Emmanuel Grégoire

Ancient Gallic town was cited by Julius Caesar, but there is no material evidence yet

A Paris court on Tuesday sentenced a former school aide to one year of house arrest with an ankle tag for sexually abusing nine children — the first conviction since a nationwide scandal erupted over abuse in France's childcare system

A request involving female staff triggered worker anger, a strike and probe

A Paris court on Friday, July 10, found a man guilty of sexually assaulting a kindergarten-age girl in his care, in the first such ruling after multiple allegations in the French capital

On a sweltering June afternoon, as temperatures pushed past 104 degrees Fahrenheit, Paris did something unthinkable for a modern capital: it shut down

The boy had trapped himself in the family car while his father thought he had been napping

At least 101 million Europeans were expected to experience temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, in a punishing and increasingly deadly heatwave hotter than weather in parts of Africa

It follows the death of 11 year-old Lyhanna shook the country and led to accusations of serious systemic failures in the justice system

France introduces alcohol ban as heatwave grips Europe

Paris is preparing for a street party of unprecedented scale on Sunday, as more than 2 million people are expected to gather for the Fête de la Musique amid a huge influx of music fans from the UK and warnings of record temperatures

In May, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened an interministerial meeting dedicated to heatwaves

Paris Saint-Germain received a hero's welcome on Sunday as tens of thousands of supporters gathered across the French capital to celebrate the club's second consecutive Champions League title

They are not employed directly by schools or the education ministry, but are instead recruited by city hall or local authorities — often without training or professional diplomas and increasingly on a casual basis, with many paid by the hour

Fans of Paris Saint-Germain football team celebrated late into the night on May 6 after their victory over Bayern Munich, which secured their place in the Champions League final on May 30

Clashes took place outside PSG’s Parc des Princes stadium and on the Champs-Elysees as police dispersed groups and prevented the Paris ring road from being blocked by rioters

Claims of sexual abuse in schools were a central issue in the campaign leading up to last month's Paris mayoral election

Gregoire replaces fellow socialist Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor

His supporters in Paris were are celebrating, singing “Emmanuel” and“On a gagné” (we won)

Heading nearly 35,000 municipalities — from major cities to villages with only a few dozen residents — mayors are France's most trusted elected officials

The final round of French mayoral elections this weekend is seen as a test of the political temperature before a crucial presidential race next year, when Emmanuel Macron’s two terms in office end, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party polling high nationally

The survey from Cluster 17 showed Philippe, who is running for French president next year, netting 47 percent of the vote in the runoff on Sunday

Dati spent Monday trying to negotiate a form of alliance with the centrist candidate, Pierre-Yves Bournazel, to boost her chances, despite the two of them exchanging bitter criticisms while campaigning

This has always been the National Rally’s political vulnerability — most conspicuously for Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie in presidential contests — and it is not clear that it has shattered that glass ceiling

France’s voters go to the polls on 15 and 22 March for two rounds of municipal elections that will provide the clearest indication so far of the country’s political temperature in the runup to the presidential election next year

Rachida Dati's campaign to become mayor of Paris faces a new complication