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Saorge is known as the French Tibet.

The beautiful village known as ‘French Tibet’ is more like Nimbin

It’s early and not much is open, but somewhere in this tiny medieval village, someone is getting high.

  • Justine Costigan

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Calabria, Italy.

Heading to Italy or France? Get ready to pay a new $35 fee

The announcement comes days after the US government unveiled a new $US250 fee on applications for visits by Australians ineligible for a visa waiver program.

  • Chris Zappone
The Promenade du Paillon is a large park that extends from the city city to the waterfront.

This seaside European city has transformed from shabby to chic

Overshadowed by its more glamorous neighbours Monte Carlo and Cannes, Nice has been quietly reinventing itself.

  • Trudi Jenkins
Groves celebrates on the podium after his stage win.

Aussie rider in tears as he triumphs in slippery Tour de France stage

The 26-year-old from the Sunshine Coast left Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard behind in the pouring rain of northern France.

  • Ben Findon
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in the city of Gaza.

‘Catastrophe must end now’: European leaders unite on Gaza, divide on statehood

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British PM Sir Keir Starmer have chosen not to back French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to recognise a Palestinian state.

  • David Crowe
Weekly boat arrivals are putting pressure on the British government.

The wealthy have been shielded from Britain’s big problem – until now

As the steady stream of boats crossing the Channel continues, more refugee hotels are set up – and wealthier neighbourhoods like Canary Wharf take notice.

  • David Crowe
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Luna Garret and Clément Favreau in French film Holy Cow.

Blunt and charming, this French film about cheese-making is filled with pride

Holy Cow balances familiar grit with an equally familiar feelgood formula – but there are some more surprising elements.

  • Jake Wilson
Tourists in Paris are being charged as much as 50 per cent more than French customers.

The great Paris tourist rip-off exposed by a fake American

After tourists in Paris complained online about being overcharged in the French capital, a local newspaper sent out a bona fide Parisian to a cafe near the Eiffel Tower – and another reporter dressed like a tourist.

  • Henry Samuel
Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum in London during their state visit to the UK earlier this month.

‘Global humiliation’: Macron sues influencer over claim his wife was born male

The French president has accused Candace Owens of waging a lie-filled campaign against France’s first lady to promote her podcast.

  • Jonathan Stempel and Michel Rose
Migrants board a small boat bound for the United Kingdom off the shoreline of Gravelines beach in Calais, France, on July 17.

‘The migrants are everywhere’: People smugglers are winning the battle of the beach

Smugglers post sentries in the dunes along France’s coast and launch Channel crossings from up to 10 beaches at a time. Authorities’ tear gas, drones and patrols are no match.

  • Max Stephens

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