Paris Letter: Macron and the strange quality of optimismSophie Pedder’s new book profiles France’s president as an isolated, gutsy characterTue Jun 05 2018 - 06:00
France’s forgotten impressionist: The art of Mary CassattThe painter is barely known in her adoptive country. A Paris show hopes to change thatSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
France and US engage in dialogue of the deaf on world tradeMacron pleads for ‘strong multilateralism’ but US president eyes ‘easy to win’ trade warSat Jun 02 2018 - 04:00
Macron deplores Trump move to slap tariffs on EU alliesTrade wars lead to real wars, says French President Emmanuel MacronFri Jun 01 2018 - 17:57
Malian who scaled building to rescue child will get French citizenshipMacron tells hero Mamoudou Gassama (22) that Paris fire department will hire himMon May 28 2018 - 20:10
France: Minister and mayor trade barbs over migrant crisisOfficials at odds over fate of 2,500 sleeping rough in rat-infested campsMon May 28 2018 - 01:00
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken downPortrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjectsSat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Couple guilty of murdering nanny over Boyzone singer ‘obsession’Sophie Lionnet (21) was beaten, starved and tortured in weeks leading up to her deathThu May 24 2018 - 16:36
Macron prepares for ‘difficult but necessary’ Putin meetingFrench and Russian leaders to focus on Iran nuclear deal and ending war in SyriaThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
Elderly in France are excluded and ‘ghettoised’Housing, shame and isolation among concerns in ‘Ethical Stakes of Ageing’ reportSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
‘There is only one master, Corot. We are nothing by comparison’The world knows Corot as a great landscape artist. He kept his figure paintings secret.Sat May 19 2018 - 05:00
French outrage after woman died following ‘mocking’ phone callNaomi Musenga (22) called emergency services but operater laughed and hung upSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Macron reiterates importance of ‘refusing to allow others to decide for us’French president’s Charlemagne Prize speech defies Trump and stakes claim on EU leadershipThu May 10 2018 - 20:10
European leaders have work cut out to save Iran nuclear dealFrench president Macron proclaims determination to Iranian president over accordThu May 10 2018 - 01:00
May 1968 and the death of a French revolutionSorbonne protests 50 years ago ushered in a new era. Today’s students are ‘too busy’ to protestSat May 05 2018 - 06:00
Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and riseHe’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the FrenchSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Macron will keep a firm grip on liberal message during US visitFrench president will build on rapport with Trump and urge him to remain in Iran dealFri Apr 20 2018 - 21:31
Macron laments ‘European civil war’ in urgent plea for integrationFrench president calls for defence of liberal democracy in European Parliament speechTue Apr 17 2018 - 18:03
Syrian missile strikes Macron’s most significant military actionFrench president keen to limit risk of retaliation and preserve Russian relationsSun Apr 15 2018 - 19:00
Macron to persevere with rail reform ‘until the end’President defends proposed removal of automatic pay rises and tenure amid train strikesThu Apr 12 2018 - 21:08
Robert Doisneau: the humanist photographer who loved ParisArtist’s work reminds us how much our world has changed and forms a tender memory of a romantic ParisSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Woman who ‘shared’ French supermarket gunman’s life arrestedRedouane Lakdim (25) killed three people in series of terrorist attacks in south of countryFri Mar 23 2018 - 20:44
Unrest over reforms could be Macron’s ‘defining moment’Almost 50,000 marched in Paris as part of civil servant and transport demonstrationsThu Mar 22 2018 - 18:55
Nicolas Sarkozy formally placed under investigation in Libya financing scandalFormer France president ‘mis en examen’ after release following two days in custodyWed Mar 21 2018 - 18:00
Nicholas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign fundingFormer French president questioned about allegations Libya funded 2007 campaignTue Mar 20 2018 - 09:00
