Lara Marlowe: Can Ukraine join Nato before the war ends?Ukraine’s wish to join the alliance is at the top of the agenda at the Nato summit in Vilnius next week, but there’s no clear consensus on how Nato should respondSat Jul 01 2023 - 06:30
Riots in France require Macron to demonstrate capacity to retake control of countryContrary to some expectations, French president swerves state of emergency as demanded by right-wing partiesFri Jun 30 2023 - 17:12
France police shooting: More than 6,000 protesters march over death of teenagerAt least 180 people were arrested and 170 police officers were injured during riots on Wednesday nightThu Jun 29 2023 - 17:32
Protests erupt across France over police killing of 17-year-old Arab boy Motorcycle policeman shot the youth dead when he refused to obey an instruction to pull over his car as it was stopped in trafficWed Jun 28 2023 - 16:26
The story about WB Yeats’ bones being sought from a French ossuary inspires French writerAn Irish Times article on the controversy over the poet’s remains provided the creative spark for young French radio journalist Maylis BesserieWed Jun 28 2023 - 11:07
Tied up and mutilated after exposing a secret deal: An Irishwoman’s harrowing ordealMaureen Kearney’s true story of apparent treachery in the French nuclear industry has been made into a film, La Syndicaliste, starring Isabelle HuppertMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
‘For a long time Wagner were regarded as scruffy mercenaries. Western armies have finally woken up’With a reputation for extreme brutality, the group has an estimated 50,000 mercenaries in UkraineSat Jun 24 2023 - 11:21
Healthy growth in trade with our new nearest EU neighbourTop 1000: Rise in Franco-Irish business activity has been boosted by a post-Brexit rethinkWed Jun 21 2023 - 12:00
France sets new Guinness World Record for the largest spelling contest everParis Letter: The Avenue des Champes-Elysees was converted into a giant open-air classroom for the Dictee GeanteMon Jun 12 2023 - 15:03
‘The first star in history’: Sarah Bernhardt was the precursor of Garbo, Monroe, Madonna and BeyoncéOne hundred years after her death, the Petit Palais art museum in Paris is paying tribute to La Grande Sarah with an exhibition running until August 27thSun Jun 11 2023 - 05:00
Who is Bernard Phelan, the Irish-French national released from jail in Iran?Phelan, who lives in Paris with his husband, Roland Bonello, was working for an Iranian tour operator when he was detained seven months ago on charges of spyingMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
‘I was afraid I would die in prison’: Bernard Phelan speaks about his seven-month ordeal in IranThe Irish man shared a cell block in Mashhad with political prisoners and drug traffickers - and condemned inmates awaiting executionMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
Ukraine war strengthens ties between Russia and IranWestern relations with Iran and Russia cannot improve until or unless the Iran nuclear deal is restored and the assault on Ukraine endsTue May 23 2023 - 05:00
Sweden’s EU presidency is about making the union greener, safer and freerRussia, climate change, long-term growth and domestic immigration have been Sweden’s preoccupations during its termSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
The Vasa was one of the most powerful ships in the world, for about 20 minutesThe perfectly preserved ship from the 17th century provides first-hand information on diet, clothing and lifestyle of the timeTue May 16 2023 - 05:00
Manet/Degas: a compelling portrait of friends, rivals, jealousy and slashed paintingsA comparative exhibition in Paris’ Musée d’Orsay and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases world famous masterpieces and rarely seen works from around the worldSun Apr 23 2023 - 05:00
Minister striking a pose for Playboy ruffles feathers in French politicsCritics say Marlène Schiappa’s decision to pose for magazine is a distraction from vociferous nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reformsTue Apr 04 2023 - 16:56
Friends gather in Paris for Bernard Phelan, the Irish man imprisoned in Iran: ‘He is being tormented psychologically’The tour operator was arrested in Iran last October at the height of nationwide protests over the death in police custody of Mahsa AminiSun Apr 02 2023 - 18:35
Ukraine war: Where do things stand?As western weapons flow to Ukraine, a spring offensive is imminent despite Russia’s nuclear rhetoricFri Mar 31 2023 - 17:15
France protests: Turnout drops but hostility remains acuteAbout 740,000 demonstrate across France against Macron’s pension reformTue Mar 28 2023 - 21:18
Visit of King Charles to France postponed following fierce pension-reform protestsMove highlights Macron’s inability to control events in his own countryFri Mar 24 2023 - 17:28
Determined Macron’s pension reform in doubt amid growing anger in FrancePossibly millions will go on strike for ninth time in two months in hope of forcing president to abandon law raising legal retirement age to 64Wed Mar 22 2023 - 19:14
Protests in Paris as Macron passes pension reform without vote France in political crisis as reform, which will raise legal retirement age from 62 to 64, is passed by decreeThu Mar 16 2023 - 19:28
