Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral held its first mass on Sunday, December 8, with Christians celebrating the return of the French capital’s most famous place of worship after a grand re-opening ceremony. The beloved Paris monument nearly burned down in 2019, but has been fully renovated and fitted with a new roof and spire during a frenzied five-year reconstruction.
Of course, nothing went according to plan. The Elysée had its dreams, but the weather made sure of this. On Saturday, December 7, the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Saturday, December 7, in Paris for the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), where he…
The reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the weekend of December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after a fire on April 15,…
Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral reopens five years after it was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire five years ago. 1,500 dignitaries, including sitting heads…
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In the foreground, the baptistery of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet. Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON…
Paris-archbishop-Laurent-Ulrich-kn.jpg” />After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame was ceremoniously reopened on Saturday evening. Numerous heads of state and government gathered in Paris for the ceremony.…
Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ‘s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich,…
President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, December 7. Trump held talks…
The Archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark, which has been restored after five years of renovations following a devastating fire in 2019.
France on Saturday, December 7, re-opened the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after a five-year closure, in a ceremony celebrating the rebirth of the…
This photograph shows Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral illuminated on the eve of its official reopening, after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April…
CHRISTELLE ENAULT A “metaphor for the life of the nation”: On November 29, during his last visit to the cathedral’s construction site, Emmanuel Macron evoked…
The European Union and Mercosur signed an agreement on Friday which, if the complicated ratification process does not put the brakes on it, will give…
Emmanuel Macron will name a new French prime minister “in the coming days” after a no-confidence vote in parliament ousted Michel Barnier.
French President Emmanuel Macron in the Saudi city of AlUla, on December 4, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Michel Barnier resigned as French prime minister…
Wednesday was a long day for France’s shortest-ever serving prime minister. In the evening, 73-year-old Michel Barnier’s minority government was toppled in a no-confidence vote…
The Paris stock market rose at the start of trading Thursday, December 5, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a way out of France’s political crisis.…
President Emmanuel Macron has reminded European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen that France still considers an EU trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Paris this weekend for the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, a spokesperson for the executive…
For the second time in the history of the French Fifth Republic, a prime minister has fallen victim to a vote of no confidence.…
French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on monitors in a control room at Agence France-Presse headquarters as he addresses the nation during a televised broadcast…
Three months after he was appointed prime minister by French President Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier and his government were toppled on Wednesday, December 4,…
As a special privilege, Emmanuel Macron was given a preview of the cathedral ahead of its reopening on Friday, November 29, and shared this…
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