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The Grand Palais in Paris is showcasing more than 170 works, including 69 by Paul Cézanne and around 100 by 78 other artists who were influenced by his work. The exhibition, titled Cézanne et Nous - Cézanne and Us - runs until January 17, with artists such as Pablo Picasso and Auguste Renoir among those inspired by Cézanne. Morgan Ayre reports.
Former French jihadist Othman Garrido, accused of being an Islamic State executioner, was sentenced on Tuesday night by the Paris Special Assize Court to 30 years' imprisonment with a two-thirds security sentence.
Azerbaijan pardoned French prisoner Martin Ryan, according to a presidential decree published on Wednesday. This 38-year-old businessman had been sentenced in March to ten years in prison for "espionage", in a context of tensions between Baku and Paris.
They are classified as historical monuments but could have all disappeared! Discover the history of Guimard metro entrances, art nouveau works to find in the streets of Paris.
Attacking the powerful to tarnish the soil of cybercrime: the head of the cyber section of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office does not deny it. Johanna Brousse arrested Pavel Durov, Telegram's boss, and then summoned Elon Musk for X's drifts. She just published "Cybercombatante" (ed. JC Lattès), with journalist Clémence de Blasi.
US President Donald Trump met his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in New York on Monday afternoon. "For Paris, the aim is to keep the United States engaged in negotiations alongside Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron wants to take advantage of this interview to extend the rapprochement between Donald Trump and Europeans," explains Sarah Andersen, correspondent for France 24 in New York.
Four days ahead of Pope Leo’s visit to France, preparations have been underway for months. From Friday, the Pope will travel to Paris, Lourdes and Metz, with several sensitive issues hanging over the trip, including clerical sexual abuse and France’s assisted-dying law. For now, security remains the top priority. Camille Corcoran reports.
Paris Saint-Germain beat the Olympique de Marseille at the Vélodrome (2-1) for the 5th day of Ligue 1. The OM is the penultimate of the standings, only ahead of Le Havre, which has not yet won.
Paris Saint-Germain will travel to Marseille this Sunday to face OM at the Vélodrome in the final game of Matchday 5 in Ligue 1. It is a must-not-lose clash between two struggling sides, both looking to use this huge fixture to kick-start their seasons.
Two Germans were arrested Saturday after they stuck two paintings on a wall of the hall that hosts the Mona Lisa in Paris's Louvre Museum, police sources said.
A new literary festival was created in Paris. From 25 to 27 September 2026, mesh invests the Golden Gate Palace with an ambition: to circulate stories and forms, and to give to hear a plurality of voices around migration, exile, memory and identities. Novels, poetry, comics, music, performances and workshops are on the agenda of this first edition, which welcomes Mohamed Mbougar Sarr as guest of honour. Why create a new literary festival today? What is the place for African and diasporic literature? And that if
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the doors of monuments often closed to the public are exceptionally open, and visitors can enjoy a free entrance. This is the case of the Marmottan museum in Paris, where "some visitors discovered on site that they would not have to pay," reports our journalist on site Valentine Erba.
A 15-year-old "rather" close to the ultra-right and suspected of planning a stabbing attack on his former high school in the Rhône was charged in Paris on Friday, according to sources close to the investigation. The adolescent was placed under judicial supervision and investigations were resumed by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office.
Storytelling collection opens with mousseline skirt suit and ends with simple black dress in spirit of label’s founder The first model on the Chanel catwalk was wearing a sheer mousseline skirt suit and carrying a tiny century-old leatherbound book of fairytales that once belonged to Coco Chanel herself. With the Lord of the Rings soundtrack booming through a stage set of giant parasol-scale poppies and lupins as tall as giraffes, the clothes narrated the stories in the pages. A row of buttons on the spine of a dress began with an ugly duckling, and ended with a swan. A Goldilocks minaudière h
Air France is betting big on luxury to keep wealthy travellers spending with lavish servings of caviar and champagne in first-class cabins as soaring fuel costs and disrupted travel patterns squeeze airlines worldwide. The campaign seems to have paid off, with the Paris-based carrier saying that premium bookings and revenue have grown this year despite industry-wide higher fares.
The second week of the trial of the murder of Federico Aramburu allowed his relatives and friends to describe the personality of this former rugbyman, killed on 19 March 2022 in the streets of Paris by two ultra-droit activists. Present alongside him until his last breath, former international Shaun Hegarty told how the accused orchestrated a hunt for the mortal man after a fight on the terrace.
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he had ordered measures to shield France's key infrastructure and defence industry sites from increasing Russian hybrid attacks. The announcement came as Macron spoke to the press after meeting in Paris with political party leaders to discuss recent developments in the international situation including the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Watch his press conference in full above.
A 35-year-old police officer who adheres to a "violent radical ultra-right ideology" was arrested on 27 August for preparing a terrorist act and making 3D printed weapons. He is suspected of having targeted State interests in a context of increased vigilance by the French authorities in the face of the threat of ultra-droit.
The Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, announced on Friday 18 September, following a six-hour meeting in Paris with representatives of Mediterranean fishermen, that she would come Monday 21 at their meeting at the Grau-du-Roi (Gard) and at Sète (Hérault).
As the global star kicks off her anticipated Paris residency, here's how Celine Dion managed to gain younger followers while keeping her loyal older fans.
