‘Rebuilding Notre-Dame is my reason for living. I must give her back to the world’Mass will be said in Notre-Dame in April 2024, five years after it was all but destroyedSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
‘Like talking to the president’: Macron’s go-to man for EuropeClément Beaune has affection for Ireland and our approach to European solidaritySat Dec 05 2020 - 01:00
Britain’s attempts to put pressure on EU ‘misguided’ – Simon CoveneyMinister visits counterparts in France as EU-UK talks reach ‘very sensitive moment’Thu Dec 03 2020 - 20:40
Coveney in Paris insists Irish fishing industry central to Brexit talksMinister says he has total confidence in EU’s chief negotiator Michel BarnierThu Dec 03 2020 - 20:02
Macron seeks way out crisis caused by police brutality and security lawFrench president summons senior officials after beating of black man triggers outrageMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:44
Macron announces three-stage reopening through to January 20thPresident says second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has peaked in FranceTue Nov 24 2020 - 21:37
French police criticised for brutality at Paris migrant campPlace de la République camp dismantled as National Assembly passes ‘global security’ lawTue Nov 24 2020 - 18:17
Nicolas Sarkozy appears in court on corruption chargesFormer French president and two co-defendants face 10 years in jail and €1m fineMon Nov 23 2020 - 19:44
Henri Matisse: A jolt of happiness from a humanist painterThe French master’s art is ‘just what we need in this anxious, dark time’Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:00
Lara Marlowe: Robert Fisk, my former husband, was the finest journalist of his generationIf he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herdSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
France torn between anger and yearning for calm following Nice attackFrench citizens abroad urged to step up security amid surge in Islamist violenceFri Oct 30 2020 - 19:52
Three killed, several wounded in knife attack in Nice churchMacron condemns ‘Islamist terrorist attack’ on day of four knife attacks against French targetsThu Oct 29 2020 - 20:34
Europe enforces restrictions to avoid ‘millions’ of deathsFrance in national lockdown, and Germany shuts bars and restaurants as Covid cases surgeThu Oct 29 2020 - 02:02
France resumes lockdown in face of ‘harder, more lethal’ second wavePresident Emmanuel Macron hopeful restrictions can be lifted in time for ChristmasWed Oct 28 2020 - 21:09
Was Italian art the major influence on Cézanne?Like all geniuses Cézanne assimilated. Are the similarities one sees in colour, composition and light deliberate, unconscious or mere coincidence?Tue Oct 27 2020 - 05:00
France recalls ambassador to Turkey as tensions flare over beheadingTurkish president tells Macron to ‘go have your mental health examined’Sun Oct 25 2020 - 19:21
Macron says ‘fear will change camps’ in battle with radical IslamFrance begins crackdown against alleged Islamic radicals three days after beheading of teacherMon Oct 19 2020 - 21:26
Tide of outrage in France follows beheading of teacherProtests follow murder of teacher by 18-year-old unconnected to victim or schoolSun Oct 18 2020 - 21:00
Tributes paid to slain teacher at public assemblies around FranceSamuel Paty’s murder draws leaders of political parties to Paris’s Place de la RépubliqueSun Oct 18 2020 - 19:15
Macron says beheading of teacher in Paris was an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’Knife-wielding suspect shot dead by police after pursuit following attack in Conflans-Sainte-HonorineSat Oct 17 2020 - 11:01
France imposes 9pm-6am coronavirus curfew in big cities‘We do not understand the virus fully,’ says Macron as state of medical emergency reinstatedWed Oct 14 2020 - 21:05
Christian Louboutin: ‘If you love it, it’s never too much’The shoemaker to the rich and famous, finds inspiration in childhood, conversation and collectingSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:05
Monsieur Right: Meet Eric Zemmour, cheerleader of the ‘French Fox News’A recent outburst by the right-wing commentator was shocking even by his standardsSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Six large French cities on maximum alertToulouse and Montpellier poised for alert escalation as country seeks to limit infectionThu Oct 08 2020 - 19:26
Macron urges ideological ‘attack’ on separatist Islam ahead of draft law‘Neutrality of public service’ and training of ‘citizens, not believers’ part of French planFri Oct 02 2020 - 19:15