Repeal campaigners will not accept a No vote, says MinisterRegina Doherty says her previous opposition to legalisation of abortion ‘born out of ignorance’Sat Mar 17 2018 - 01:00
Merkel visits Macron amid slow progress on European ‘road map’French and German leaders show solidarity in condemning ‘toxic nerve gas’ attack in UKFri Mar 16 2018 - 20:57
Regina Doherty eyes French labour reforms on visit to Paris‘If we do nothing on the provision of pensions, they are not going to be able to be paid,’ Minister saysFri Mar 16 2018 - 15:55
Eva Illouz: Sex, power and the behaviour of men‘Die Zeit’ newspaper listed her as one of 12 people ‘most likely to shape the thought of tomorrow’Wed Mar 14 2018 - 05:00
Front National name change adds to Marine Le Pen’s woesRechristening of party as Rassemblement National deemed ‘political assassination’Tue Mar 13 2018 - 01:00
Battle over Johnny Hallyday’s will becomes a ‘sordid vaudeville’Paris Letter: Over the past decade, the rock legend’s widow progressively took over his financesTue Mar 13 2018 - 01:00
Le Pen hopes to rally support with party’s name-changeNew name will remove ‘psychological brake’ for voters, Front National leader tells congressSun Mar 11 2018 - 19:00
Emmanuel Macron refuses to recognise Jerusalem as capital of IsraelTrump’s recognition an error France will not repeat, says presidentThu Mar 08 2018 - 16:26
Jean-Marie Le Pen: Self-portrait of a vulgar but at times erudite politicianGrand-daddy of Europe’s extreme right publishes his first memoirs and takes a parting shot at his daughterSat Mar 03 2018 - 05:30
France prepares for union battle amid radical rail reformsSNCF labour group threatens month-long strike as French PM pushes for changeTue Feb 27 2018 - 01:00
Marion Maréchal Le Pen gets warm welcome from US right wingMarine Le Pen’s niece tells US conservatives at CPac: ‘We want our country back’Fri Feb 23 2018 - 15:57
A writer, his ashes and Paris’s delay in giving him a final resting placeParis Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at MontparnasseWed Feb 21 2018 - 01:00
Macron seeks to found ‘progressive, reforming’ EU-wide partyPolitical regrouping required in European Parliament , French president saysSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:01
Sex on the canvas: Picasso’s most erotic year laid bareThe year 1932 saw Picasso at the height of his fame and painting his most explicitly sexual work, fuelled by his torrid affair with his young model, Marie-Thérèse WalterSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
An insider’s view of the Macron administration‘He’s not satisfied with status quo. If you tell him something is impossible, he says it isn’t’Wed Feb 14 2018 - 01:00
Macron offers hospitals and phones to Corsica – but no autonomyTension with island’s nationalists over tax and language at French president’s speechWed Feb 07 2018 - 19:10
Macron navigates Corsica’s ‘painful past’ on visit to islandFrench president adopts hard line against nationalists on anniversary of assassinationTue Feb 06 2018 - 19:23
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam goes on trial in BrusselsOnly surviving member of group that carried out attacks in 2015 refuses to answer questionsMon Feb 05 2018 - 15:05
Four migrants in critical condition after Calais brawlFrench aid charities and police blame each other for clashes in Channel port cityFri Feb 02 2018 - 20:22
Ian Bailey to ‘exhaust all options in Toscan du Plantier case’Solicitor responds as Bailey loses appeal to have homicide charges dropped in FranceFri Feb 02 2018 - 01:00
Inquiry into intelligence failures around French priest’s murderAgency warnings of imminent church attack unheeded ahead of Fr Jacques Hamel’s deathWed Jan 31 2018 - 19:20
French climber rescued on ‘killer mountain’ after being forced to abandon partnerElisabeth Revol was climbing with Kildare-based mountaineer Tomasz MackiewiczTue Jan 30 2018 - 20:12
Call for French minister to resign over former prostitute’s claimSophie Spatz alleges Gérald Darmanin coerced her into sex with promise of letterMon Jan 29 2018 - 21:30
Eir’s next owner is dreaming bigFrench billionaire Xavier Niel, who is poised to buy Eir, on his start-up campus, workplace diversity, Brexit, and digital taxationSat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00
Police called over Nutella ‘riots’ in French shops‘People rushed in ... it was an orgy!’: 70 per cent discount sends shoppers into a frenzyFri Jan 26 2018 - 16:40
