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 ...

Proposal to secularize the civic calendar prompts controversy. Debates about the place of Christianity in public life regularly resurface in Europe. Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday, the ...

France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — ...

The Loire Valley is known as the “Garden of France,” and for good reason, too. With over 300 castles dotting its rolling landscape, the region is layered with history as well as natural beauty.Once ...

Public holidays are referred to as national holidays in France and are also called fêtes or jours fériés. They are very important to the French as they firmly believe in a good life-work balance and ...