French planes, trains and rubbish hit by strikesEuro 2016 starts as rubbish piles up on streets of ParisFri Jun 10 2016 - 01:00
Threat of transport strike recedes ahead of Euro 2016Industrial action goes down to the wire, just days before football tournament kicks offWed Jun 08 2016 - 10:22
Syria and the end of normalityIn her new book, The Morning They Came for Us, the war reporter Janine di Giovanni uses her first-hand experience to describe life in a war zoneSat Jun 04 2016 - 05:45
France pushes for Israel-Palestine peace conferencePalestinians welcome initiative as Israeli foreign ministry predicts ambitious plan will failSat Jun 04 2016 - 01:00
France reassures soccer fans over terror and strike threatsFrench prime minister tells Euro 2016 travellers to ‘come by plane, by car, by train’Thu Jun 02 2016 - 10:54
French strikes worsen but tension lessensFrance has adopted strategy to prevent a ‘coagulation’ of discontent that could disrupt Euro 2016Wed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Seven on trial for ‘associating with evil-doers’ of Paris attacksDefendants say they had nothing to do with Paris rampage that killed 130 in NovemberMon May 30 2016 - 13:17
The serene paintings and intense life of ModiglianiWhether or not Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani was 'worth two Picassos', his style is certainly unique and widely accessibleMon May 30 2016 - 06:00
Hollande and Merkel heed lessons of Battle of VerdunCeremony marks charnel house fight that killed 300,000 French and GermansSun May 29 2016 - 19:25
French union leaders threaten havoc at Euro 2016Force ouvriere calls for all-out strike for transport and waste disposal on match daysSat May 28 2016 - 08:29
Violent protests in France raise questions over Euro 2016Difficult to see how tournament can go ahead if strikes, protests and shortages continueFri May 27 2016 - 08:36
French strikes: hardline union leader Philippe MartinezLeader of communist CGT ‘wants to bring France to its knees’, according to ‘Le Figaro’Fri May 27 2016 - 01:00
What length of summer holidays do other governments take?As the Dáil is set to get about three months holidays, we look at the norm in other jurisdictionsThu May 26 2016 - 12:05
Euro 2016 faces up to hooliganism and terror threatsFrance reveals 90,000-strong security force for tournament amid fears of attacksThu May 26 2016 - 09:14
Lara Marlowe on why jihadists are not only threat to Euro 2016Trade unions railing against new labour laws employing more drastic protest measuresWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Bardo massacre: ‘The blood. The bodies. They won’t go away’Visitor numbers at Tunisia’s famous Bardo museum collapsed after the jihadist massacre in March 2015. It’s what the terrorists wanted, says its directorSat May 21 2016 - 05:45
EgyptAir mystery deepens despite hunt for answersIf aircraft downed by Islamists, the jihadists are tardy in claiming credit for grisly crimeSat May 21 2016 - 01:00
EgyptAir plane crash most likely caused by terrorism, officials sayFrench and Egyptian officials suspect terrorism amid confusion over debrisFri May 20 2016 - 06:27
Key evidence in fatal EgyptAir crash points to terrorist causeFrench and Egyptian leaders vow close co-operation after 66 die over MediterraneanFri May 20 2016 - 01:00
Conflicting reports over EgyptAir plane crash debrisGreek authorities say no aircraft wreckage found despite airline's earlier claimsThu May 19 2016 - 22:09
Arab civilians suffer long struggle for self-determinationExpert says talk of dictators and jihadists overlooks the people’s rightsThu May 19 2016 - 01:00
Revelations highlight security services’ failure to stop Paris attackFrance tried to arrest or kill Islamic State terrorist before he struckSat May 14 2016 - 01:00
French government avoids no-confidence move by rebelsSpectre of French government falling recedes after left-wing rebels fail to muster sufficient numbersWed May 11 2016 - 20:00
French prime minister to reform labour laws by decreeUnpopular changes to be forced through parliament in move that could sink governmentWed May 11 2016 - 01:00
National Assembly member accused in French sex scandalEELV member Denis Baupin accused of sexual aggression and harassmentTue May 10 2016 - 18:37
