France at odds with Germany over Irish bank 'legacy' debtGERMANY AND France are heading for a clash over Ireland’s bank debts as divisions deepen over the scope of a plan to use the …Sat Sep 29 2012 - 01:00
Europe's fiscal treaty returns to haunt HollandeANALYSIS: IT WAS an electoral trump card for François Hollande just four months ago, so how can the EU fiscal treaty have become…Wed Sep 26 2012 - 01:00
Seeking work where jobless rate for young is at 23%FRANCE: ELISE IWASINTA doesn’t have a job, but looking for one is full-time workWed Sep 26 2012 - 01:00
Hollande resists push to sack two GreensFRENCH PRESIDENT François Hollande resisted pressure to sack Green Party members of his cabinet yesterday after the junior partner…Tue Sep 25 2012 - 01:00
Le Pen call for religious headwear ban criticisedFRENCH FAR-RIGHT leader Marine Le Pen has been rebuked by political opponents after she called for a ban on the wearing in public…Sat Sep 22 2012 - 01:00
Paris braced for protests over cartoonFRENCH EMBASSIES and schools in 20 countries will close today as Paris braces itself for protests against the publication by …Fri Sep 21 2012 - 01:00
France bans protests over cartoonsFrance confirmed today it would allow no street protests against cartoons denigrating Islam's Prophet Mohammad that were published…Fri Sep 21 2012 - 01:00
Irish culture shines in the city of lightWATCHING HUNDREDS of people gather in the magnificent courtyard of the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris on Tuesday evening for …Thu Sep 20 2012 - 01:00
French cartoons of Muhammad spur security fearsFRANCE HAS stepped up security at its embassies around the world amid fears of a violent backlash after a satirical Paris-based…Thu Sep 20 2012 - 01:00
Royals get injunction over topless imagesA FRENCH COURT has banned the celebrity magazine Closer from republishing or distributing topless photographs of Catherine, Duchess…Wed Sep 19 2012 - 01:00
France's stance will be crucial in next phase of euro crisisANALYSIS: IN THE diplomatic choreography of the euro zone’s debt crisis, honed over years spent dousing rolling economic wildfires…Wed Sep 19 2012 - 01:00
Royals seek to block sale of imagesLEGAL ACTION: LAWYERS FOR the British royal family have sought an injunction to force the French magazine Closer to withdraw…Tue Sep 18 2012 - 01:00
France moves to block further anti-US demonstrations after up to 250 protest in ParisFRANCE HAS pledged to prevent any further anti-US demonstrations after an unauthorised protest by up to 250 people in Paris prompted…Tue Sep 18 2012 - 01:00
Debt relief deadline slips as Noonan warns against rushTHE PROSPECT of Ireland securing a deal in October on banking debt relief has receded after Minister for Finance Michael Noonan…Thu Sep 13 2012 - 01:00
State unlikely to meet bank deal deadline, concedes NoonanTHE GOVERNMENT has said its hopes of securing a bank debt deal for Ireland in October was a “target, not a deadline”.Thu Sep 13 2012 - 01:00
Noonan in Paris for bailout talksMinister for Finance Michael Noonan has said it could be in Ireland's interests to push beyond October the deadline for a deal…Wed Sep 12 2012 - 01:00
French lawyers to make complaint over Bailey appealLAWYERS FOR the parents of murdered French woman Sophie Toscan du Plantier will lodge a formal complaint against Ireland at the…Wed Sep 12 2012 - 01:00
Hollande wields axe to recoup billionsFRANCE IS braced for its biggest round of budgetary tightening in half a century after President François Hollande lowered the…Tue Sep 11 2012 - 01:00
Single automatic pistol used in Alps killingsFRENCH POLICE believe a single automatic pistol was used in the attack that killed three tourists and a local man in the Alps…Tue Sep 11 2012 - 01:00
French newspaper handbags Vuitton billionaireTHE POLITICAL storm over a decision by France’s richest man, luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, to seek Belgian citizenship…Tue Sep 11 2012 - 01:00
British girl out of coma and set to be questionedTHE SEVEN-year-old British girl who survived a gun attack in the French Alps last week that saw her father and mother shot dead…Mon Sep 10 2012 - 01:00
High tax row as France's richest man seeks Belgian citizenshipBERNARD ARNAULT, France’s richest man, set off a row over President François Hollande’s plan to introduce a 75 per cent wealth…Mon Sep 10 2012 - 01:00
Bond-buying seen by some as victory for HollandeFRANCE HAS hailed the European Central Bank’s new bond-buying programme as a vital step in efforts to contain the euro zone debt…Sat Sep 8 2012 - 01:00
Police think British man may have been targetFRENCH POLICE investigating the shooting dead of four people in a suspected ambush in the Alps believe Saad al-Hilli, an Iraqi…Sat Sep 8 2012 - 01:00
'We don't know who could have done this. We have no idea'“It was tremendous savagery,” said public prosecutor Eric Maillaud, “and what is certain is that somebody wanted to kill.” Beyond…Fri Sep 7 2012 - 01:00
Killings in French Alps leave police searching for motiveIT WAS about 3.50pm on Wednesday when a British cyclist, a former British Royal Air Force member, approached the car park on …Fri Sep 7 2012 - 01:00
