Classmates of the youngest man identified as a suspect in yesterday's deadly Paris shooting say he was in class at the time of the attack.

In the Place de la Republique, 35,000 Parisians came out on a bitterly cold winter's night to rally in memory of the 12 people shot dead and the 11 injured.

Vigils for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris are being held in Wellington and Auckland in the coming days.

One of three suspects in the massacre of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo has handed himself in to police after seeing his name on social media.

Kiwis in Paris say they've been shocked by the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, as PM John Key condemned it as an attack on the fourth estate.

Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper overnight, killing 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car.

After 12 years in Auckland, Diane Clayton returns to the city of her birth, Paris. City of Light. City of Love. City of dog poo.

Five hotels in Paris have started allowing customers to pay however much they think their stay was worth.

Chinese police will patrol the streets of Paris this northern summer with French officers to help combat an increase in mugging attacks against big-spending Chinese tourists.

Paris police authorities systematically wiped tens of thousands of crimes from their books as part of a decade-long cover-up to make the capital seem safer than it was.

There's nothing like a beautifully shot film to make you feel like up-and-leaving the very next day. Here are five examples that show off their stunning destinations to full effect.

Each week, Flight Centre's team of experts answers your travel questions.

Paris has launched a new kind of tourist guide: not a guide for tourists, but a guide to different types of tourists.

Europe’s rail network has long enabled travellers to piece together unique itineraries. A new high-speed connection from London to Barcelona will be a welcome addition. Gavin Bertram reports.

When you’ve strolled around the City of Love visiting icons like the Lourve, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and eaten more than your share of fresh baguettes and gooey cheese, here are five off-the-beaten-track things to write home about.

A battle is raging on Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Denis, a shabby Paris street where hip bars are sprouting like mushrooms, and it's part of a wider war in the city pitching sleep-starved residents against nocturnal revellers.

A Senegalese-born French fashion designer realised a long-held ambition when she staged the first Black Fashion Week in Paris aimed at bringing African talent to a global audience.

Marc Jacobs capped an incredibly strong Paris fashion week with his collection for Louis Vuitton shown at The Lourve. Miuccia Prada, who presides over a lucrative fashion empire, felled a small forest in aid of her presentation for Miu Miu, one of the final day's other big shows. Elie Saab threw huge graphic chunks of moon rock down the catwalk as set, to evoke his more geometric theme.

London-based Vivienne Westwood led the crowd, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, but travelling via Japan, Russia, Spain and Africa. Viktor & Rolf, meanwhile, went back to their signature plays on oversized proportion to produce a glitzy show as they prepare to celebrate 20 years since they founded the label. The epitome of femininity, Cacharel, explored spring through the natural colors of mother nature, in a trademark delicate display.

The setting may have been grand but the shows on the first day in Paris are often low-key, a showcase for emerging talent.

The common garden snail may not seem appetising, but the French have raised it to a level of luxury and international renown. Viva visits a farm where production is not as slow as you might expect.

Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.