France gripped by socio-economic, medical and cultural crisesCountry ‘unravelling’ say generals in open letter as Macron looks to May 2022 electionFri Apr 30 2021 - 21:00
New France curfew to include New Year’s Eve, PM announces8pm-6am curfew to begin next Tuesday as coronavirus cases start to rise againThu Dec 10 2020 - 19:21
French government adopts controversial draft law to combat radical IslamismStrengthening Republican Principles law ‘not a text against religions’, says PMWed Dec 09 2020 - 19:33
Macron refuses to link human rights to arms sales as Egypt’s leader visitsFrench president takes conciliatory, pro-regime line at briefing with Abdel-Fattah al-SisiTue Dec 08 2020 - 19:41
On the witness stand, Sarkozy summons the righteous indignation of oldFormer French president, up on corruption charges, expects to be ‘cleansed of infamy’Mon Dec 07 2020 - 19:33
‘Rebuilding Notre-Dame is my reason for living. I must give her back to the world’Mass will be said in Notre-Dame in April 2024, five years after it was all but destroyedSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
‘Like talking to the president’: Macron’s go-to man for EuropeClément Beaune has affection for Ireland and our approach to European solidaritySat Dec 05 2020 - 01:00
Britain’s attempts to put pressure on EU ‘misguided’ – Simon CoveneyMinister visits counterparts in France as EU-UK talks reach ‘very sensitive moment’Thu Dec 03 2020 - 20:40
Coveney in Paris insists Irish fishing industry central to Brexit talksMinister says he has total confidence in EU’s chief negotiator Michel BarnierThu Dec 03 2020 - 20:02
Macron seeks way out crisis caused by police brutality and security lawFrench president summons senior officials after beating of black man triggers outrageMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:44
Macron announces three-stage reopening through to January 20thPresident says second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has peaked in FranceTue Nov 24 2020 - 21:37
French police criticised for brutality at Paris migrant campPlace de la République camp dismantled as National Assembly passes ‘global security’ lawTue Nov 24 2020 - 18:17
Nicolas Sarkozy appears in court on corruption chargesFormer French president and two co-defendants face 10 years in jail and €1m fineMon Nov 23 2020 - 19:44
Henri Matisse: A jolt of happiness from a humanist painterThe French master’s art is ‘just what we need in this anxious, dark time’Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:00
Lara Marlowe: Robert Fisk, my former husband, was the finest journalist of his generationIf he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herdSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
France torn between anger and yearning for calm following Nice attackFrench citizens abroad urged to step up security amid surge in Islamist violenceFri Oct 30 2020 - 19:52
Three killed, several wounded in knife attack in Nice churchMacron condemns ‘Islamist terrorist attack’ on day of four knife attacks against French targetsThu Oct 29 2020 - 20:34
Europe enforces restrictions to avoid ‘millions’ of deathsFrance in national lockdown, and Germany shuts bars and restaurants as Covid cases surgeThu Oct 29 2020 - 02:02
France resumes lockdown in face of ‘harder, more lethal’ second wavePresident Emmanuel Macron hopeful restrictions can be lifted in time for ChristmasWed Oct 28 2020 - 21:09
Was Italian art the major influence on Cézanne?Like all geniuses Cézanne assimilated. Are the similarities one sees in colour, composition and light deliberate, unconscious or mere coincidence?Tue Oct 27 2020 - 05:00
France recalls ambassador to Turkey as tensions flare over beheadingTurkish president tells Macron to ‘go have your mental health examined’Sun Oct 25 2020 - 19:21
Macron says ‘fear will change camps’ in battle with radical IslamFrance begins crackdown against alleged Islamic radicals three days after beheading of teacherMon Oct 19 2020 - 21:26
Tide of outrage in France follows beheading of teacherProtests follow murder of teacher by 18-year-old unconnected to victim or schoolSun Oct 18 2020 - 21:00
Tributes paid to slain teacher at public assemblies around FranceSamuel Paty’s murder draws leaders of political parties to Paris’s Place de la RépubliqueSun Oct 18 2020 - 19:15
Macron says beheading of teacher in Paris was an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’Knife-wielding suspect shot dead by police after pursuit following attack in Conflans-Sainte-HonorineSat Oct 17 2020 - 11:01
