5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (589+ words) Normandy department becomes the first place in France to dispatch defibrillators by drone, aiming to speed up cardiac arrest treatment and save lives Seine-Maritime has become the first department in France where defibrillators can be delivered by drone to people…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (683+ words) A judicial assistance dog in Mulhouse helps victims during police interviews, court hearings and medical appointments A labrador-golden retriever cross named Vaïna has become an unlikely fixture at the police station in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) and, according to staff, one of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (588+ words) A speed camera on the Paris ring-road has been removed and fines issued to those caught by it cancelled following widespread criticism. The camera, located at the Porte de Montreuil exit of the périphérique ring road, was only installed on…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (600+ words) Calvados has become home to France’s first road built using crushed scallop shells, in a project aimed at reducing the amount of carbon-intensive cement used in road construction. The 2km experimental road, completed in June, uses a fine powder made from…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (842+ words) Organised hunts are set locally and Sundays tend to be the busiest day The hunting season in France generally runs each year from early autumn to the last day of February. The precise opening and closing dates vary between departments…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (594+ words) A new-dad living in south-east France has created a free app to help parents find walking routes suitable for different types of pram. “The aim is to remove some barriers that keep early parents from getting out with their 0-3 year…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (547+ words) Peter Culpin explains how he chose a clinic for his ill cat, weighing online information, trust, kindness and clinical care Living in another country teaches you that assumptions are easy to make and misconceptions are hard to shake. The longer…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (852+ words) The 2025-2026 season was an exceptional one for scallop fishers in the Bay of Seine (between Pointe de la Hève in Seine-Maritime and Pointe de Barfleur in the Manche département). Studies by Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (515+ words) A British man living in France crashed his car into the terrace of café in a commune in Tarn-et-Garonne on September 2, injuring several people. The incident took place in Dieupentale, near Montauban, when the electric car, left the car park…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (689+ words) A Luger pistol found by a group of British tourists in Lake Annecy last month may have been used in the 2012 Chevaline murders, with authorities now investigating the weapon. The tourists found the gun while swimming in the lake on…...