WW2 veterans need your help as French hotels full for D-Day events Can you provide suitable accommodation near the landing beaches?
Normandy prepares for last major D-Day commemorations The small town of Carentan has been especially busy, organising poppy cascades and a display of knitted soldiers
Anniversary tributes for Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources author April 18 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marcel Pagnol’s death. Commemorations celebrating his life and work are taking place around the country
news New war monument in Paris honours animals that died in service The project was inspired by similar artworks in London
Why a €0 note is being issued in France and what it will cost A limited run of 3,000 is being produced by a private firm
Video: All Blacks’ haka tribute at New Zealand war graves in France The team paid tribute to soldiers who fell during World War One
Britons lay crosses at Commonwealth war graves in south-west France They are aiming to put remembrance crosses on all graves across the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine this year
French postal service pays tribute to Queen with collector stamps It is highly unusual for the French post office to issue special limited edition stamps in memory of a non-French citizen
Seven facts about the Queen’s relationship with France The monarch enjoyed a long, warm relationship with the country. We look at some of her historical, cultural and linguistic ties with the French people
Paris métro station George V pays homage to Queen Elizabeth II Plaques reading ‘Elizabeth II 1926-2022’ have been placed over her grandfather’s name today while her funeral takes place
France’s ‘most British airport’ to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II The prefect said that the late Queen was a symbol of ‘commitment, respect, and constancy’ for the town, which has ‘unbreakable links with the UK’
Two French mayors explain why they refuse to lower flag for Queen They feel it is not something which the 35,000 mairies of France should be involved in. ‘We built our history against a monarchy,’ said one
US invests €6million in World War Two Normandy cliff site The Pointe du Hoc in Calvados will be preserved and updated, and the visitor centre expanded to enable people to better understand what happened there on June 6, 1944
D-Day: French archaeologists launch research ahead of 78th anniversary The dig at a manor house four kilometres from the infamous Utah Beach is expected to reveal more details about the behaviour of US soldiers there France to mark 77th anniversary of end of World War Two on Sunday President Macron to honour last survivor of Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Who was Jean Monnet and why is the EU celebrating him at the Panthéon?
France honours victims of November 13 attacks on sixth anniversary 130 people were killed in a series of terrorist attacks on Paris in November 2015. Today’s commemorations carry extra significance as they coincide with the long-awaited trial of suspected perpetrators, which began in September Toulouse remembers 31 killed in AZF factory explosion 20 years ago Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed