‘Vladimir Putin is a very selfish man,’ says a medical student on fleeing UkraineMany African students study in Ukraine, and their flight from the country has been particularly traumaticTue Mar 01 2022 - 21:00
Lara Marlowe: Good humour and anxiety with Ukrainian expats driving home to warFour men are among many others bravely undertaking a patriotic trek into dangerMon Feb 28 2022 - 21:47
Lara Marlowe: Negotiations masked Putin’s plan to invade UkraineNear impunity over previous incursions emboldened Russian leaderThu Feb 24 2022 - 21:25
EU to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia as leaders meetBoris Johnson promises decisive response to Putin’s choice of ‘bloodshed and destruction’Thu Feb 24 2022 - 09:34
Moscow’s tried and tested Georgia strategy now tailored for UkraineWestern powers appear unable to thwart Putin’s strategy to reassert Russian influenceWed Feb 23 2022 - 17:00
Académie Française sounds alarm about the increasing use of EnglishParis Letter: ‘The invasion of Anglo-American subjects our language to mortal peril’Mon Feb 21 2022 - 20:45
Meeting of minds – Lara Marlowe on an Irish visit to a French vocational training schoolAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun Feb 20 2022 - 19:15
Macron bridles at suggestion departure from Mali signifies failureDeterioration of France’s relations with Mali’s rulers is main reason for pull-outThu Feb 17 2022 - 19:54
Far-right turn sends Pécresse’s presidential campaign into a tailspinFrench conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’Tue Feb 15 2022 - 20:21
Trial of alleged accomplices in jihadist slaying of priest opens in ParisWitnesses include man (92) who survived stabbing and throat-slashing in same attackMon Feb 14 2022 - 19:41
Only surviving Paris attacker pleads for mercy at trialAbdeslam seeks leniency for not detonating suicide vest in terrorism acts that killed 131Thu Feb 10 2022 - 19:30
Macron diplomatic move on Moscow appears to stall imminent threatDespite widespread mockery French president masterfully extracts ‘dual commitment’Wed Feb 09 2022 - 20:00
Mixed messages from Paris and Moscow on Ukraine talks appear to suit PutinFrench president reiterates Putin told him he had no intention of escalating conflictTue Feb 08 2022 - 20:00
‘A Nation Under the Influence’ – Lara Marlowe on Joyce-inspired events in ParisAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun Feb 06 2022 - 19:01
Macron urges ‘respect’ for Russia as he tries to defuse Ukraine crisisFrench president does not see invasion of Ukraine as imminent as he visits Moscow and KyivSun Feb 06 2022 - 19:00
Joyces embodied ‘open-minded, tolerant, curious cosmopolitanism’Irish Cultural Centre in Paris celebrates 100th anniversary of publication of UlyssesWed Feb 02 2022 - 21:36
‘Popular primary’ does nothing to mitigate shambles on French leftPoll intended to whittle down number of left and Green candidates in presidential raceMon Jan 31 2022 - 19:00
Macron takes on role of peacemaker in Ukraine crisisFrench president spoke to Vladimir Putin for over an hour in bid to de-escalate tensionsFri Jan 28 2022 - 18:00
Macron and Putin to continue with round-table Ukraine talksRepresentatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to reconvene crisis talks on FridayThu Jan 27 2022 - 19:30
Macron plans diplomatic phone call with Putin to calm Ukrainian crisis‘Path of de-escalation’ to be proposed by French president as fears of war worsenTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:00
Emmanuel Macron’s new vision of Europe begins to take shapeDespite criticism French president shares large EU states’ desire to form world powerThu Jan 20 2022 - 18:00
French intellectuals engage in a new culture war over wokeismParis Letter: Establishment wants no part of ‘social science theories imported from US’Thu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Finding Marcel Proust: Paris marks centenary of the writer’s deathAn exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet places Proust in his Belle Époque milieuWed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
The ‘French Trump’, Eric Zemmour, receives third conviction for hate speechExtreme right-wing presidential candidate fined €10,000 for tirade against migrantsMon Jan 17 2022 - 19:00
Europe key to solving Ukraine crisis, say Macron and von der LeyenRussian and US diplomats to begin talks on the conflict on Monday, without the EUFri Jan 07 2022 - 18:39
