Paris

Mark Rutte urges European allies to take on more of their own defense burden: ‘This excessive dependence must end’

The reopening of the funereal monument and the publication of Félix Nadar’s photo book of its depths returns the French capital to a debate over tourism at the site, and the reason why it was constructed in the first place

Bally Bagayoko, the son of a family of Malian origin and a member of La France Insoumise, swept the first round of the municipal elections and unleashed a wave of racism in the French right-wing media

Five million residents registered for an initial sale, but few had access to reasonably priced tickets: they were either unavailable or cost thousands of dollars

Trump attributes the lack of an agreement in Islamabad primarily to Tehran’s refusal to comply with this demand, which the Islamic Republic considers a ‘sovereign right’

New York’s MoMA is offering the largest retrospective of the French-American artist in the US since 1973, with 300 works ranging from Impressionism to Post-Industrial Art

La Cavalerie, a club located on the seventh floor of a listed building next to the Eiffel Tower, is one of the best-kept secrets of the French capital

The ‘Fraternity of Metaphors’ exhibition brings together more than 300 exhibits at La Virreina in Barcelona on the filmmaker and the influence on his work of armed conflict in places like Spain, Palestine and Bosnia

The left fears losing the city after 25 years in power while tension between extremist groups remains high ahead of Sunday’s local elections

The award-winning and controversial author of ‘The Elementary Particles’ surprises fans with a new album due for release on Friday, as well as a series of concerts in France

The activist’s wife, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, was recently arrested amid the social unrest in the country

Legal proceedings such as those of Dominique Pelicot or Joël Le Scouarnec, the surgeon who assaulted minors for decades, demonstrate the magnitude of the problem of sexual violence and the impunity of many French criminals

For 10 years, her husband drugged her so that more than 80 men could rape her while he filmed it all. In 2022, the case came to light, and two years later, Mr Pelicot and 50 of his attackers were convicted in a trial that Gisèle Pelicot insisted be public. The shame had to change sides. Now she tells her story in a book. We met in Paris with this lucid woman who has become a symbol of the fight against sexual violence

The French president defends a sovereign Europe in the face of Trump’s attacks and a landscape of ‘permanent instability’

Touching on daydreaming, field research and an oppressive family reality, artist Ed Alcock used photos, drawings and documents to reconstruct the story of his great-uncle Kendon and life in Horden, a mining town in the north of England nestled in one of the poorest areas of Europe 

Part of the Ancien Régime’s fall from grace stemmed from the way Parisians communicated amongst themselves, according to historian Robert Darnton’s ‘The Revolutionary Temper’

Nostalgia for the shah’s authoritarian monarchy has grown in the shadow of an opposition without clear leaders, but it offers no alternative and enjoys no real support in Iran, according to experts

The Cartier Foundation and Art Basel Paris illustrate the growing influence of private initiative in the French capital’s cultural scene. The trend is at once revitalizing the industry and threatening the role of the public sector

The French leader warns in a speech to the country’s ambassadors that the United States is ‘breaking international rules’, and asks them not to submit to ‘vassalage’

The movement was born during the groundbreaking Paris Exhibition of 1925 as a luxurious response to the success of the German Bauhaus. One hundred years later, its prices keep breaking records

The British researcher is calling for global regulations to test extreme measures against climate change, such as marine cloud brightening over the Arctic

He became globally famous for painting the soles of his shoes red, although he’d been sketching since he was a child. Today, Louboutin is celebrating: his brand turns 35, rejuvenating itself thanks to Gen Z and changes in the way heels are perceived

The German capital is experiencing an economic crisis marked by enormous debt and a tourism sector that has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels

In 1939, the Mexican artist decided to get rid of ‘The Dream (The Bed)’ when Nickolas Muray announced he was getting married. The artwork was recently sold at auction for $54 million

On the afternoon of the robbery of the French crown’s jewels, an image of a dapper-looking investigator enraptured the world. We spoke with this young fan of classic style, who listens to Sinatra and follows the Sevilla football club