A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...

Corsica’s geography encapsulates fabulous beaches, mountains and acres of forest. Although the island has been part of France for over 200 years, it retains its unique culture.

Corsica, a small yet strategically important island in the Mediterranean, is home to a rich history and a modern-day movement for independence. Though it has been part of France since the late 18th ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

The highlight is the Rue Saint Jean. It is here that Bastia's landmark keeps watch over the harbour - the twin-steepled Baroque church of Saint Jean Baptiste dating back to the mid-1600s.

France's Corsica rocked by blasts claimed by separatist group A separatist group on Monday claimed a series of explosions in Corsica overnight, a new upsurge of violence after President Emmanuel ...

By that time, Corsica was firmly back in France's orbit, under the rule of another Corsican — Napoleon Bonaparte. The statue of Corsican hero and nationalist Pascal Paoli in Corte, France.

The southernmost town in (European) France is a pretty proposition, pinned so firmly to the end of the landmass that ferries tootle out of its harbour to Sardinia (which winks in the distance ...

France has declared a state of natural disaster for several cities in Corsica that were hit by a massive storm on 18 August that killed five people.

Corsica’s geography encapsulates fabulous beaches, mountains and acres of forest. Although the island has been part of France for over 200 years, it retains its unique culture.

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that distinguishes the Mediterranean i… ...