This book belongs to a contemporary genre—Robb calls it “slow history”— in which authors travel around on foot or by old-fashioned conveyance and recount tales about the history of the spots they ...

Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. PARIS — France is suffering from an acute dose of commemoritis. The French spend an inordinate amount of time and ...

Not since the liberation of Paris from German forces in 1944 have so many people taken to the streets of France — the country’s Interior Ministry estimated that 3 ...

On August 25th, 1944—the day Paris was liberated—General de Gaulle delivered one of the most important speeches in the history of modern France. Its conclusion: “We, who have lived the greatest hours ...

This beautiful country on the west side of Europe is renowned for its beauty, home to some of the world’s most iconic ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has resisted calls to take down statues with links to colonialism and slavery, vowing not to erase history. For activists, the monuments are a symbol of France’s ...

Is France guilty of "amnesia" when it comes to the role of African troops who fought in World War I? The organisers of an exhibition on colonial fighters near Paris think so. A collection of photos ...

This week, we're taking you for a stroll along Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées. Considered by many as the most beautiful avenue in the world and well-known for its shopping, the ...