PARIS -- A downturn in France's livestock sector has put thousands of farms close to bankruptcy, the government said on Friday, as it seeks to contain a crisis that has undermined a flagship pledge to ...

A 275-acre estate in Normandy, France, that once asked €15 million (US$16.9 million) will be auctioned next month without reserve. The bidding for the sprawling property, named Haras de L’Ermitage, ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza , commonly called bird flu, has spread across Europe in a seasonal wave linked to migrating birds, though the impact has been less severe than in the United States, ...