Alps victims shot in the headThree of the four people killed in a deadly attack near Lake Annecy in the French Alps were shot in the head, a public prosecutor…Thu Sep 6 2012 - 01:00
Hollande and Monti urge ECB action on bond yieldsFRANCE AND Italy have urged the European Central Bank to act to ease financial pressure on struggling euro zone states, raising…Wed Sep 5 2012 - 01:00
French Socialists move to avert backbench revolt over fiscal treatyTHE FRENCH government has moved to avert an embarrassing backbench revolt on the EU fiscal treaty, warning that a close vote …Tue Sep 4 2012 - 01:00
Hollande criticised over rise in joblessFRENCH PRESIDENT François Hollande came under renewed pressure over his handling of the economy yesterday after the number of…Tue Sep 4 2012 - 01:00
French government rescues mortgage providerTHE FRENCH government has agreed to rescue Crédit Immobilier de France (CIF), after conceding defeat in attempts to find a buyer…Mon Sep 3 2012 - 01:00
ECB may oversee all banks in euro zoneTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank would be given oversight of all 6,000 banks in the euro zone under a plan being drafted by the European…Sat Sep 1 2012 - 01:00
Hollande rejects calls to deploy army to MarseilleFRENCH PRESIDENT François Hollande has rejected calls for the army to be sent in to tackle armed criminals in Marseille after…Sat Sep 1 2012 - 01:00
Writer's essay on Breivik killings provokes outrageA French author has caused outrage by calling the mass killings ‘what Norway deserved’Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Matchmaker to millionairesWILD GEESE Mairéad Molloy, Client director, Berkeley International, Cannes A dating agency that attracts the rich and…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Missing McAreavey witness is interviewedA FORMER bellboy who was one of the first people to arrive at the scene of Michaela McAreavey’s murder in Mauritius has been …Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
France faces deeper cuts and threat of recessionFRANÇOIS HOLLANDE’S government may be forced into deeper than expected spending cuts in the autumn after the Bank of France said…Thu Aug 9 2012 - 01:00
Unlikely insult that gives France's political class palpitationsPARIS LETTER: THE WORD is emphatically taboo, a flaming red rag no French minister with a handle on history or even the shakiest…Wed Aug 8 2012 - 01:00
France welcomes ECB bond-buying confirmationA SENIOR figure in French president François Hollande’s party has accused the European Central Bank of “starving” the people …Sat Aug 4 2012 - 01:00
French ministers obliged to slum it at home this summerHIS PREDECESSOR celebrated his election win by borrowing a billionaire friend’s private yacht, then spent his first summer holiday…Sat Aug 4 2012 - 01:00
France passes new sexual harassment lawJUST WEEKS after a government minister was greeted with heckles and catcalls by male deputies when she wore a dress in the lower…Thu Aug 2 2012 - 01:00
France and Italy step up pressure on ECBFRANCE AND Italy have ratcheted up pressure on the European Central Bank to act to bring down Spain’s borrowing costs amid speculation…Wed Aug 1 2012 - 01:00
France to press for urgent meeting of Security CouncilFRANCE WILL call for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Syria to try to end the diplomatic deadlock and prevent further…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Hollande party shows first signs of dissent on fiscal treatyA GROUP of French Socialist Party deputies has threatened to vote against the EU fiscal treaty in parliament, revealing the first…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Man held over McAreavey photosThe director of the Mauritian newspaper that published photographs of the murdered Michaela McAreavey, has been arrested.Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian newspaper searched by detectivesMcAREAVEY VERDICT: MAURITIAN POLICE have searched the office of a newspaper that published photographs of the murdered Michaela…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Police raid newspaper over McAreavey crime photosMauritian police today searched the office of a newspaper that published photographs of the murdered body of Michaela McAreavey…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
A gruelling, bizarre and tragic trialIT WAS, SAID the chief prosecuting barrister, Mehdi Manrakhan, the most taxing and challenging trial of his careerSat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian DPP 'in shock' after verdictTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Mauritius has said he is in a “state of shock” after the two acquittals in the Michaela…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian DPP satisfied with police inquiryTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Mauritius has said he is satisfied with the police investigation into Michaela McAreavey…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00