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
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
`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
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
French decision on removing Austrian sanctions hindered by Haider's insultsFrance has come under pressure to resolve the question of EU sanctions against Austria, because Paris holds the EU presidency…Tue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
Barricades abandoned but grievances remainThe last of 119 blockades of French oil facilities were dismantled around noon yesterday, ending a six-day revolt against high…Mon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Protests over high fuel price widen for fifth dayProtests against high fuel prices widened for the fifth day yesterday, despite appeals from government ministers and the president…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Little prince in a charmed worldGrowing up was the tragedy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's lifeSat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Fishermen end protests as they win generous concessionsThe meeting at the French ministry of agriculture started inauspiciously, with angry fishermen lighting firecrackers in the street…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Port blockades by French fishermen cause long delaysThe French fishermen blockading ferry ports in protest at high fuel costs will hold a march in central Paris today to coincide…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Setback for Jospin as interior minister resigns over CorsicaPrime Minister Lionel Jospin's office yesterday confirmed the resignation of the interior minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Chevenement…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Divided Corsicans united on `law of silence'Everyone liked Pierre Albertini in his home region of NioluWed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Chevenement resigns over autonomy deal for CorsicaThe French Interior Minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Chevenement, resigned yesterday in protest at the French government's plan to grant…Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
Drop in jobless leaving Beaujolais vineyards short of labourersMichel Deflache's family has been making wine since the 16th century, and he started picking grapes when he was three.Wed Aug 23 2000 - 01:00
A reminder that courtly love came from the Arab worldYamina Benguigui has made a career out of debunking French prejudices against ArabsWed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Murder of Corsican leader follows French accordIt was the sort of violence that the agreement of the French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, with Corsican nationalists was…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Air France's image damaged by Concorde crash but not its healthy financial outlookIt is every airline executive's nightmare: a full page colour photo in Paris Match of a jagged scrap of fuselage in a field with…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Chirac and Jospin at loggerheads over autonomy plan for CorsicaIt's amazing that a small island can wreak such havoc in French politicsWed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Crash inquiry continues as other news stories begin to take precedenceIt took only three days for the dramatic news coverage of the Concorde aircraft catastrophe to fadeSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Investigators think burst tyre may have entered jet's engineFrench aviation experts investigating the Concorde crash that killed 113 people on Tuesday appear to have concluded that the …Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Concorde engine repaired minutes before take-offAccident investigators confirmed yesterday that the Concorde airliner which crashed on Tuesday had undergone repairs to its left…Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
Doomed Concorde aircraft `bolted like a horse in the sky'Dark, uniformed figures wearing helmets and gas masks moved through the smoke as if in slow motion, visible one moment, receding…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Gargantuan appetites on the rue BasseHonore de Balzac was the first writer to describe in minute detail the importance of money in French societySat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Stress-free Irish beef could win challenge of serious French chefsThe lights dim in the dark oak and red brocade dining room of the Irish Ambassador's residenceWed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Attacker of McDonald's outlet compared to ChristA left-wing Catholic magazine has compared Mr Jose Bove to Christ. The conservative Le Figaro calls him a BolshevikSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
French bank governor issues urgent appeal over euroThe governor of the Banque de France has launched what he called "an urgent appeal" to France's small and medium-sized businesses…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Frayed nerves at OECD summitWas the European trade commissioner always this grouchy? One couldn't help wondering in the final hours of the Organisation for…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Ireland cited by OECD over its tax practicesIreland has been cited five times for "potentially harmful" preferential tax practices in a report issued at an Organisation …Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Globalisation to be a central issue at OECD meetingTime was when the annual conclave of finance and trade ministers at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Most Lebanese see Syrian presence as necessary evilWhat's in a telephone dialling code? Phone calls from Beirut to Damascus used to be preceded by the international code - 00 96311…Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
Bashar walks tall at father's funeralDr Bashar al-Assad walked behind his father's flag-draped coffin, tall and ramrod straight in his black suit, sunglasses and …Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Euro plight fuels France's political visionOne of the most interesting spectator sports during the upcoming French presidency of the EU will be watching the efforts of …Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Bashar gets a living beatification from fellow SyriansBashar al-Assad was promoted to the rank of general and commander-in-chief the day after his father diedTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Syrians fear challenge by Assad's brotherWhen Syrians want to know what is happening in their country they watch satellite television and read Lebanese newspapersTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Middle East's future lies with the son of the Damascus LionThey called him the Lion of Damascus, the Bismarck of the Mid dle East, the Fox and - for his habit of listening more than he…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Syria subdued in black mourning for AssadHe is everywhere. While he lived, President Hafez al-Assad's face seemed to survey every corner of SyriaMon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
A cat called Walter who liked to nap on the telex machineFor the week that our cat Walter - a female, despite the name - spent in the Marais veterinary clinic, Dr Flachaire was businesslike…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Chirac calls for new EU defence systemPresident Jacques Chirac has responded to the German Foreign Minister's recent call for a more integrated European federation…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Squabble about beef forgotten over coffee with French MinisterIt was not mentioned in his address to the French Senate's Committee of Social Affairs, and Mr David Byrne, the EU Commissioner…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
