‘Digital tyranny’: French Covid-19 tracing app faces battle for acceptanceEven some senior members of Macron’s party opposed to opt-in app StopCovidMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: France summons Chinese ambassador over claims on embassy websiteParis expresses ‘disapproval’ over disinformation published by envoy Lu ShayeWed Apr 15 2020 - 20:25
France sees Notre-Dame fire as a parable for Covid-19 pandemicThe first anniversary of the cathedral blaze highlights parallels between catastrophesWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:00
Emmanuel Macron extends France’s lockdown until May 11thPresident tells nation ‘we will have to live with the virus for several more months’Mon Apr 13 2020 - 21:38
Europe pays high price for outsourcing vital health industries to ChinaMacron urges rebuilding of ‘EU sovereignty’ in production of essential suppliesSun Apr 12 2020 - 18:00
Europe remains pandemic epicentre, director of French effort saysSpanish outbreak has plateaued, Italy has ‘very slow’ regression, French health chief saysWed Apr 08 2020 - 20:29
Art, opera and French lessons: Lara Marlowe’s guide to free culture onlineOur Paris Correspondent finds plenty to entertain you during the Covid-19 lockdownWed Apr 08 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus nationalism: Fight for medical gear threatens to turn uglyReported US gazumping of deals angers Europe, which has its own internal wranglesTue Apr 07 2020 - 20:00
Paris Letter: Precious little liberté, égalité and fraternité in coronavirus FranceCRS riot police and some public workers have threatened strike as they feel inadequately protected against Covid-19. What could be more French?Mon Apr 06 2020 - 17:00
Knife attacker in French town kills two and wounds fiveAnti-terrorism investigation under way after man is arrested in Romans-sur-IsèreSun Apr 05 2020 - 07:28
How five days of evangelical worship set off the coronavirus outbreak in FranceReligious gathering in Mulhouse megachurch was ground zero for French epidemicWed Apr 01 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: European solidarity sidelined as French interests take priorityRow over face masks exposes threat to EU principles of free trade and collaborationMon Mar 30 2020 - 21:00
Coronavirus: Lawsuits fly in France as blame game beginsPrime minister and health ministers pursued in court for alleged manslaughterThu Mar 26 2020 - 19:37
Covid-19: Resolute Macron says France ‘will not give in’President devotes day to personnel on the front line of struggle against rampant virusWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:51
Coronavirus: France turns to literature amid the despair of pandemicParis Letter: The French are finding relevance in books about epidemics and confinementTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:00
Coronavirus: France hoping unorthodox virologist can save worldExperiment with chloroquine raises inordinate hopes and entices Trump and BolsonaroMon Mar 23 2020 - 20:30
Coping with coronavirus: ‘Wars always end, sooner or later’Paris Letter: Small comforts are a survival mechanism and laughter is the best antidoteWed Mar 18 2020 - 11:25
France ‘at war’ with coronavirus epidemic – MacronFrench president announces 15-day lockdown in a televised national addressMon Mar 16 2020 - 21:31
Coronavirus: Parisians ignore social distancing plea despite deaths doublingParis Letter: Sweeping restrictions take effect but public come out in legions to bask in sunSun Mar 15 2020 - 16:39
‘They came into the house. They broke my teeth’Carmen Castillo, survivor of the 1970s coup in Chile, is still fighting oppressionSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Shock and awe: The high passions of Baroque geniusesOcean of emotion from Caravaggio, Bernini, Caravaggisti at Amsterdam’s RijksmuseumSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Does Ireland have too many universities?European trends are towards consolidating a few elite places of higher education – at a time when Irish policy is to create more universitiesTue Mar 10 2020 - 00:00
Macron leads months-long homage to Charles de GaulleParis Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speechMon Mar 09 2020 - 20:00
Pension reform goal eroding Macron party as more members depart‘Parliamentary fiasco’ claims as La République en Marche seeks to raise retirement ageFri Mar 06 2020 - 20:36
Inspiring women – An Irishwoman’s Diary on International Women’s DayIt is vital for girls and young women to have role modelsThu Mar 05 2020 - 18:20
