video On April 15, 2019, the roof and spire of the famous Paris monument went up in smoke. It was a disaster, but one that…
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For five days now, Mathias Pogba, 34, has been waiting in his charcoal grey suit, twisting his shoulders and turning his neck as if to…
 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…
The UN’s cultural organization on Wednesday, December 4, added the skills of Parisian zinc roofers and ornamentalists to its list of intangible cultural heritage, calling…
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The visit was arranged two days ago, during a call between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron. On Monday, December 2, the American president-elect confirmed his…
Culture Minister Rachida Dati (right) and her Saudi counterpart Prince Badr Bin Farhan Al Saoud at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France, November 11,…
December is rich in choices in all areas of the performing arts in Paris and futher afield. There’s a stripped-down Shakespeare in Lyon, an almost…
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Tuesday, December 3, said it was possible his government could survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, evoking a possible “reflex of responsibility” from MPs. With no majority in the Assemblée Nationale, Barnier used Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Monday to pass his social security budget bill without a vote.
The quarrel over contemporary stained-glass windows at Notre-Dame de Paris could well one day be the subject of a play. Act I, scene 1. 2019.…
A view of Natre-Dame on December 1, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to…
US President-elect Donald Trump will attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was ravaged by a 2019 fire, he said Monday, December 2.
 The world was quiet from this height. The air was crisp. Cumulonimbus clouds, drifting away toward Montmartre, revealed the blue of the sky. A…
 President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a strategic partnership on Monday, December 2, aiming at deepening bilateral ties and…
 What would happen if the Social Security budget for 2025 were not approved? On Monday, December 2, Prime Minister Michel Barnier forced the bill…
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Riss, director of “Charlie Hebdo”, in Paris, March 2024. JOEL SAGET / AFP To mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo on…
French prisoner Serge Atlaoui (L) is escorted by police upon his arrival at Tangerang court, outside Jakarta, on April 1, 2015. ROMEO GACAD / AFP…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, November 29, inspected the gleaming restored interior of Notre-Dame de Paris, saying workers had done the “impossible” by healing a “national wound” caused by a 2019 fire that ravaged the medieval cathedral.
“What a waste of time!” sighed those close to him. But Bernard Arnault wouldn’t listen. France’s richest man dreams of that old-fashioned black suit embroidered…
A general view of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, during a visit by French President Macron, in Paris, France, on November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON…
Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, leaves a Paris courthouse on November 28, 2024. STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS On the morning of Thursday, November 28, in front of…
Emmanuel Macron in the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AFP “We did it”: On Friday, November 29, Emmanuel Macron was…