French decision on removing Austrian sanctions hindered by Haider's insultsFrance has come under pressure to resolve the question of EU sanctions against Austria, because Paris holds the EU presidency…Tue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
Barricades abandoned but grievances remainThe last of 119 blockades of French oil facilities were dismantled around noon yesterday, ending a six-day revolt against high…Mon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Protests over high fuel price widen for fifth dayProtests against high fuel prices widened for the fifth day yesterday, despite appeals from government ministers and the president…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Little prince in a charmed worldGrowing up was the tragedy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's lifeSat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Fishermen end protests as they win generous concessionsThe meeting at the French ministry of agriculture started inauspiciously, with angry fishermen lighting firecrackers in the street…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Port blockades by French fishermen cause long delaysThe French fishermen blockading ferry ports in protest at high fuel costs will hold a march in central Paris today to coincide…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Setback for Jospin as interior minister resigns over CorsicaPrime Minister Lionel Jospin's office yesterday confirmed the resignation of the interior minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Chevenement…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Divided Corsicans united on `law of silence'Everyone liked Pierre Albertini in his home region of NioluWed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Chevenement resigns over autonomy deal for CorsicaThe French Interior Minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Chevenement, resigned yesterday in protest at the French government's plan to grant…Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
Drop in jobless leaving Beaujolais vineyards short of labourersMichel Deflache's family has been making wine since the 16th century, and he started picking grapes when he was three.Wed Aug 23 2000 - 01:00
A reminder that courtly love came from the Arab worldYamina Benguigui has made a career out of debunking French prejudices against ArabsWed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Murder of Corsican leader follows French accordIt was the sort of violence that the agreement of the French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, with Corsican nationalists was…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Air France's image damaged by Concorde crash but not its healthy financial outlookIt is every airline executive's nightmare: a full page colour photo in Paris Match of a jagged scrap of fuselage in a field with…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Chirac and Jospin at loggerheads over autonomy plan for CorsicaIt's amazing that a small island can wreak such havoc in French politicsWed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Crash inquiry continues as other news stories begin to take precedenceIt took only three days for the dramatic news coverage of the Concorde aircraft catastrophe to fadeSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Investigators think burst tyre may have entered jet's engineFrench aviation experts investigating the Concorde crash that killed 113 people on Tuesday appear to have concluded that the …Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Concorde engine repaired minutes before take-offAccident investigators confirmed yesterday that the Concorde airliner which crashed on Tuesday had undergone repairs to its left…Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
Doomed Concorde aircraft `bolted like a horse in the sky'Dark, uniformed figures wearing helmets and gas masks moved through the smoke as if in slow motion, visible one moment, receding…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Gargantuan appetites on the rue BasseHonore de Balzac was the first writer to describe in minute detail the importance of money in French societySat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Stress-free Irish beef could win challenge of serious French chefsThe lights dim in the dark oak and red brocade dining room of the Irish Ambassador's residenceWed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Attacker of McDonald's outlet compared to ChristA left-wing Catholic magazine has compared Mr Jose Bove to Christ. The conservative Le Figaro calls him a BolshevikSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
French bank governor issues urgent appeal over euroThe governor of the Banque de France has launched what he called "an urgent appeal" to France's small and medium-sized businesses…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Frayed nerves at OECD summitWas the European trade commissioner always this grouchy? One couldn't help wondering in the final hours of the Organisation for…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Ireland cited by OECD over its tax practicesIreland has been cited five times for "potentially harmful" preferential tax practices in a report issued at an Organisation …Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Globalisation to be a central issue at OECD meetingTime was when the annual conclave of finance and trade ministers at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Most Lebanese see Syrian presence as necessary evilWhat's in a telephone dialling code? Phone calls from Beirut to Damascus used to be preceded by the international code - 00 96311…Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
Euro plight fuels France's political visionOne of the most interesting spectator sports during the upcoming French presidency of the EU will be watching the efforts of …Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Bashar walks tall at father's funeralDr Bashar al-Assad walked behind his father's flag-draped coffin, tall and ramrod straight in his black suit, sunglasses and …Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Syrians fear challenge by Assad's brotherWhen Syrians want to know what is happening in their country they watch satellite television and read Lebanese newspapersTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Bashar gets a living beatification from fellow SyriansBashar al-Assad was promoted to the rank of general and commander-in-chief the day after his father diedTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Syria subdued in black mourning for AssadHe is everywhere. While he lived, President Hafez al-Assad's face seemed to survey every corner of SyriaMon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Middle East's future lies with the son of the Damascus LionThey called him the Lion of Damascus, the Bismarck of the Mid dle East, the Fox and - for his habit of listening more than he…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
A cat called Walter who liked to nap on the telex machineFor the week that our cat Walter - a female, despite the name - spent in the Marais veterinary clinic, Dr Flachaire was businesslike…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Chirac calls for new EU defence systemPresident Jacques Chirac has responded to the German Foreign Minister's recent call for a more integrated European federation…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Squabble about beef forgotten over coffee with French MinisterIt was not mentioned in his address to the French Senate's Committee of Social Affairs, and Mr David Byrne, the EU Commissioner…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
For the Shia Muslims, a rare moment of joy long deniedJoy is not an emotion often associated with southern Lebanon. Betrayal, occupation, death and high explosives - yes. Joy, no.Wed May 24 2000 - 01:00
The Ebony VenusShe was the first international black superstar, the "ebony Venus" who later reinvented herself as "Mama of the world"Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
State `could end Lebanon role' if UN does not get security pledgeOne of the Defence Forces' senior officers yesterday said the State could end its peacekeeping role in Lebanon if the UN did …Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Latest attacks complete circle of cynicismAnywhere else in the world, it would have seemed surrealSat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Trichet has little chance of succeeding DuisenbergAt the Brussels summit that launched the euro two years ago, President, Mr Jacques Chirac, and Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
£7m revamp for Irish College in ParisIn the most costly project it has undertaken abroad, the Government is to spend £7 million on saving the Irish College in central…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Jospin shifts responsibility for reforms to old rivalWhen Mr Lionel Jospin announced a cabinet reshuffle on March 27th, he promised to continue the reforms that led to the downfall…Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
Boy's heart survives centuries to solve royal mysteryFour French doctors who examined the body of a 10-year-old boy in the Prison du Temple on June 9th, 1795, concluded the child…Wed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
To hold Paris, Chirac gives his blessing to a troublesome winnerPresident Jacques Chirac saw the Paris Hotel de Ville slipping from the grasp of his Gaullist RPR party, so he has finally agreed…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
War and peace revisitedTim Judah's 1997 The Serbs: History, Myth & the Destruction of Yugoslavia was a standard reference book for journalists covering…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Jospin to reshuffle cabinet as popularity declinesRarely has a French politician fallen from favour so quickly and with so little reasonFri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
Where the faithful and non-believers flock to Masses with a brotherly touch of operaIt is Sunday morning and the Eglise Saint-Gervais is filled to overflowingWed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
McDaid urges Irish ex-pats to take French leaveThe Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Dr McDaid, was supposed to talk about "the changing Irish tourism product and…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Positions of powerFrancois Mitterrand's wife Danielle used to call her husband "the great seducer" - a reputation that has grown in the four years…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
