The historic catacombs in Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy are once again open to the public following a three-month restoration project costing over €700,000. As well as improving the lighting and ventilation systems and consolidating the support columns and arches of...

The city council has laid on extra public transport to the Pelouse de Reuilly for the duration of the annual Foire du Trône. Free shuttle buses operate between Bercy and Nation and the fair from 12.20 until 00.40 on weekends and...

Paris’s popular Socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoë has been re-elected with an increased majority in the 12 arrondissements, or local administrative areas, held by the left-wing coalition since 2001. Overall the Left won 57.7 percent of the vote after the second round...

Le Jardin des Enfants aux Halles at 105 rue Rambuteau in the centre of Paris has reopened to children aged 7-11 years following months of renovation work. Designed by internationally renowned French artist and architect Claude Lalanne, the 3,000 sqm adventure...

The Ville de Paris is currently setting up 400 Wi-Fi hotspots across the capital which will offer cost-free wireless internet access for Parisians and visitors alike as of June this year. Located in 250 government buildings including museums, local town halls,...

Shops around the Sorbonne University have been deprived of customers and income for over two weeks as a result of government restrictions on access to the area following recent student protests against new labour laws. Some have been forced to temporarily...

The 420 self-cleaning public toilets in Paris, known as sanisettes, are now free of charge. The city council has also announced plans to replace the existing metallic-grey cubicles with more attractive ones that will also supply drinking water as part of...

The French business community has expressed concern about the effect the past days of violence in the capital and throughout France will have on the economy. Foreign investment, which had already registered a decline over the past year, could be further...

The last trams ran through the streets of Paris way back in 1937 but rather more modern versions of this mode of transport are set to make a comeback in the French capital. Starting in December 2006, the T3 line, which...

A report recently published by the UNPI, the French National Real Estate Union, has revealed that since the beginning of 2005 private rental rates have increased by 4.7 per cent for existing tenants and by 6.3 per cent when there is...