A s France welcomes its new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, a loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron, the nation is ...

PARIS (KRON) – France is urging its citizens to refrain from the customary double-cheek kiss in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Health Minister Olivier Véran made the ...

PARIS — It’s a ubiquitous French tradition, as familiar as a baguette or an espresso at the neighborhood cafe. Now, “la bise,” the cheek-to-cheek peck that the French use to say hello or goodbye, has ...

A French mayor is making international headlines after she decided that cheek-kiss greetings are a waste of time, and that she'll be shaking hands from now on instead. Aude Picard-Wolff, mayor of ...

BRUSSELS — Manon Fily took advantage of France’s eased coronavirus lockdown this week to see some old high school friends after two months shut away in her home in Brittany. But there was one big ...