France imposes 9pm-6am coronavirus curfew in big cities‘We do not understand the virus fully,’ says Macron as state of medical emergency reinstatedWed Oct 14 2020 - 21:05
Christian Louboutin: ‘If you love it, it’s never too much’The shoemaker to the rich and famous, finds inspiration in childhood, conversation and collectingSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:05
Monsieur Right: Meet Eric Zemmour, cheerleader of the ‘French Fox News’A recent outburst by the right-wing commentator was shocking even by his standardsSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Six large French cities on maximum alertToulouse and Montpellier poised for alert escalation as country seeks to limit infectionThu Oct 08 2020 - 19:26
Macron urges ideological ‘attack’ on separatist Islam ahead of draft law‘Neutrality of public service’ and training of ‘citizens, not believers’ part of French planFri Oct 02 2020 - 19:15
Ghost of Juliette Gréco lingers over Saint-Germain-des-PrésParis Letter: Performer sang of her beloved city, of amour, rebellion and fleeting pleasuresTue Sept 29 2020 - 20:00
‘To die of love’: The 1968 sex scandal that still fascinates FranceA 1968 student-teacher scandal continues to resonate in France five decades onSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 crisis appears to strengthen French resolve for EU fiscal harmonisationIreland appears on lists of countries which French paper links to harmful tax competitionFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:30
Petition to move ‘French Oscar Wildes’ to Panthéon sparks debateCall for 19th-century poets who had tumultuous relationship to be reinterred in ParisMon Sept 21 2020 - 19:30
One woman’s experience of domestic violence and seeking help in ParisFrance sees spike in calls to domestic abuse helpline during Covid-19 lockdownTue Sept 15 2020 - 01:00
Conor McGregor questioned over alleged sexual aggression in bar in CorsicaFormer UFC champion held overnight following complaint and later releasedSun Sept 13 2020 - 18:54
Macron calls for shared strategy to deal with Turkish ‘aggression’French president attends Med7 summit in Corsica as tensions in Mediterranean escalateThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:06
Charlie Hebdo staff uphold ‘fight for liberty’ at trial over massacreWounded survivors testify in Paris detailing massacre which killed 12 of their colleaguesWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:16
Paris court relives horror of Charlie Hebdo massacreCourt rows over Covid-19 rules jar with graphic images and high emotions amid trialMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:30
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global PowerBradley Hope and Justin Scheck’s riveting page-turner chillingly profiles Saudi’s MBSSat Sept 05 2020 - 06:00
Historian-in-chief Macron commemorates 150 years of French republicPresident promises new law to tackle ‘separatism’Fri Sept 04 2020 - 20:00
France reveals €100bn Covid recovery planThe EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programmeThu Sept 03 2020 - 20:05
Macron channels Lawrence of Arabia on Lebanon-Iraq visitFrench president has promised citizens their sovereignty, but can he do it alone?Thu Sept 03 2020 - 01:00
Charlie Hebdo trial opens in Paris, evoking three days of terrorTrial of 14 alleged accomplices in 2015 attack on satirical weekly scheduled to last for 10 weeksTue Sept 01 2020 - 20:00
Gruesome mystery in France as dozens of horses and ponies are mutilatedThe animals are of all ages, and range from ponies worth a few hundred euro to a racehorse valued at €200,000Mon Aug 31 2020 - 12:36
Macron draws on ‘unique bond’ to assist reform of BeirutCentury after France created Lebanon, president intervention appears to bypass EUMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:00
Macron aims to avoid new lockdown despite ‘exponential’ virus spreadRecord 7,379 new cases of Covid-19 reported in FranceFri Aug 28 2020 - 21:12
‘We were on a powder keg’: Lebanese writer still dealing with sounds of explosionParis Letter: Echo has come to encapsulate sense of foreboding on return to BeirutTue Aug 25 2020 - 20:00
Macron and Merkel sing off same policy hymn sheetLeaders project image of European unity in an increasingly troubled world beset by crisesThu Aug 20 2020 - 21:03
Coronavirus: France orders masks be worn in all workplacesBetween a fifth and a quarter of infections are occurring in workplacesTue Aug 18 2020 - 19:16
