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 ...

The French government wants to eliminate the Pentecost holiday in order to save money. The holiday always falls on a Monday — this year it is May 16. French workers are not happy about eliminating one ...

PARIS—If French Prime Minister François Bayrou loses his job in a confidence vote Monday, it will be due in no small part to his willingness to fiddle with a cornerstone of Gallic life: public ...

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 — ...

After raising the pension age and cutting taxes on the rich, now Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to scrap the Easter Monday and VE Day bank holidays. The plan is sure to face stiff resistance, with ...

After a long winter, many families are looking at ways to get a bit of sun before the summer holiday frenzy. The Spring Bank Holiday falls on Monday 27th May this year combining the UK May half term ...

France’s tourism industry association said the Christmas holidays exceeded expectations as the economically vital sector continued to rebound from the pandemic. But while most destinations reported ...

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 ...