‘Year of Ireland’ swells Celtic festival by 30%President Higgins warmly welcomed as only head of state of a Celtic countryMon Aug 04 2014 - 01:02
Higgins arrives in Brittany for Celtic festivalTribute to Heaney and parade of Celtic nations will be hightlights of the eventSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
‘He took the pulse of the dying man and shook his head’Jean Jaurès, founder of French socialist party and director of L’Humanité newspaper, did his utmost to prevent the outbreak of the first World War. He was assassinated on July 31st, writes Lara Marlowe.Thu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00
‘The question must be asked: is war inevitable between Austria-Hungary and Serbia?’Countdown to war: On July 23rd, 1914, Austria delivered an ultimatum to Serbia, reported two days later by French newspapersThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
‘The radical party long believed in the absence of external threats’Three days before this article was published, Charles Humbert, vice-president of the armed forces committee revealed how ill-prepared France was for war. – Lara MarloweFri Jul 18 2014 - 01:00
‘The Austrian government . . . has allowed horrible attacks on persons and property in Bosnia’Georges Clemenceau, who would lead France through the last years of the war, was editor of ‘L’Homme Libre’ in 1914. In this front-page editorial he discusses Serb/Austrian and Austrian/French tensions, after Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination – Lara MarloweFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: Life in the 7th arrondissementThere’s only one rule for renting or buying in Paris: you have to have a ‘coup de foudre’. If that initial spark isn’t there, you’ll be overwhelmed by bureaucracy and unforeseen costsThu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00
The man who would be caliphAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a man responsible for acts of violence that have made some in al-Qaeda baulk, has stunned observers by using the military momentum of Isis to declare himself leader of all MuslimsSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
‘People wonder why Kaiser Wilhelm II decided not to go to Vienna’A great murmur rose when the emperor, accompanied by members of the imperial household, appeared in the oratoryFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Nicolas Sarkozy questioned over influence claimsMagistrates investigate if former French president had moles in French justice systemWed Jul 02 2014 - 01:01
Arts renaissance in Iran, where criticism is expressed in metaphorsArt market took off under Ahmadinejad; and Rouhani has eased conditionsWed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
Strong opposition to overhead lines in FranceSince 2009, 76 per cent of all 90,000- and 63,000-volt lines have been buriedTue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00
Iran battles to bring economy back from brinkSanctions not the only reason for Iran’s economic crisis, say expertsMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
The brutal rise of Isis - a radical Islamist armyIsis, a radical, ruthless Islamist army, is brutally extending its hold in the Middle East, further destabilising an already restless region. Can it be stopped?Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Nasrin Sotoudeh: ‘The only thing I want is to put an end to arrests’Despite fears for her safety in Iran, the former political prisoner feels she ‘cannot stay silent’Fri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00
Iran set for reputational repair as Vienna talks envisage July 20th nuclear accordAfter 20 years of dispute, everyone wins if agreement is reachedThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
Calendar of Great War commemorations hails military heroism at pivotal battlesMany first World War ceremonies are already mapped out but national roles can raise some historical questionsThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
US and Iran must let go of suspicion to take action on IraqCo-operation on Isis would represent a major leap in global relationsWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Hooked in Iran, where addiction rates are world’s highestThe UN drug office estimates that 2.2% of the population are addictsTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
‘Iraq can solve this matter, but if they ask for help, we will give it,’ says RouhaniIran is playing down the threat faced by Baghdad but says backup is at handMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Amos Oz: ‘One pen I use to tell stories, the other to tell the government to go to hell’The campaigning Israeli writer, who’ll be at Dalkey Book Festival next weekend, says that spending his early childhood under British administration in Jerusalem gives him an affinity with IrelandSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Iran: the calm after the stormFive years ago the country was on the brink of civil war. But a year after the election of President Hassan Rouhani it has become a less stressful place to live. This is the first of a series of reports from IranSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Iran sends troops to aid Iraqi governmentRevolutionary Guards help Iraq’s army to take back Tikrit from Isis forcesFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Bittersweet memories, sunshine and tension at D-Day ceremoniesBarack Obama is cheered, Vladimir Putin booed at the international ceremony in OuistrehamSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Hollande’s office reports ‘fragile progress’ in Ukraine crisisPutin meets US and Ukrainian leaders on sidelines of D-Day commemorationsSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
French fear spillover from Syrian warMembers of ‘poor man’s jihad’ choosing easy targets in EuropeTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Steel-cube Soulages museum honours France’s ‘outrenoir’ painting masterAway from political protest outside, the space pays tribute to the Rodez artistSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
French political meltdown follows EU electionsMarine Le Pen sounds off as leadership of UMP resign, writes Lara MarloweWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Iran seeks better relations with west, says envoyNormalisation and sanctions relief hang on nuclear negotiations, writes Lara MarloweWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
French results confirm Marine Le Pen as powerful forceFN leader now the most influential French voice on EuropeTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Extreme right triumphs in French electionNational Front takes 25% of the vote and boasts it is ‘first party of France’Sun May 25 2014 - 21:14
French move on from EU founders to EuroscepticsMisunderstanding about nature of Europe at heart of French disaffectionSat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Le Pen’s party challenging strongly as apathetic electorate switches offFar right could lead European poll in France, writes Lara MarloweFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
France holds its fire in the blame gameFor fear of reviving old hostilities, one French version of responsibility for it has the war ‘appearing as a sort of natural disaster that no one wanted – a catastrophe in which all are victims and none are responsible’Wed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Home truths from trusted source shed light on French stagnationSocialist politician Hubert Védrine’s new book has all of France talkingMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Omar Sharif: from desert prince to alone in ParisThe actor lived a glamorous life of fame and fun – now, with his fortune and memory fading, his frustration is palpableThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
‘The French have the Great War in their hearts’In France, the first World War is more important than the second, and still resonates 100 years after it began, according to the country’s leading historian of the conflictSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
National Front campaign is vehemently anti-EUEurosceptic party could win one third of French seats in Strasbourg, writes Lara MarloweFri May 02 2014 - 01:00
Almost half of French principals suffer abuse from pupils’ parentsStudy by International Observatory of Violence in Schools shows deterioration since 2005Wed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Alleged police gang rape sends shock waves through ParisTwo senior French officers arrested on suspicion of assaulting Canadian touristTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
‘We’re lucky to be French,’ say journalists freed in SyriaQuestions over whether France paid ransom for return of four hostagesMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Hollande’s status sinks while Valls does dirty workAs PM begins task of fixing economy, president fades into backgroundSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Radicals slow to make an impressionAn Irishwoman’s Diary about a painting movementThu Apr 17 2014 - 02:00
Ailing Algerian president heads for fourth termAbdelaziz Bouteflika did not appear in public during campaignThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
French prime minister heralds ‘new stage’ in Hollande presidencyManuel Valls makes ‘truth’, ‘efficacy’ and ‘confidence’ watchwords of policy addressWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Threat of genocide stalks Central African Republic, Africa’s new heart of darknessInternational community hopes to help CAR but the slow drip of killings continuesMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
The Central African Republic, where Emperor Bokassa ruled with violence and greedHungry militiamen eat rats and dream of the army in ruined imperial estateSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:01
Children first victims of Central African Republic’s warUnder-18s are maimed and killed, recruited as soldiers and sex slavesFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
