France pays a high price for ignoring those who predicted a pandemicFailure to heed repeating warnings results in inadequate provision of intensive care beds, tests and protective equipmentSun May 10 2020 - 18:00
Paris under tighter restrictions in French plan to ease lockdownMajority of primary schools to reopen and wider travel permitted from MondayThu May 07 2020 - 20:29
Coronavirus: Franceâs stark comparison with Germany hits hardHuge disparity in mortality figures and testing reveal two very different approachesWed May 06 2020 - 20:00
French hospital discovers it had case of coronavirus in DecemberRetesting of samples suggests virus was in France a month before first case confirmedTue May 05 2020 - 16:55
Covid-19 turns WHO into battleground for superpower rivalryUN organisation has been subjected to barrage of criticism over response to pandemicTue May 05 2020 - 01:00
Europeâs relationship with China is now one of mistrust and hostilityAt the start of the pandemic, Europe and China helped one other. Then the mood changedSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Franceâs banlieues pull together under coronavirus lockdownImmigrant communities try to break stigmas as they endure growing inequalityTue Apr 28 2020 - 18:00
France expects mutual debt to be most contentious issue at EU summitEmmanuel Macron adviser says âat least an extra âŹ1,000bnâ needed for EU recovery fundWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:00
âDigital tyrannyâ: French Covid-19 tracing app faces battle for acceptanceEven some senior members of Macronâs party opposed to opt-in app StopCovidMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: France summons Chinese ambassador over claims on embassy websiteParis expresses âdisapprovalâ 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 Franceâs lockdown until May 11thPresident tells nation âwe will have to live with the virus for several more monthsâMon Apr 13 2020 - 21:38
Europe pays high price for outsourcing vital health industries to ChinaMacron urges rebuilding of âEU sovereigntyâ in production of essential suppliesSun Apr 12 2020 - 18:00
Europe remains pandemic epicentre, director of French effort saysSpanish outbreak has plateaued, Italy has âvery slowâ regression, French health chief saysWed Apr 08 2020 - 20:29
Art, opera and French lessons: Lara Marloweâs 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 libertĂŠ, ĂŠgalitĂŠ and fraternitĂŠ 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 âwill not give inâPresident 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: âWars always end, sooner or laterâParis Letter: Small comforts are a survival mechanism and laughter is the best antidoteWed Mar 18 2020 - 11:25
France âat warâ with coronavirus epidemic â 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
âThey came into the house. They broke my teethâCarmen 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 Amsterdamâs RijksmuseumSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Does Ireland have too many universities?European trends are towards consolidating a few elite places of higher education â 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 departâParliamentary fiascoâ claims as La RĂŠpublique en Marche seeks to raise retirement ageFri Mar 06 2020 - 20:36
Inspiring women â An Irishwomanâs Diary on International Womenâs 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 PMâs corruption trial postponed over lawyer protestFrançois Fillon accused of misappropriating over âŹ1.1m in public funds paid to his familyMon Feb 24 2020 - 18:43
Former French PM in the dock over âbogusâ jobs for his familyFrançois Fillon almost became president of France. Now heâs on trial for corruptionMon Feb 24 2020 - 01:00
Macron promises to vanquish âIslamist separatismâ in FranceCritics accuse president of unrolling new strategy to limit losses in Marchâs electionsTue Feb 18 2020 - 18:50
Griveaux sex scandal threatens to reshape Franceâs relationship with RussiaQuestions raised over whether Russian artist acted alone in publishing tape of Macron allyMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:00
Maverick mathematicianâs odds shrink after Paris mayoral rival sunkConfidence of CĂŠdric Villani, the raceâs most colourful candidate, suddenly doesnât 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 teenagerâs 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 Franceâs nuclear weapons vital for Europeâs securityFrench president warns of âdisintegrationâ of international legal order and institutionsSat Feb 08 2020 - 01:00
Paris mayoral candidate wants to replace Gare de LâEst with 'Central Park'Benjamin Griveaux says he would plant âin neighbourhoods where kids donât have treesâWed 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
âIf you donât like challenges, you should not be in the airline businessâBen Smith, Air France-KLMâs first foreign chief executive, is revolutionising the companyFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:03
Macronâs 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 Bonaparteâs fatherParis Letter: The emperorâs 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