France reckons with the latest twists and turns in its love affair with the USParis Letter: The French face the possibility Washington has reduced them to vassal statusWed Feb 26 2020 - 01:00
Former French PM’s corruption trial postponed over lawyer protestFrançois Fillon accused of misappropriating over €1.1m in public funds paid to his familyMon Feb 24 2020 - 18:43
Former French PM in the dock over ‘bogus’ jobs for his familyFrançois Fillon almost became president of France. Now he’s on trial for corruptionMon Feb 24 2020 - 01:00
Macron promises to vanquish ‘Islamist separatism’ in FranceCritics accuse president of unrolling new strategy to limit losses in March’s electionsTue Feb 18 2020 - 18:50
Griveaux sex scandal threatens to reshape France’s relationship with RussiaQuestions raised over whether Russian artist acted alone in publishing tape of Macron allyMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:00
Maverick mathematician’s odds shrink after Paris mayoral rival sunkConfidence of Cédric Villani, the race’s most colourful candidate, suddenly doesn’t look misplacedFri Feb 14 2020 - 20:00
Humiliation of Paris mayoral candidate a blow to MacronBenjamin Griveaux withdraws from race after sex video posted on internetFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:17
French teenager’s remarks about Islam spark national debateComments divide opinion on freedom of expression, as 16-year-old receives threatsTue Feb 11 2020 - 01:00
Ghent Altarpiece restored: a visit to the largest ever Van Eyck exhibitionHow the first painter of the northern Renaissance influenced all that came after himSat Feb 08 2020 - 05:00
Macron says France’s nuclear weapons vital for Europe’s securityFrench president warns of ‘disintegration’ of international legal order and institutionsSat Feb 08 2020 - 01:00
Paris mayoral candidate wants to replace Gare de L’Est with 'Central Park'Benjamin Griveaux says he would plant ‘in neighbourhoods where kids don’t have trees’Wed Feb 05 2020 - 20:27
Women redefining business, Irish-hosted seminar in Paris hearsIncreasing gender diversity in companies increases profits, seminar toldFri Jan 31 2020 - 21:01
Paris Letter: Most shocking thing about Matzneff affair is everybody knewAutobiographical book about child sexual abuse blows apart French literary worldMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:00
‘If you don’t like challenges, you should not be in the airline business’Ben Smith, Air France-KLM’s first foreign chief executive, is revolutionising the companyFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:03
Macron’s Israeli-Palestinian reluctance in spotlight as he heads to JerusalemSome Europeans would like French president to play active role in addressing conflictTue Jan 21 2020 - 20:00
The mystery around Napoleon Bonaparte’s fatherParis Letter: The emperor’s father may have been a Breton general despite Corsican claimsMon Jan 20 2020 - 20:00
French insurer AXA hiring British staff in UK to cover hard BrexitThomas Buberl explains the opportunity in risk and instability, and how Brexit could have been avoidedFri Jan 17 2020 - 16:00
French pensions protests the longest since May 1968 ‘revolution’Media barely covers latest disruptions in Paris as protests enter seventh weekThu Jan 16 2020 - 21:36
Killing of Suleimani ‘a significant strategic setback’ to Trump administration’s goalsSenior US diplomat says killing weakened chance of better nuclear deal, of reversing Iran’s influence and of weakening the regimeSun Jan 12 2020 - 18:00
France hit by fourth nationwide protest over pension reformTransport strikes to continue for 37th day, the longest industrial action since May 1968Thu Jan 09 2020 - 19:42
Suleimani’s killing the biggest US blunder since 2003 invasion of IraqTrump confirms image as a modern Caligula: wantonly setting fire to the Middle EastWed Jan 08 2020 - 05:05
How Toulouse-Lautrec became the soul of an eraParis Letter: New show proves the painter was more than just the chronicler of the Belle ÉpoqueMon Jan 06 2020 - 02:55
How the bistro got its name – and why it’s in danger of disappearingParis Letter: Supporters want the French bistro to be recognised as a cultural treasureFri Dec 27 2019 - 01:00
Macron hints at concessions in French pensions stand-offFrench president ‘inclined to improve’ provision raising retirement age from 62 to 64Wed Dec 18 2019 - 19:56
French strikes throw Christmas travel plans into disarray for millionsProtesters take to streets again over pension reforms as both sides refuse to back downTue Dec 17 2019 - 19:36
