The term is nothing new: it was first coined by a Japanese psychiatrist working in France, Hiroaki Ota, in the 1980s. He, and ...

Paris has opened portions of the Rive Seine for swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of ...

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The ...

“Paris Plages” transforms the banks of the Seine over several kilometers (miles) into an open-air paradise with beach bars, ...

For the first time in more than a century, Parisians could make a splash in the River Seine on Saturday, July 5 ...

Dozens of people arrived early in the morning on Saturday to paddle into the once-polluted water, following a clean-up ...

Continuing a visit to Paris, France, Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Rosanna Law meets the Deputy Mayor of Paris, the ...

Queen Camilla is set to outshine Princess Kate during the upcoming French State Visit with a "bold statement", a jewellery ...

The current Paris heatwave is one of the hottest ever, but who cares when there are sleek new diving platforms jutting out into the Seine? More than a billion euro has been spent in an attempt to make ...

To show just how confident they were, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and other Olympic officials took the plunge themselves. They ...