Jospin promises tax cuts in strategy to restore higher growth ratesThe French Prime Minister Mr Lionel Jospin went on national television last night to reassure the public that his government …Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
EU constitution in 2004 - ChiracPresident Jacques Chirac has set the ambitious target date of 2004 for a European constitution to come into force.Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Government offers no solution for a growing surge of insecurityIt was a Saturday afternoon when I heard the thud on the balcony and stuck my head around the doorway to find myself face to …Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Cold-blooded Iguana will not be missedNot many will weep for Mr Francois "the Iguana" Santoni, the Corsican nationalist who was gunned down in front of his mistress…Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Officer reveals grim details of Ben Barka's murderAhmed Boukhari remembers every detail of the acid tank they used to dissolve Ben Barka's bodyWed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Carving a place in art historyA sprightly old woman wearing a loud print dress and bedroom slippers sat on an armchair in the main room, watching the art critics…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Concorde victims remembered 1 year onFrance marked the first anniversary of the Concorde crash which killed 113 people with a minute's silence at Air France headquarters…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
British minister tells French he finds EU debate at home juvenileThe British Minister for European Affairs, Mr Peter Hain, made a surprising admission yesterday during his first visit to Paris…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
When dream apartments become a nightmare to purchaseI hope I'm not tempting fate by writing about this a few days before I actually moveWed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Chirac dodges the key questionsIt was perhaps the best television performance of President Jacques Chirac's careerMon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
French need to see euro to really believe in itFrench businessmen never stop complaining of government intervention in the economyFri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Magistrates question Chirac's daughterInvestigating magistrates closed in on French President Jacques Chirac yesterday when they questioned his 38-year-old daughter…Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Permanent exile dreaming of field mice in WicklowWhen I wrote about the death of my cat, Walter, last year, several readers sent condolences, so I thought they should have an…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
Chirac wins brief respite in the latest financial scandalPresident Jacques Chirac enjoyed a brief respite in his troubles with French justice yesterday when a senior prosecutor said …Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
French fields and pastures newWhen Tom and Margaret Cannon and their four children arrived at GardΦche farm in September 1999 from Co Tipperary, the farmhouse…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Assad confirms freeing human rights journalistPresident Bashar al-Assad of Syria ended his three-day state visit to Paris yesterday with a symbolic gesture of openness at …Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Syria's president blamed for crimes of the pastFaced with the uproar over the state visit to Paris by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the mayor of the capital, Mr Bertrand…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
French mother (62) says brother was father of her test-tube babyIn a case that raises unprecedented ethical, medical and legal questions, a 62-year-old retired French school teacher and her…Thu Jun 21 2001 - 01:00
Practices in France's animal waste plants denounced as `monstrous'Piles of carcasses amid a sludge of rotting meat, blood and fluids from dead animals; the video shown in an annex of the National…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Inspiring film that injects cheerfulness into French livesA lonely little girl grows up in a Paris suburb, playing childhood games and practical jokes that make up the opening scenes …Wed Jun 13 2001 - 01:00
Treaty has to be ratified by each member state before enlargementThe Nice Treaty must be ratified by all member states before enlargement of the European Union can happen, the French President…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's No spurs French opponents of treatyIreland's vote against the Treaty of Nice has turned into a nightmare for the French governmentMon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
Empty seats tell of French apathy about NiceThe empty seats in the French National Assembly on Tuesday night told the story of France's indifference to the Nice Treaty.Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
Jospin lays the ghost of long past TrotskyismThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, admitted yesterday that he began his political career as a TrotskyistWed Jun 06 2001 - 01:00
Man with a mission rekindles memories of 1789 RevolutionArnaud Montebourg is a man with a missionWed May 30 2001 - 01:00
Irish will find Jospin's grand vision too taxingDublin is one of several European capitals likely to find fault with the French Prime Minister Mr Lionel Jospin's long-awaited…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
TGV sets new speed record on run from Calais to MarseillesTGV (Tres Grande Vitesse) number 531 travelled from the Channel to the Mediterranean in 3 hours 29 minutes in a trial run on …Mon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Report accuses France over BSEFrench authorities usually blame Britain and the European Commission for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) …Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Retired general stuns Chirac with remarks on efficacy of tortureGen Paul Aussaresses is the sort of old codger you meet on Bastille Day at the Elysee garden partyWed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Jospin's selective recall of Mitterrand fails to lift leftThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, reportedly spent 10 days preparing the speech he delivered on yesterday's 20th anniversary…Fri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Thirty `predators of press freedom' are denounced in ParisIn a joint message issued today to mark World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan, the UN High Commissioner…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
A miscarriage of justice about to be rectifiedThe most notorious miscarriage of French justice in the 20th century is about to be recognised, 77 years after it was perpetrated…Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
Eighty reported killed in Algerian riotingRioting continued for a 12th day in the Kabylie capital of Tizi-Ouzou yesterday, amid Algerian newspaper reports that 80 young…Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Investigation opened into party financing of ex-ministerThe French right-wing MEP and former interior minister, Mr Charles Pasqua, is under investigation for alleged illegal party financing…Sat Apr 21 2001 - 01:00
Murder suspect found by perseverance, professional reflex, luck and DNAThe odds on finding Caroline Dickinson's killer were infinitesimal.Wed Apr 18 2001 - 01:00
Jospin wades into a flood of post-election troublesThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, received terrible reviews at the end of a calamitous week yesterdaySat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Villagers evacuated over fears about first World War munitionsThe first World War came back to haunt the residents of a small village between Lens and Arras in northern France yesterday.Sat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
A `Joan of Arc' pilloried by Colombia's pressIt's easy to see why Ingrid Betancourt's book, La Rage au Coeur (Rage in the Heart) was an instant best-seller in France.Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Silences framed by wordsWith her latest play performed simultaneously in four European capitals and two dramas on the stage in Paris - one of which she…Tue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
US suspect arrested shortly after arrival in BrittanyMr James Charles Kopp, the murder suspect whose extradition from France is sought by Washington, had been in Brittany for less…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Chirac attacks US on death penaltyThe French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, criticised the US administration in a speech before the UN Human Rights Commission in…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
France blames Irish sheep for outbreakA consignment of Irish sheep caused the second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in France, the French Minister of Agriculture…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Changes in administering Irish College in Paris are announcedThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, yesterday announced important changes in the administration of the Irish College …Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Paris rich need not fear the guillotine's swish"The Bolsheviks, not in Paris!" one of the outgoing mayor Jean Tiberi's stalwarts was heard to cry out late on Sunday evening…Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Dumas should get two years, says prosecutorThe French public prosecutor, Mr Jean-Pierre Champrenault, yesterday sought a two-year prison sentence for the former French …Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Outbreak destroys community life in small French villageThe outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in north-western France has destroyed community life around the small village of La Baroche…Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
French reaction to outbreak relatively quietThe French press and public reacted with surprising equanimity to the announcement that foot-and-mouth has reached their country…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
French outbreak may mark the beginning of continental crisisAn outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in France yesterday, marking the arrival of the epidemic on the European …Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
Former official of Elf Aquitaine boycotts trialThe central figure in a high-profile corruption trial involving a former French foreign minister, his mistress, her other lover…Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
