Few international visitors make it to this corner of the Mediterranean, where France’s head of state has vacationed since the ...

Last month, workers at the Louvre in Paris went on strike. Bemoaning overcrowding and inadequate staffing, they refused to open the museum’s doors, leaving massive lines of tourists waiting outside.

The agreement between France and Britain for the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry was finalised and signed yesterday at the ...