Ghost of Juliette Gréco lingers over Saint-Germain-des-PrésParis Letter: Performer sang of her beloved city, of amour, rebellion and fleeting pleasuresTue Sept 29 2020 - 20:00
‘To die of love’: The 1968 sex scandal that still fascinates FranceA 1968 student-teacher scandal continues to resonate in France five decades onSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 crisis appears to strengthen French resolve for EU fiscal harmonisationIreland appears on lists of countries which French paper links to harmful tax competitionFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:30
Petition to move ‘French Oscar Wildes’ to Panthéon sparks debateCall for 19th-century poets who had tumultuous relationship to be reinterred in ParisMon Sept 21 2020 - 19:30
One woman’s experience of domestic violence and seeking help in ParisFrance sees spike in calls to domestic abuse helpline during Covid-19 lockdownTue Sept 15 2020 - 01:00
Conor McGregor questioned over alleged sexual aggression in bar in CorsicaFormer UFC champion held overnight following complaint and later releasedSun Sept 13 2020 - 18:54
Macron calls for shared strategy to deal with Turkish ‘aggression’French president attends Med7 summit in Corsica as tensions in Mediterranean escalateThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:06
Charlie Hebdo staff uphold ‘fight for liberty’ at trial over massacreWounded survivors testify in Paris detailing massacre which killed 12 of their colleaguesWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:16
Paris court relives horror of Charlie Hebdo massacreCourt rows over Covid-19 rules jar with graphic images and high emotions amid trialMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:30
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global PowerBradley Hope and Justin Scheck’s riveting page-turner chillingly profiles Saudi’s MBSSat Sept 05 2020 - 06:00
Historian-in-chief Macron commemorates 150 years of French republicPresident promises new law to tackle ‘separatism’Fri Sept 04 2020 - 20:00
France reveals €100bn Covid recovery planThe EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programmeThu Sept 03 2020 - 20:05
Macron channels Lawrence of Arabia on Lebanon-Iraq visitFrench president has promised citizens their sovereignty, but can he do it alone?Thu Sept 03 2020 - 01:00
Charlie Hebdo trial opens in Paris, evoking three days of terrorTrial of 14 alleged accomplices in 2015 attack on satirical weekly scheduled to last for 10 weeksTue Sept 01 2020 - 20:00
Gruesome mystery in France as dozens of horses and ponies are mutilatedThe animals are of all ages, and range from ponies worth a few hundred euro to a racehorse valued at €200,000Mon Aug 31 2020 - 12:36
Macron draws on ‘unique bond’ to assist reform of BeirutCentury after France created Lebanon, president intervention appears to bypass EUMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:00
Macron aims to avoid new lockdown despite ‘exponential’ virus spreadRecord 7,379 new cases of Covid-19 reported in FranceFri Aug 28 2020 - 21:12
‘We were on a powder keg’: Lebanese writer still dealing with sounds of explosionParis Letter: Echo has come to encapsulate sense of foreboding on return to BeirutTue Aug 25 2020 - 20:00
Macron and Merkel sing off same policy hymn sheetLeaders project image of European unity in an increasingly troubled world beset by crisesThu Aug 20 2020 - 21:03
Coronavirus: France orders masks be worn in all workplacesBetween a fifth and a quarter of infections are occurring in workplacesTue Aug 18 2020 - 19:16
Divided Lebanon prepares for verdict in Hariri assassinationFour low-ranking members of the Shia Muslim Hezbollah political party are accused of killing the former prime minister and 21 others in a massive bombing in 2005Mon Aug 17 2020 - 20:00
War in the Age of Trump: Four years of fighting in Iraq and SyriaPatrick Cockburn’s section summaries help a poorly edited book of reprinted articlesSat Aug 15 2020 - 06:00
Lebanon: Corruption which led to blast must be punished or at least removed from officeLebanese must vote for leaders on the basis of merit and probity, not religious affiliationSat Aug 08 2020 - 01:00
Van Gogh and the postcard that shed light on one painting’s rootsLinked to rue Daubigny in Auvers-sur-Oise, Tree Roots is last canvas the artist paintedSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: Farewell Spike, the cat who shared my joys and sorrows for 20 yearsParis Letter: Ordinary grief, including pet grief, continues through the pandemicThu Jul 30 2020 - 18:00
