exclusively online entities to weather the worst ...

On 31 January, two French unions representing workers in ski resorts plan to start unlimited strike action during February. It's the busiest time of year for resorts and threatens to upset lots of ...