Rains bring relief to polluted citiesWhen two weeks of hot summer weather ended in thunderstorms yesterday, no one was more relieved than the French Environment Minister…Tue Aug 26 1997 - 01:00
Pope ignores Socialists' warning on 'provocation'Five hundred gendarmes wearing black boots and jackets cordoned off the wooded hillside where the cemetery is located 24 hours…Sat Aug 23 1997 - 01:00
Irish enjoy Papal 'Woodstock'The American gospel singer Dee Dee Bridgewater was belting out Oh Happy Day, the signal that the "Popemobile" had reached the…Fri Aug 22 1997 - 01:00
Youths mount anti-abortion protest on eve of papal visitThe day before Pope John Paul II's arrival in Paris was to have been one of reflection, prayer and catechisms in churches, the…Thu Aug 21 1997 - 01:00
The double life of Ali HabibOne Friday this summer, Paris police stopped Ali Habib on his way to the mosqueWed Aug 13 1997 - 01:00
Flop adds to hard times for Corsican nationalistsTimes are hard for A Cuncolta naziunalista, the legal branch of the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC)Tue Aug 12 1997 - 01:00
Papon's travel restricted in advance of trialIn the run-up to his trial for crimes against humanity, the former Vichy official Mr Maurice Papon (86) was yesterday banned …Fri Aug 08 1997 - 01:00
Irish climber dies in fall from slopes of Mont BlancAn Irish climber was killed in a fall on the slopes of Mont Blanc in south-eastern France yesterday morning, the French Gendarmerie…Tue Aug 05 1997 - 01:00
Jeanne Calment, the world's oldest person, dies in Arles in 123rd yearJeanne Calment used to say that smiling was the key to long lifeTue Aug 05 1997 - 01:00
Left's promise brings illegal aliens out in forceFor millions of French people, the front-page headline in yesterday's Figaro was a nightmare made inevitable by the left's parliamentary…Fri Jul 25 1997 - 01:00
Chirac and Jospin show strains of living togetherNobody said it was going to be easyThu Jul 17 1997 - 01:00
Summit to compound Chirac's woesNOTHING seems to go right for President Chirac these daysTue Jul 08 1997 - 01:00
Sequin, maverick Gaullist, assumes party leadershipMr Seguin's rise is all the more surprising because he has opposed EUMon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
New RPR regime a blow to ChiracNEVER before in the history of the Fifth Republic has a ruling president lost control of the political party he foundedMon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
Government's record is defended by JospinTHE French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, last night defended the record of his month-old government in his first television…Fri Jul 04 1997 - 01:00
French nuclear power under scrutinyTHEY were so confident, those French nuclear physicists of the 1970sWed Jul 02 1997 - 01:00
France honours citizen of the worldIF Jacques-Yves Cousteau's spirit hovered about his casket in Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday morning, it must have been at home…Tue Jul 01 1997 - 01:00
Dying to go to schoolAT 8.15 a.m., six men holding hatchets, sawn off shotguns and knives burst into the classroom at Oued Djer, a small village 50…Sat Jun 28 1997 - 01:00
Jospin accused of making `too many promises' in major policy statementTHE FRENCH Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, mixed moralising, lofty rhetoric and deficit-digging promises in his first major…Fri Jun 20 1997 - 01:00
Jospin aide jolts summit by raising EMU doubtsTHE French minister delegate for European affairs, Mr Pierre Moscovici, a long-time aide to the Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin…Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Jospin government lays down conditions likely to delay EMUTHE new French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, was only half-joking when he told other European Socialist heads of government…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
Poll will not change powerTHE posters for Algeria's parliamentary elections yesterday were an odd sight: alongside the coloured snapshots of candidates…Fri Jun 06 1997 - 01:00
Jospin delivers broad cabinet placing emphasis on jobsTHE French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, did what he said he would his government, announced last night, is small with 27…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Juppe and Seguin battle it out for leadership of defeated GaullistsMR Philippe Seguin, the outgoing speaker of parliament, set the tone on the fatal night of the June 1st election when he predicted…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Mitterand's rebellious heir chooses another difficult pathWHEN Lionel Jospin was a student at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) the French institute that trains high-ranking …Wed Jun 04 1997 - 01:00
