Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory

Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker

Our Lady of Paris: a history of Notre Dame cathedral

To many Parisians, the 850-year-old landmark is simply the heart of their city

Culture Night: Your invitation to take in some fun

It succeeds in creating a sense of carnival, spectacle and celebration around culture in all its manifestations

Modest response to Varadkar news in a Europe used to gay MPs

‘In many countries it would be a news brief but in Catholic Ireland it is headline news’ – Spiegel

Paris offers rare cheer for Hollande in mayoral elections

Socialists to give Paris first female mayor but elsewhere Hollande has dismal day, with Front National thriving

Anne Hildalgo says when someone stands for election, Parisians want to know who they are

Deputy mayor of Paris says she has a problem with Roma families living in the phone booths

Fire causes ‘irreversible’ damage to historic Parisian mansion

Blaze destroyed the 17th century Hotel Lambert on the Île Saint-Louis, half a kilometre from Notre Dame cathedral

Paris celebrates 40 years of le périph – one of busiest highways in Europe