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
French court postpones Ian Bailey appeal rulingEnglish journalist is appealing against decision to charge him in France with voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du PlantierThu Jan 25 2018 - 15:23
‘Terrorist landlord’ on trial for sheltering Paris attackersMan who lent jihadists flat appears in court in first trial linked to November 2015 killingsWed Jan 24 2018 - 16:30
Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘contingent’ lovers fight over lettersLong after existentialist philosopher’s death, simmering rivalry links protagonistsWed Jan 24 2018 - 01:00
Macron and Merkel issue declaration to reaffirm deeper co-operationFrance and Germany mark treaty anniversary by calling for a ‘prosperous, competitive, more sovereign, unified and democratic Europe’Mon Jan 22 2018 - 20:30
Macron’s European dream on hold as Merkel tends to homeEuro zone reforms delayed by German domestic politics as chancellor visits ParisFri Jan 19 2018 - 20:36
Brigitte Bardot calls harassment accusers ‘hypocritical nobodies’Former film star says lots of women in industry are ‘teases’ who use sex to get rolesThu Jan 18 2018 - 17:03
Macron pledges to prevent another ‘jungle’ in CalaisFrench president addresses each of the players in port town migrant dramaTue Jan 16 2018 - 20:51
Marine Le Pen re-emerges whistling the same old tuneFar-right leader blames sexual harassment on immigrants who ‘do not respect women’Tue Jan 16 2018 - 01:00
Catherine Deneuve and the French #MeToo battleWomen who denounce the ‘puritanical witch-hunt’ are out of touch, say younger criticsSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
Macron’s method a pragmatic, calculated approach to autocratsFrench president's China visit again showed his ability to do business and hold his noseSat Jan 13 2018 - 01:00
Young but dissimilar French and Austrian leaders meet in ParisMacron and Kurz emphasise areas of accord rather than disagreementFri Jan 12 2018 - 19:57
Ritz robbery: Jewellery worth millions stolen from hotel in ParisFive men wearing ski masks armed with guns and hatchets smashed the display windowsWed Jan 10 2018 - 21:27
Macron: Tax proposal for US tech giants ‘no threat’ to IrelandFrench president hoping to stop companies booking profits through low-tax countriesMon Jan 08 2018 - 01:00
Macron and Erdogan have a delicate lunch at the ElyséeTurkish president Erdogan an awkward guest for the French presidentFri Jan 05 2018 - 20:43
Three years after Charlie Hebdo, magazine’s staff live in fearSatirical weekly paying €1.5m a year for private security says state protection lackingFri Jan 05 2018 - 01:00
Call for reforms after police brutally attacked in run-down Paris suburbsShocking attack on policewoman in city’s banlieues attracts condemnationTue Jan 02 2018 - 18:45
The disappearing world of French village lifeThe French affection for their little towns is tinged with guilt rooted in neglectTue Jan 02 2018 - 01:04
The anti-Trump: Emmanuel Macron’s winning streak continuesFrance’s pragmatist president is shaking up politics around the globeThu Dec 28 2017 - 03:00
Abortion battles rage on in France despite liberal regimeTerminations and related expenses are covered by state with 211,900 performed in 2016Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00
Macron tells summit ‘we are losing the battle’ on climate changeAbsent US president Donald Trump haunts summit as US has left Paris climate accordTue Dec 12 2017 - 20:30
Macron asks Netanyahu to stall West Bank colonisationTrump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Jewish capital casts chill over Franco-Israeli linksSun Dec 10 2017 - 20:57
Corsican nationalist party set to win absolute majority in pollPé a Corsica poised to win on island but independence from France still far awaySat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Trump’s Israeli gambit may rouse Macron into tougher stanceFrench president has been quiet on Palestinian question but meets Netanyahu on SundayThu Dec 07 2017 - 17:46
Moody, surly, sentimental, love-obsessed: how Johnny Hallyday embodied France‘It’s as if Paris lost the Eiffel Tower,’ one politician said after the rock star’s deathWed Dec 06 2017 - 19:43
Macron’s Arab strategy will be on display in Algiers and DohaFrench president has positioned himself as the foremost mediator in the Middle EastWed Dec 06 2017 - 01:00
Bitcoin: French economist predicts day of reckoningCryptocurrency facilitates crime and is part of ‘libertarian offensive’ – Jean-Michel NaulotTue Dec 05 2017 - 05:52
Albert Camus’s sizzling letters to one of his three loversCamus’s correspondence with actor Maria Casarès is the literary sensation of the seasonSat Nov 25 2017 - 01:00
Ségolène Royal resists being frozen out with North Pole assignmentFormer presidential candidate still keen to use her influence from the Arctic wildernessFri Nov 24 2017 - 01:00
Amarenco scoops top Irish firm in France prizeSpecial award for effect on climate change goes to Luas operator, French firm TransdevThu Nov 23 2017 - 20:06
French premier takes sides in attempts to balance linguistic gender biasEdouard Philippe urges ministers and staff not to use ‘inclusive writing’ in official textsWed Nov 22 2017 - 18:19
Macron angers Iran in push for strong LebanonFuture of outgoing Lebanese prime minister uncertain ahead of return to BeirutSun Nov 19 2017 - 18:39
Lebanese leader to clarify position on return from ParisMacron hosts Hariri amid tensions with Saudi Arabia over resignation as prime ministerSat Nov 18 2017 - 19:43
From camp to campus: Students from the Calais ‘Jungle’In 2016, Lille university invited people from the refugee camp to enrol. Is the ‘experiment’ working?Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Lara Marlowe: Macron mediating in Lebanese-Saudi crisisSaad Hariri’s Paris visit comes amid odd resignation and tense political situationSat Nov 18 2017 - 01:00
French issue permit for Eimear Noonan’s family to bring remains homePrincipal pays tribute to ‘dynamic’ and ‘kind’ student teacher from Co ClareTue Nov 14 2017 - 11:50
Death of Eimear Noonan in France was accidental, postmortem findsTeacher (21) from Co Clare was last seen in French town of Annonay on WednesdayMon Nov 13 2017 - 18:12
Macron declares victory over Islamic State two years after Paris attacksFrench president to mark anniversary with wreaths at Stade de France and BataclanThu Nov 09 2017 - 18:29