Macron upstages himself ahead of European Commission visit to ParisFrench president’s use of vulgar verb in relation to unvaccinated sparks controversyThu Jan 06 2022 - 18:00
France ushers in 2022 with right-wing outrage over EU flagFrance’s lurch to the right is the biggest challenge to Macron’s re-election hopesSun Jan 02 2022 - 18:00
French capital still haunted by second World War occupationParis Letter: Anselm Kiefer’s ‘For Paul Celan’ exhibition twists ‘knife in German wound’Sat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Macron stops short of announcing re-election bid in ‘calculated’ interviewIn TV interview French president attempts to defuse issues likely to threaten campaignThu Dec 16 2021 - 17:42
The Vanishing: Compassionate telling of Christians’ plight in Middle EastBook review: War correspondent Janine di Giovanni details persecution and dwindling presenceSat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
Macron and Scholz agree to mediate in Ukraine border crisisGerman chancellor and French president look to ‘Normandy format’ to reduce tensionsFri Dec 10 2021 - 20:16
Macron calls for stronger EU borders and closer defence tiesFrance’s president lays out vision for EU presidency and urges new spirit for EuropeThu Dec 09 2021 - 20:46
Assumption of European Council presidency a key opportunity for MacronPresident will be keen to advance vision of a powerful and independent Europe as France dictates EU agendaWed Dec 08 2021 - 18:00
Les Républicains candidate likely to pose threat to Macron’s re-electionCiotti and Pécresse battle for dominance after party’s shock first-round primary resultFri Dec 03 2021 - 16:00
‘War heroine. Fighter. Dancer. Singer.’ France honours Josephine BakerAmerican-born woman admitted to the Panthéon at elaborate ceremony in ParisWed Dec 01 2021 - 16:00
France cancels talks with UK on Channel migrants crisisInvitation to Priti Patel to attend talks withdrawn after Johnson tweets letterFri Nov 26 2021 - 18:16
Political blame game begins in earnest after Channel fatalitiesMigrants trying to reach Britain a source of tension between London and Paris for yearsThu Nov 25 2021 - 17:30
Entertainer Josephine Baker joins elite in France’s PanthéonParis Letter: Dancer titillated audiences while working for the French ResistanceWed Nov 24 2021 - 01:00
‘The last Manet’: Julie Manet was the living legacy of impressionismExhibition recounts vast family saga, with paintings by Julie's mother Berthe Morisot and uncle Édouard ManetSat Nov 20 2021 - 05:00
Jihadist trial in Paris seeks to understand the unthinkableChastened defendant Abdeslam cites his rejection of ‘western values’ before he embraced Islamic radicalismWed Nov 03 2021 - 21:49
Macron’s attempts to address hurt of Franco-Algerian history proving an uphill battleControversy over large reduction in visas for Algerians reignites old enmitiesWed Oct 27 2021 - 18:15
Life with Robert Fisk: I realised I would not be at peace until I wrote this bookIn a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husbandSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Eric Zemmour threatens to upset France’s far-right orderSix months before the presidential election a poll shows newcomer could be pitted against MacronSat Oct 23 2021 - 05:01
France convulsed by beheading of teacher Samuel Paty one year onThe country has endured 21 jihadist attacks since 2015, with 18 such attacks foiledSat Oct 16 2021 - 05:01
OECD hails global tax deal to deliver 15% minimum corporate ratePlan ‘provides certainty’ needed for State to sign up, Paschal Donohoe saysFri Oct 08 2021 - 19:16
‘Shame and horror’: French bishops react to report on sexual abuse of 216,000 childrenUp to 3,200 clerical predators in France since 1950, report estimatesTue Oct 05 2021 - 19:12
About 3,000 priests abused minors and vulnerable people in France, study showsAt least 10,000 victims were abused over past 70 years, commission president saysMon Oct 04 2021 - 18:11
François Mitterrand’s last, secret love – living a triple lifeParis Letter: Former French president had affair with young woman during his final yearsSun Oct 03 2021 - 18:25
Sarkozy convictions more an exercise in shaming than real punishmentFormer president to be confined to his home in sign to successors times have changedFri Oct 01 2021 - 01:00
Macron remains committed to the goal of building European sovereigntyAs he shifts into re-election campaign mode, the French president can boast of having given the EU fresh impetus over the last four yearsWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:00
