Revisiting the themes of the Middle Ages in Notre DameAnyone willing to climb the 386 steps of the north tower of Notre Dame Cathedral can see Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-leDuc's winged…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Arrest in Philippines changes corruption case against DumasWhen France's biggest financial scandal broke at the state-owned Elf Aquitaine company in 1994, its former number two, Mr Alfred…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Strike causes record Paris jamsTraffic backed up for a record 250 km across the Paris region yesterday as employees of the RATP transport authority observed…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Economy thrives as violence ebbs EmpeyFortunately for the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland, most French people assumed that once the Belfast Agreement…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Mallon, Trimble break off trip for talksMr David Trimble and Mr Seamus Mallon are to break off a scheduled four-day visit to France and Germany to go to London today…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
North ministers have meeting with ChiracThe Northern Ireland Executive held its first meeting with a non-Irish, non-British European head of state here yesterday, heightening…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Dumas denies mistress's claimThe former foreign minister of France, Mr Roland Dumas (78), fought an uphill battle at his corruption trial yesterday after …Wed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
Marches defend France's retirement at 60Hundreds of thousands of men and women marched in the streets of 40 French towns and cities yesterday to defend their right to…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
FranceFrance's main newspapers yesterday published brief reports from Brussels on the EU commissioner Mr Pedro Solbes' criticism of…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
`Risk of dishonour' attends trial of DumasMr Roland Dumas declined the judge's offer to remain seated because of his bad hipThu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Fate of elderly Papon still raises bitter French passionShould Maurice Papon go free? The question, pondered by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg yesterday, has dominated…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
Trial brings pair of celebrated lovers togetherMr Roland Dumas and Ms Christine Deviers-Joncour were lovers for seven years, but they didn't even look at each other in court…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
France pays high price for tax codeLike a skilled dentist, Richard Van Ham deadens the pain of paying taxesWed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Mitterrand bails out her son from prisonThe former first lady of France went to the Palais de Justice yesterday morning to bail out her son, who was arrested on December…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Convicted killer seeks revenge on those who testified against himAn insurance agent and convicted killer remained at large in the region of Narbonne, south-western France, yesterday after brutally…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Cynicism, incompetence, barbarity and betrayalTwo months after the failed March 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein, the Ministry of Information in Baghdad announced that…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
A policeman broken by years of racism and indifferenceThere are just winners and losers, and don't you get caught on the wrong side of that line. Bruce SpringsteenWed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Chirac denies all knowledge of bribes to partyThe French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, last night denied any knowledge of an agreement in the early 1990s between French political…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Host tactics manage to offend nearly all of their colleaguesFrench officials were almost heading for the bunkers to escape the barrage of insults at NiceMon Dec 11 2000 - 00:00
FranceFrance this year followed - but not very deeply - the Europewide tax-cutting trendThu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Cloud of suspicion casts long shadow over summit's hostThe host of the European Summit, France's President Jacques Chirac, is entering negotiations that are crucial to the future of…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
EU Commissioner confirms BSE could be transmitted via contaminated water tableBy imposing a six-month ban on meat-and-bonemeal (MBM) on Monday night, extending BSE testing and establishing a "purchase for…Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
Irony needed to defend language of MoliereIf French is under siege, English is the only assailantWed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
Envoys raise a glass to genius buried in ParisThe dandy in the purple velvet waistcoat and green silk scarf looked wistfully from the front page of Le Figaro's literary section…Fri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
Enterprise Ireland in £6m Europe planEnterprise Ireland yesterday introduced a £6 million (€7Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Weak euro shows power to attract and repelBlue-Chip US companies - including Intel, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, IBM, Xerox and Gillette - are repatriating lower profits from…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Threat of mass suicide in FranceFrance's "mad cow" crisis is so desperate that Mr Luc Guyau, president of the main French farmers' federation, FNSEA, has threatened…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Voynet lays blame at door of USThe french Environment Minister, Ms Dominique Voynet, yesterday laid the blame for the failure on Saturday of the UN climate …Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Algerian victims of French torture seek recognitionMohamed Garne was 29 when he finally found his mother, Kheira, in 1989Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
Israel wins, Palestinians lose, EU failsThe two-day Euromed conference ended here yesterday with a diplomatic victory for Israel, a defeat for the Palestinians and failure…Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
New move to ease French fears over BSEFrance is suffering from what is widely described as a "national psychosis" over bovine spongi form encephalopathy (BSE) or "…Tue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
Death of former Gaullist premier ChabanThe former French Gaullist prime minister, Mr Jacques Chaban-Delmas, died in Paris of a heart attack on Friday night at the age…Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Striding statue of de Gaulle unveiled in presence of Chirac in Champs-ElyseesCharles de Gaulle strode down the ChampsElysees yesterday on the 30th anniversary of his deathFri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Tabloid editor issues an infallible predictionThe tabloid newspaper France Soir safely and accurately predicted the result of the US presidential election yesterdayThu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
French nuclear submariners only see ships as targetsYou have to stand at an angle to fit between the racks of torpedoes, Exocet missiles and mines in the weapons room of the Emeraude…Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:00
Risks from tanker leak lessening, say FrenchFrench officials watched helplessly yesterday as a sunken Italian tanker leaked a dangerous chemical into the Channel off the…Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
`Ievoli Sun' sinks off French coast with toxic loadFrance feared an ecological disaster yesterday after an Italian ship carrying 6,000 tonnes of chemicals - two-thirds of them …Wed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Intellectuals denounce success of `pagan' ritualIn an unprecedented triumph of business marketing in France, October 31st has in less than five years been transformed from an…Wed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Chirac gets the moment Putin has kept him waiting forPresident Jacques Chirac had waited all year for this momentTue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
Jospin's wife beats her own drumThe French Prime Minister's aides remark cynically that Mrs Lionel Jospin may be her husband's most valuable asset in his contest…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
Remarkable life of Miss BluebellThe intercom for Margaret Kelly's apartment near the Bois de Boulogne says "Bluebell"Wed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
President calls college a centre of gravity for the IrishThe President, Mrs McAleese, had personal words for everyone at the Irish College in Paris yesterday: for Mr Maurice Caillet, …Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Quai d'Orsay's photographic treasures brought to lightFor a century they slept inside their red-and-brown leather covers embossed in gold with the words "Ministry of Foreign Affairs…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
French break apathy record in referendumThe referendum called by President Jacques Chirac on the length of the presidential mandate united France in apathy and political…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
French judges seize Chirac videoAmid unprecedented demands that a French president be called as a court witness, three French judges yesterday seized a videotape…Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Irate Chirac vehemently denies corruption allegationPresident Jacques Chirac reacted with fury last night to a political bombshell published by Le MondeFri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
French embrace a `gimmick' as pollution figures show it's the cars that eat ParisTomorrow's car-free day, observed by 71 French cities and 680 towns throughout Europe, is a special victory for Ms Dominique …Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Philippine attack on rebel base fuels fury in ParisA military assault launched by the Philippine army against Abu Sayyaf rebels on the southern island of Jolo at the weekend has…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Cheese farmer with beef with McDonald's faces music todayWhen Jose Bove talks about McDonald's being an "irresistible target" it doesn't mean his mouth is watering for fries and a Big…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
