It's France's independence day and it is celebrated every year on 14 July. The Bastille was a prison where political dissidents were locked up. Image caption, French troops storming the Bastille.

France celebrates its national holiday, Bastille Day, on Sunday as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games. President Emmanuel Macron opened the traditional military parade by reviewing the ...

France has honoured its health workers at scaled-down events to mark the national celebration Bastille Day, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Authorities cancelled the traditional military ...

The annual Bastille Day parade - marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an event that helped spark the French Revolution - has been taking place in Paris. Here are some of the most ...

How events unfolded when a truck driver plowed through crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Reuters ...

Bastille Day is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout France. Festivities include public gatherings, fireworks display, parades, parties, and various cultural events.

Irene S. Levine is an award-winning travel and lifestyle journalist. Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution.

That’s the meaning of Bastille Day, according to Daout ... According to the national French Tourism Board website, France celebrates the day every year on July 14 with a military parade down ...

The French Bulldog Parade was held as part of the 5th France Day Festival in Moscow. The annual festivities marked Bastille Day, one of the biggest days on the French national calendar.