France's €5 billion rogue trader says his losses should be blamed on a world banking industry "disconnected from reality".

The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.

France's southwest has turned taste into an art form, says Peter Calder.

In French, they call it le signe oenologique, but that's the thing about French: words like oenology and gastronomy don't sound half as pretentious as they do in English.

The French government will enact a law next month to ban the burqa, or full-body veil.

An "ordinary Auckland boy" who cut off contact with friends and family has stunned his parents by signing with the French Foreign Legion.

One of the world's leading fashion magazines has created a real shock for France's fashionistas by tackling the last taboo: plus-size models.

When Carl Hayman and wife Natalie Crook leave England for France, they'll be farewelling a famous neighbour - troubled footballer Paul Gascoigne.

The 2010 prize for the best baguette de tradition, or traditional baguette, in Paris has been won by a man born in Senegal.

Under French tradition, Dominique de Villepin's political hopes should be 'dead in the water'.

Carl Hayman’s lucrative deal is likely to lure more All Blacks to the Northern Hemisphere after the World Cup.