Analysis: France and Britain’s relationship built on defence co-operationTraining and equipping of Ukrainian forces is an immediate prioritySat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Giovanni Bellini: Father of the Renaissance, painter of translucid lightA new exhibition in Paris reveals the extraordinary originality and influence of Venetian artistSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirsLara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine TadrosSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Sunak meets Macron and signals shift in British attitude towards France and EuropeLeaders say they have made progress on migration across the English Channel and co-operation in energy and defenceFri Mar 10 2023 - 19:30
Further nationwide protests in France against Macron’s pension reformStrikes to continue in transport and energy sectors with power cuts and petrol shortages possibleTue Mar 07 2023 - 20:25
Macron attempts to re-assert waning French influence on central African trip Security and trade have the mainstays of French policy in Africa to date, but president keen for new partnership between South and NorthWed Mar 01 2023 - 18:32
French assembly driven to brink as politicians overindulge in alcoholAlcohol-fuelled debates on pension reform prompt study on alcohol consumptionTue Feb 28 2023 - 16:57
Teacher stabbed to death by student in southwest FrancePupil (16) told another teacher he heard voices instructing him to carry out attack on victim (50s) – reportWed Feb 22 2023 - 17:11
Ex-Gorbachev spokesman believes most optmistic scenario is Korean-style partition of Ukraine Gorbachev’s last spokesman is pessimistic and believes the most optimistic scenario now would be a Korean-style de facto partition of UkraineTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:07
Macron pirouettes on Russia to the strains of ‘Churchill and Chamberlain’Emmanuel Macron says he wants Ukraine to prevail but does not want regime change in RussiaTue Feb 21 2023 - 05:00
‘The fabulous twins’ – Lara Marlowe on de Gaulle and de Valera “There was a kind of symmetry between them”Mon Feb 20 2023 - 19:00
Vermeer: The once-in-a-lifetime display of the most beautiful paintings in the worldHundreds of thousands will flock to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, searching for the otherworldly peace and tranquility imparted by the paintings of Johannes VermeerSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Letters of the writer who risked his life to save Joyce’s manuscripts in Nazi-occupied ParisJoyce’s friend Paul Léon, who was killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, is remembered in a new book that includes moving letters he wrote to his wife while in captivitySat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Charles de Gaulle’s youngest grandson lays wreath to commemorate Soviet victoryThe financial consultant has made himself a willing tool of Russian propagandaFri Feb 03 2023 - 19:28
France hit by second day of protests against Macron’s pension reformUnions announce two further strike days against plan to raise retirement age to 64Tue Jan 31 2023 - 19:58
James Joyce and Paul Léon – Lara Marlowe on a friendship revisitedNew light on a victim of the HolocaustMon Jan 30 2023 - 19:00
Parisians to vote on whether to ban rental e-scooters following three deaths and 317 injuriesMayor calls citizens’ referendum on use of machines which have swarmed the French capital and become a public nuisanceMon Jan 23 2023 - 20:10
Germany and France reaffirm determination to help Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’ Declarations of support follow criticism from Poland over refusal to send tanksSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:57
France and Germany to celebrate 60th anniversary of postwar reconciliationMacron and Scholz disagree on many things, but both want the European Union to succeedFri Jan 20 2023 - 20:31
French unions declare victory in protest against Macron’s pension reformSchools shut as union leaders say Thursday’s strikes are ‘just the beginning’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 19:06
World’s oldest woman wanted God to take her, but always asked about lunchFrench nun Soeur André, who was born Lucile Randon, died weeks before her 119th birthdayWed Jan 18 2023 - 17:32
Lara Marlowe: How can France still shape the world? A debate in Paris revealed the attitudes of a certain French elite in search of lost influenceTue Jan 17 2023 - 18:30
Macron gambling gestures to less-well-off will dampen resistance to pension reform Plan to raise French retirement age to 64 brings fear of sectoral strikes as well as public demonstrationsFri Jan 13 2023 - 17:56
Unions unite against Macron’s pension reform planPrime minister Elisabeth Borne presents proposal which would see retirement age rise to 64 from 2030Tue Jan 10 2023 - 18:16
Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the Dead Dinner in Paris An annual commemoration of Joyce’s masterpieceMon Jan 09 2023 - 19:00
France catches rare glimpse of Emmanuel Macron’s human side as he speaks about his marriageFrance catches rare glimpse of president’s human side as he speaks about his marriage to Brigette, 24 years his seniorMon Jan 09 2023 - 17:07
‘The Serpent’: Freed French serial killer returns home with big plansThe 78-year-old murderer Charles Sobhraj intends to write his memoirs and make TV showsThu Jan 05 2023 - 21:04
