The Latest Breaking News from Normandy

William Wallace Johnstone Taylor, from Burntisland, Fife, was awarded nine medals for his impressive services as a soldier in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

Artisans in Normandy are carrying on the traditional practice of lacemaking that dates back to the Renaissance. Shedding the dusty image of decorative doilies, the Bayeux Conservatory of Lace has rejuvenated the art through creative workshops and a boutique – proving just how modern lace can be.

With striking waterfront architecture, boat tours and lashings of art, this is the French city you might have overlooked, says Anna Richards

Strikes at two fuel depots in the southern Rhône region and Normandy have been extended, according to the CGT trade union. The French government says measures are in place for things to get back to normal in time for holiday departures.

In this episode of French Connections, we put the spotlight on one of France’s most famous national monuments: the Mont-Saint-Michel. "The Medieval City on a Rock" is an architectural marvel in Normandy that attracts around 3 million visitors a year. So what's the history of this mystical place? Mont-Saint-Michel is…

Journalists Evgeniy Maloletka and Mstyslav Chernov spent 20 days in Mariupol at the beginning of the siege that would last nearly three months. The south-eastern Ukranian city is now occupied by Russian forces. RFI met the two Ukrainian reporters at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents event where they…

Striking French oil refinery employees voted Wednesday to maintain blockades now in their third week, despite a government order for some of them to return to work in a bid to get fuel supplies flowing.

British-Iranian correspondent Ramita Navai was in Bayeux, Normandy on Thursday to present the première of her documentary "Afghanistan: No Country for Women", a harrowing look at life under the Taliban. Often using a hidden camera, she witnessed the daily struggle women face to stay alive.

Ken Tanner, a former Royal Marine, was among the first artillery troops to land at Normandy