France celebrates eleven public holidays each year, which is the second highest number of annual holidays in Europe after Austria. Additionally, two other holidays are observed in certain regions in ...

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French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced plans for spending cuts on Tuesday as the government targets 43.8 billion euros' ($50 billion) worth of savings. The aim is to get the country's budget ...

My husband and I are planning a trip to France for late spring or early summer and have read that one should avoid public holidays and observances, of which there are many, especially in May (1st - ...

France has a reputation, among some, of being a vacation nation. Is this warranted? In this edition of Entre Nous, we dive into France's public holidays during the month of May. We discuss the country ...

I don't know about the 26th (what holiday do you think it is?), but the 29 is Ascension, which is a holiday, and lots of things will be closed.