The Latest Breaking News from Marseille

He spent 13 years behind bars after smuggling drugs for Mediterranean gangs. Now Krishna Léger is one of the country’s most exciting chefs. What made him change his ways?

France's Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, says police operations to end "urban rodeos" – or illegal motorbike cruising – have been ramped up this week following the death of a teenager in Marseille.

Several of France’s heavily visited natural sites are sounding the alarm. Access to some of the Calanques coves in Marseille and Corsica is now limited in order to limit erosion. Other villages struggling with mass tourism, such as Étretat in Normandy, are rethinking how they handle the influx of visitors.

On the 60th anniversary of Algerian independence, we take a look at the French exhibitions paying tribute to Algeria's freedom and exploring the two countries' shared history. In Marseille, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations has dedicated an exhibit to resistance icon Emir Abdelkader, the religious-turned-military leader who led…

Ban covers the coastal corridor from Marseille via Toulon, Cannes and Nice to Monaco

The Cosquer cave near Marseille astonished the diver who discovered it with its ancient depictions of sea and land animals. Now it has been painstakingly recreated

Dublin Airportis expecting its busiest weekend since the beginning of the pandemic this weekend, as many people jet off on their summer holidays

The airline said disruptions on Saturday and Sunday are predicted, mainly in France, Italy and Spain, due to a two day strike in the French Air Traffic Control centre in Marseille

Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’

In Marseille's northern suburbs, the Épopée innovation village is bringing together social and educational start-ups. It's a campus of sorts that has been set up in a former factory building that was once home to Ricard, France's famous pastis aperitif.

Horse traders, veterinarians, merchants and meat industry professionals were among 18 people who went on trial in Marseille on Tuesday accused of running a vast European trafficking ring that led to the slaughter of hundreds of horses unfit for human consumption.