The Holiday Inn in Sarajevo was doubtless the most dangerous of the war hotels

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Former TCD student Clément Beaune reappointed as minister for European affairs

Former employment minister is only second woman to hold the post in French history

Newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov is a rare voice speaking out against Putin’s ‘purpose-built, repressive system’

Tone of Macron’s second term could be determined by his choice of prime minister

Move could threaten French president’s chances of securing National Assembly majority

Potential mergers loom in French political flux as president vows to represent all citizens

French president promises a ‘more independent France’

Re-election of French president Emmanuel Macron hailed by European leaders

French voters must choose between ‘extreme centre’ and far right in presidential poll

Lighter moments punctuate intense TV debate that highlights chasm between the candidates

Debate set to be most important event in run-up to the April 24th presidential election

Macron’s rival for French presidency would push foreign policy that would sunder West

Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker

If she wins the presidential run-off on April 24th the status of 5.2m foreigners living in France will be threatened

President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs

Exit polls show Macron on about 28% of first-round vote and Le Pen on 23%

President under threat from far-right candidate on April 24th after underwhelming campaign

Election looked set to be a replay of 2017 but the president’s win is no longer a certainty

Olena Biletska (52) fled Mariupol on March 15th with her mother and two children

Accusations focus on the Azov Regiment, an extreme right-wing group, but it represents less than 2% of Ukraine’s armed forces

Barbaric 20th-century anti-Semitism, genocide and relocation hang over Russian invasion

Russians seek to lure besieged residents of bombarded Mariupol on to buses for Rostov

Russian troops face fierce resistance as Zelenskiy says 100,000 remain in Mariupol

Pastor records video blog ‘to show Russia’s war crimes’

UN secretary general says war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for Russia

The facilities were ‘not built to withstand acts of war’, says Ukrainian nuclear physicist

Former finance minister believes Russia’s negotiating position grows weaker by the day

Nail artists and software engineers among those signing up for weapons training

War has not prevented couple imagining a life beyond limbo in which they find themselves

‘I want us to leave the Moscow church. It is over,’ head of Lviv monastery says

Russia deploying tactical strategy refined in Syria with devastating effect, say experts

An officer’s tale of hope and bloodshed from Ukraine’s embattled coastline

‘I am not going back to Kyiv because I don’t want to hide in the basement’

Journalist Viktor Dudar could have worked as a military spokesman from the safety of an office, but he wanted to fight invading Ru(...)

Ukrainian authorities in race against time to protect cultural heritage from destruction

Racheal Diyaolu is travelling to Moldova in two-van convoy driven by Scottish duo

‘I never thought there would be another war in Ukraine. I cannot comprehend it’

Lviv Letter: West Ukrainian hub looks out for Moscow agents amid patriotism and prayers

Idealism propels young men from safe countries to fight in defence of Ukraine

Polish professor traces cause of current Russian invasion back to the 16th century

Poles prepare food, offer their homes and provide transport to fleeing families

Many African students study in Ukraine, and their flight from the country has been particularly traumatic

Four men are among many others bravely undertaking a patriotic trek into danger

Near impunity over previous incursions emboldened Russian leader

Boris Johnson promises decisive response to Putin’s choice of ‘bloodshed and destruction’

Western powers appear unable to thwart Putin’s strategy to reassert Russian influence

Paris Letter: ‘The invasion of Anglo-American subjects our language to mortal peril’

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Deterioration of France’s relations with Mali’s rulers is main reason for pull-out

French conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’

Witnesses include man (92) who survived stabbing and throat-slashing in same attack

Abdeslam seeks leniency for not detonating suicide vest in terrorism acts that killed 131

Despite widespread mockery French president masterfully extracts ‘dual commitment’

French president reiterates Putin told him he had no intention of escalating conflict

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French president does not see invasion of Ukraine as imminent as he visits Moscow and Kyiv

Irish Cultural Centre in Paris celebrates 100th anniversary of publication of Ulysses

Poll intended to whittle down number of left and Green candidates in presidential race

French president spoke to Vladimir Putin for over an hour in bid to de-escalate tensions

Representatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to reconvene crisis talks on Friday

‘Path of de-escalation’ to be proposed by French president as fears of war worsen

Despite criticism French president shares large EU states’ desire to form world power

Paris Letter: Establishment wants no part of ‘social science theories imported from US’

An exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet places Proust in his Belle Époque milieu

Extreme right-wing presidential candidate fined €10,000 for tirade against migrants

Russian and US diplomats to begin talks on the conflict on Monday, without the EU

French president’s use of vulgar verb in relation to unvaccinated sparks controversy

France’s lurch to the right is the biggest challenge to Macron’s re-election hopes

Paris Letter: Anselm Kiefer’s ‘For Paul Celan’ exhibition twists ‘knife in German wound’

In TV interview French president attempts to defuse issues likely to threaten campaign

Book review: War correspondent Janine di Giovanni details persecution and dwindling presence

German chancellor and French president look to ‘Normandy format’ to reduce tensions

France’s president lays out vision for EU presidency and urges new spirit for Europe

President will be keen to advance vision of a powerful and independent Europe as France dictates EU agenda

Ciotti and Pécresse battle for dominance after party’s shock first-round primary result

American-born woman admitted to the Panthéon at elaborate ceremony in Paris

Invitation to Priti Patel to attend talks withdrawn after Johnson tweets letter

Migrants trying to reach Britain a source of tension between London and Paris for years

Paris Letter: Dancer titillated audiences while working for the French Resistance

Exhibition recounts vast family saga, with paintings by Julie's mother Berthe Morisot and uncle Édouard Manet

Chastened defendant Abdeslam cites his rejection of ‘western values’ before he embraced Islamic radicalism

Controversy over large reduction in visas for Algerians reignites old enmities

In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband

Six months before the presidential election a poll shows newcomer could be pitted against Macron

The country has endured 21 jihadist attacks since 2015, with 18 such attacks foiled

Plan ‘provides certainty’ needed for State to sign up, Paschal Donohoe says

Up to 3,200 clerical predators in France since 1950, report estimates

At least 10,000 victims were abused over past 70 years, commission president says

Paris Letter: Former French president had affair with young woman during his final years

Former president to be confined to his home in sign to successors times have changed

As he shifts into re-election campaign mode, the French president can boast of having given the EU fresh impetus over the last fou(...)

French ambassador to return to Washington as crisis over new ‘Aukus’ alliance eases

French admiral says US has broken a pact among nuclear powers on the UN Security Council by agreeing to sell nuclear submarines

Australian PM says French ‘should have known’ country’s misgivings about submarine capabilities

The 20-year Algerian president’s death greeted with something like embarrassment

Western governments must ensure aid ‘reaches intended beneficiaries’, unlike previously

Macron hails extrajudicial killing of Sahrawi in Africa as ‘major success’

Agnès Buzyn and Alexandre Benalla’s legal woes come as president prepares for election