Built on the Esplanade of Religions and Cultures in a town east of Paris, a Hindu temple, recently inaugurated with great fanfare, has become the subject of several controversies. This is unusual at this interfaith site, where unity and harmony are considered guiding principles.
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A €800 million facelift of the Montparnasse Tower has been shelved, reviving a decades-old debate over the future of one of Paris’s most divisive landmarks....
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After the delay to Line 15 announced in June, a further postponement was announced for the future automatic metro lines 16 and 17, north and east of Paris....
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The pontiff is due to meet with victims of clerical sex abuse in Lourdes before travelling on to Metz in northeastern France on Monday.
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Pope Leo XIV waved at believers on his way to mass on Sunday in the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes where he is to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on a third day of an official visit to France....
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From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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According to the Vatican, 800,000 people attended the event. In front of several presidential candidates, devout Catholics and the simply curious, the pope spoke in his homily about "the thirst for transcendence." He then left for Lourdes, the next stop on his journey....
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What changes in France in October, how to find out if you qualify for fuel aid, the help available if you’re struggling to pay your tax bills, residence permit renewals latest, and what the ‘S’ sticker you might see on some cars means...
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A public service and a rail strike are pencilled in, while MPs return for the final session of parliament before the presidential elections, and the government officially unveils its proposed budget for 2027...
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Where are groups travelling to for the rest of 2026? London, Paris and Marseille top Kayak’s most searched destinations for group holidays.
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A collection of art built up inside a Paris psychiatric hospital is challenging one of the most persistent myths about mental illness – that it fuels creative genius. Paintings and drawings made over more than a century at Sainte-Anne hospital are being presented not as medical c...
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While it is rarely in the media spotlight, the Sénat is an essential cog in the country's democratic system. Local elected officials are voting to renew just over half of the seats this Sunday....
