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‘Child-friendly’ stickers for cafés to launch in France
Red stickers will promote spaces that welcome children in face of growing – and controversial – ‘no-kid’ movement
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Big drop in telephone fees but rises for food and services: France’s June 2025 inflation stats
Year-on-year inflation picks up to reach 1% in France
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Macron pledges billions in extra defence funding for French army
By 2027 the sum given to the military will have doubled from 2017, but the president did not lay out where extra funds will come from
€35m cost keeps Mona Lisa in Paris

Hopes of the Mona Lisa going on a three-month tour around France look doomed as the Louvre says it would cost €35million in lost revenue, transport and security.
The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, says 90% of visitors view La Joconde.