France unveils counter-terror plan in battle against jihadismInitiative adds weight to existing policy on deradicalisation centres in country’s regionsMon May 09 2016 - 20:00
Attempt to reform French labour law risks becoming political shipwreckOpposition to the law from left and right is a sign of broader dissatisfactionWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
A crash course in the history of European artA beautifully curated exhibition in Paris showcases masterworks with a Hungarian edgeSat Apr 30 2016 - 05:45
Barack Obama may reveal secret Saudi links to 9/11US may declassify 28 secret pages that could help explain attacks that killed nearly 3,000Fri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Jihadist from Paris massacre to be held in solitary confinementSalah Abdeslam has ‘real desire to explain the facts, and how he was radicalised’Thu Apr 28 2016 - 08:38
France secures €34bn submarine deal with AustraliaHollande praises deal set to create nearly 7,000 jobs in partnered countriesTue Apr 26 2016 - 21:21
French government dithers as costly nuclear reactors ageSafety authority chief Chevet warns France is wrong to think accidents only happen to othersTue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
Scandals tarnish France’s revered diplomat serviceParis Letter: Favouritism and stealing are among antics uncovered by journalistsMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
Palestinians and Israelis to skip France’s peace conferenceFrance hopes to involve Israel and Palestine in an autumn ‘peace congress’ in ParisSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Climate change agreement signed at UN headquartersLeaders of main polluter nations absent from signing of Paris accord in New YorkSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Favourites emerge ahead of 2017 French presidential electionLeft and right: Juppé, Macron and Le Pen in lead a year before vote to succeed HollandeFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Euro 2016: France ramps up security ahead of championshipFrench forces plan anti-terrorism measures in the wake of last year’s jihadist attacksWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Manuel Valls backs major reform of French welfare systemPlan to simplify process and extend payments to young people is welcomedTue Apr 19 2016 - 01:01
François Hollande struggles in ‘last chance’ television interviewStreet protests continue outside venue of French president’s two-hour appearanceSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: Obama stands over Middle East policy that unleashed horrorsHopes for a free and democratic Arab world have drowned in the blood of 470,000 dead SyriansThu Apr 14 2016 - 00:55
Tax officials plan to take action following Panama PapersInternational representatives meet at OECD to discuss response to controversyWed Apr 13 2016 - 19:55
Caravaggio painting may have been located in French atticThe 400-year-old artwork was discovered in a property in the outskirts of ToulouseTue Apr 12 2016 - 17:41
French minister launches new political movement ‘En Marche!’Emmanuel Macron’s star is rising in a France desperate for a new generation of leadersSat Apr 09 2016 - 01:00
‘You don’t just photograph a man like Samuel Beckett. You offer him something’How Irishman John Minihan secured his place in history by photographing the writer in ParisSat Apr 02 2016 - 08:45
Islamic State attractive to French youth drawn to radicalism, claims professorGovernment should have allowed French form of Islam to emerge, says expertSat Mar 19 2016 - 01:00
Salah Abdeslam profile: A taste for women and fancy clothesLara Marlowe: Surviving perpetrator of Paris attacks had a reputation as a bon vivantFri Mar 18 2016 - 21:45
Calais’s migrant children suffer as Europe procrastinatesLife in the ‘Jungle’ is miserable for everybody, but for children and their parents it is often impossibleSat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00
Migrants in a bureaucratic nightmare at Calais ‘Jungle’Unaccompanied children who qualify to enter Britain wait in France for asylumFri Mar 11 2016 - 11:38
Irish Women of the World: Samantha Power and more political powerhousesDiplomacy, clear focus and long-term view help forge agreement and ambitionTue Mar 08 2016 - 05:45
