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The Talking France podcast is back with another episode, exploring one of far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s most controversial proposals, the strange story behind a train derailment in rural Normandy, the challenges facing France’s education system and the strength of the French f...
From how US banking is affected by a new EU law to how Americans are targeted for tips, via French school lunches, here's our latest newsletter for Americans in France and those planning a move....
Airline pilots, staff at higher education institutions and journalists will strike, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the EU Parliament, and hundreds of places will open their doors for the Journées du patrimoine....
The new laws taking effect in France this autumn, how new EU banking rules could affect you, French schools’ international ranking woes – and how to speak verlan....
In 2025, the 23-year-old student left her family in the enclave after Israel approved her evacuation, allowing her to attend classes in Paris. She recently published a poetry collection evoking a world engulfed by the destruction of the Palestinian territory....
From a ban on phones in French high schools to the rollout of electronic invoicing, and a law on assisted dying, here are some of the legal changes that are happening in France this autumn....
Loïk Le Priol and Romain Bouvier went on trial in the Paris criminal court on Monday for shooting and killing former rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu in March 2022. Both were members of Groupe Union Défense (GUD), a far-right student group, before it was disbanded in 2024....
Reading and maths scores for 15-year-olds in France have fallen to their lowest levels since 2000, mirroring trends seen in comparable countries. Among the reasons cited to explain this global phenomenon are attitudes toward learning, the role of digital technology, the lasting e...
According to studies, the southern city of Perpignan is the most educationally segregated in France. It's divided between private schools, which rank among the most privileged in the country, and public schools, which, in almost every case, sit at the exact opposite end of the so...
While generative artificial intelligence has become part of students' lives, it is difficult to know what changes it will bring.
Two years after France began trialling uniforms in schools, the experiment is sputtering to a close after failing to convince pupils or teachers.
For the first time, France's annual school questionnaire on bullying — which has been handed out to pupils since 2023 — will include questions on sexual violence. Pupils will be able to choose whether or not they wish to remain anonymous in this questionnaire, to be distributed i...
Millions of pupils are returning to classrooms across France on Tuesday for the start of the new school year, with some schools forced to fall back on paper timetables and registers after a major cyberattack disrupted education systems over the summer....
The new school year starts on Tuesday in France, and with it comes a new rule: mobile phones will no longer be allowed in high schools. The ban came into force a week before the first day of term, leaving schools with little time to work out how to put it into practice....
