Assad confirms freeing human rights journalistPresident Bashar al-Assad of Syria ended his three-day state visit to Paris yesterday with a symbolic gesture of openness at …Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Syria's president blamed for crimes of the pastFaced with the uproar over the state visit to Paris by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the mayor of the capital, Mr Bertrand…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
French mother (62) says brother was father of her test-tube babyIn a case that raises unprecedented ethical, medical and legal questions, a 62-year-old retired French school teacher and her…Thu Jun 21 2001 - 01:00
Practices in France's animal waste plants denounced as `monstrous'Piles of carcasses amid a sludge of rotting meat, blood and fluids from dead animals; the video shown in an annex of the National…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Inspiring film that injects cheerfulness into French livesA lonely little girl grows up in a Paris suburb, playing childhood games and practical jokes that make up the opening scenes …Wed Jun 13 2001 - 01:00
Treaty has to be ratified by each member state before enlargementThe Nice Treaty must be ratified by all member states before enlargement of the European Union can happen, the French President…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's No spurs French opponents of treatyIreland's vote against the Treaty of Nice has turned into a nightmare for the French governmentMon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
Empty seats tell of French apathy about NiceThe empty seats in the French National Assembly on Tuesday night told the story of France's indifference to the Nice Treaty.Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
Jospin lays the ghost of long past TrotskyismThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, admitted yesterday that he began his political career as a TrotskyistWed Jun 06 2001 - 01:00
Man with a mission rekindles memories of 1789 RevolutionArnaud Montebourg is a man with a missionWed May 30 2001 - 01:00
Irish will find Jospin's grand vision too taxingDublin is one of several European capitals likely to find fault with the French Prime Minister Mr Lionel Jospin's long-awaited…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
TGV sets new speed record on run from Calais to MarseillesTGV (Tres Grande Vitesse) number 531 travelled from the Channel to the Mediterranean in 3 hours 29 minutes in a trial run on …Mon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Report accuses France over BSEFrench authorities usually blame Britain and the European Commission for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) …Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Retired general stuns Chirac with remarks on efficacy of tortureGen Paul Aussaresses is the sort of old codger you meet on Bastille Day at the Elysee garden partyWed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Jospin's selective recall of Mitterrand fails to lift leftThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, reportedly spent 10 days preparing the speech he delivered on yesterday's 20th anniversary…Fri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Thirty `predators of press freedom' are denounced in ParisIn a joint message issued today to mark World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan, the UN High Commissioner…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
A miscarriage of justice about to be rectifiedThe most notorious miscarriage of French justice in the 20th century is about to be recognised, 77 years after it was perpetrated…Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
Eighty reported killed in Algerian riotingRioting continued for a 12th day in the Kabylie capital of Tizi-Ouzou yesterday, amid Algerian newspaper reports that 80 young…Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Investigation opened into party financing of ex-ministerThe French right-wing MEP and former interior minister, Mr Charles Pasqua, is under investigation for alleged illegal party financing…Sat Apr 21 2001 - 01:00
Murder suspect found by perseverance, professional reflex, luck and DNAThe odds on finding Caroline Dickinson's killer were infinitesimal.Wed Apr 18 2001 - 01:00
Villagers evacuated over fears about first World War munitionsThe first World War came back to haunt the residents of a small village between Lens and Arras in northern France yesterday.Sat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Jospin wades into a flood of post-election troublesThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, received terrible reviews at the end of a calamitous week yesterdaySat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
A `Joan of Arc' pilloried by Colombia's pressIt's easy to see why Ingrid Betancourt's book, La Rage au Coeur (Rage in the Heart) was an instant best-seller in France.Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Silences framed by wordsWith her latest play performed simultaneously in four European capitals and two dramas on the stage in Paris - one of which she…Tue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
US suspect arrested shortly after arrival in BrittanyMr James Charles Kopp, the murder suspect whose extradition from France is sought by Washington, had been in Brittany for less…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Chirac attacks US on death penaltyThe French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, criticised the US administration in a speech before the UN Human Rights Commission in…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
France blames Irish sheep for outbreakA consignment of Irish sheep caused the second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in France, the French Minister of Agriculture…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Changes in administering Irish College in Paris are announcedThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, yesterday announced important changes in the administration of the Irish College …Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Paris rich need not fear the guillotine's swish"The Bolsheviks, not in Paris!" one of the outgoing mayor Jean Tiberi's stalwarts was heard to cry out late on Sunday evening…Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Dumas should get two years, says prosecutorThe French public prosecutor, Mr Jean-Pierre Champrenault, yesterday sought a two-year prison sentence for the former French …Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Outbreak destroys community life in small French villageThe outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in north-western France has destroyed community life around the small village of La Baroche…Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
French reaction to outbreak relatively quietThe French press and public reacted with surprising equanimity to the announcement that foot-and-mouth has reached their country…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
French outbreak may mark the beginning of continental crisisAn outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in France yesterday, marking the arrival of the epidemic on the European …Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
Former official of Elf Aquitaine boycotts trialThe central figure in a high-profile corruption trial involving a former French foreign minister, his mistress, her other lover…Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
`Pink tide' held back in French provinces, poll showsThe French right maintained its traditional strength in the provinces in the first round of municipal elections on SundayTue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Paris may go left in landmark municipal elections"Whatever you do," the French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, has warned his underlings, "don't talk about a `pink wave'."Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Haute couture capital stages mass trial of garment merchantsThe perpetrators called their scheme Operation Screw the BanksFri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Tomorrow likely to be too late for the right in ParisBertrand DelanoE was long derided as "what's-his-name?"Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Socialist candidate for Paris mayor outshines rivalThe Socialist candidate for the office of mayor of Paris, Mr Bertrand Delanoe, outshone his Gaullist rivalThu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Iraq must destroy weapons for sanctions to be lifted - CowenIraq must comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1284 which demands the destruction of all chemical and biological weapons…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
French bishop to be tried for not denouncing priest's child abuseIn a landmark case pitting the confidentiality of the confessional against the rights of children, a French bishop is to stand…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
French novel envisaged arrival of boat peopleWhen a leaky freighter filled with Kurdish refugees crashed on rocks off the Cote d'Azur on February 17th, a friend telephoned…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
France reverses its stance on KurdsOnly a few of the Kurds who queued until the early hours of yesterday to receive eight-day residence permits took immediate advantage…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
Torture survivor says he would do it all againMorocco's famous dissident, the man who stood up to the late King Hassan II, laughs and sips wine as he holds court in a Paris…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Fate of Kurdish refugees puts French PM in tricky positionThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, yesterday warned against granting political asylum en masse to more than 900 Iraqi…Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Chirac, Jospin clash on CorsicaRivalry between President Jacques Chirac and the French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, escalated into open war yesterday after…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
French fugitive returns to applauseWas it spite or admiration that made the public stand and crane their necks, then applaud when Alfred Sirven entered the dock…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Revisiting the themes of the Middle Ages in Notre DameAnyone willing to climb the 386 steps of the north tower of Notre Dame Cathedral can see Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-leDuc's winged…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Arrest in Philippines changes corruption case against DumasWhen France's biggest financial scandal broke at the state-owned Elf Aquitaine company in 1994, its former number two, Mr Alfred…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