A depressed but well-dressed Juppe hands over palace privileges to a rumpled JospinTHE REPUBLICAN guards of the French gendarmerie's second infantry regiment were waiting on the steps of the Matignon palace for…Wed Jun 04 1997 - 01:00
Jospin accepts Chirac's request to form government during harmonious meetingPRESIDENT Jacques Chirac did not waste any time cleaning up the mess after his RPR UDF centre right coalition was devastated …Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
Disarray on French right risks driving more to FrontPRESIDENT Jacques Chirac's decision to dissolve parliament now seems so insane that the French have resorted to pseudo Freudian…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
A tale of three cities, three candidates and rejection of the right's vision for FranceMANTES LA JOLIE, a town of 45,000 people, 50 kilometres west of Paris, is that rare phenomenon sought after by journalists and…Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Win likely to help create more socially oriented EULIKE a man who was trying to hammer one nail into the wall, President Jacques Chirac ended up destroying not only his apartment…Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Chirac, Jospin line out togetherMAYBE they'll discover a shared interest in rugbySat May 31 1997 - 01:00
Centre-right believes it may have winning ticketTHREE days before parliamentary elections, secretaries are boxing up archives and shredding documents in the ministries that …Fri May 30 1997 - 01:00
Political catchphrases that possess the elan of a mooseEVERY election campaign has its vocabularyThu May 29 1997 - 01:00
Jospin and Lafontaine project EU visionTHE FRENCH Socialist party isn't in government yet, but that didn't stop Mr Lionel Jospin from issuing a joint declaration on…Thu May 29 1997 - 01:00
West refrains from saying who lost the Cold WarWHILE they euphorically announced the end of the division of Europe that began at the 1945 Yalta Conference, NATO leaders in …Wed May 28 1997 - 01:00
Yeltsin surprises NATO with promise to disarm warheadsEIGHTEEN men in dark suits buried the Cold War at the Elysee Presidential Palace yesterday.Wed May 28 1997 - 01:00
Chirac searches for elusive `elan'IT DIDN'T look or sound like a desperate plea for supportWed May 28 1997 - 01:00
French PM announces he will resign on June 1st following election setbackTHE French Prime Minister, Mr Alain Juppe, announced yesterday he will resign on the evening of June 1st, when the second round…Tue May 27 1997 - 01:00
Chirac's mistimed throw of the diceTHE morning newspaper headlines told the story: "Chirac Trapped", said Le ParisienTue May 27 1997 - 01:00
Over 31% stayed home in snub to Juppe and ChiracWHEN French voters were called to the polls for the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, they punished the Prime…Tue May 27 1997 - 01:00
France goes to the polls disenchanted with politicians and rising unemploymentNICOLE SCHMID is President Jacques Chirac's nightmare. She isn't against him, just indifferent.Mon May 26 1997 - 01:00
Left causes an upset in first round of French electionsPRESIDENT Jacques Chirac's ruling centre right coalition suffered a defeat in the first round of voting in French parliamentary…Mon May 26 1997 - 01:00
Le Pen makes them laugh as he wows and cajoles his right wing audienceIN HIS last performance before the first round of French legislative elections tomorrow, Mr JeanMarie Le Pen, the leader of the…Sat May 24 1997 - 01:00
Election attention turns to resented elitist `enarques'MAYBE it was just a ploy for attention by a politician on the campaign trailFri May 23 1997 - 01:00
Chirac, Juppe use Kohl visit to portray the left as a threat to France's status in the EUFLANKED by French and European flags and in the presence of his main European ally, the German Chancellor, Mr KohlThu May 22 1997 - 01:00
If Chirac retains his lightning rod it will be because of his ability to take the hateMR ALAIN JUPPE knows how to take abuseWed May 21 1997 - 01:00
THE FEMME FACTORWHEN the late Francois Mitterrand made Cresson France's first woman prime minister in 1991; the move was greeted with immense…Tue May 20 1997 - 01:00
Jospin fails to hold students in palm of handTHE Socialist Youth Movement scoured the campuses all day, trying to fill the Zenith concert hall for Mr Lionel Jospin's big …Tue May 20 1997 - 01:00
PM carries on regardless of "race" for his jobWANTED: stern disciplinarian with a masochistic bent, to assume France's most thankless job after elections in early June.Thu May 15 1997 - 01:00
