
Living science or memory? France debates how best to honor Marie Curie’s legacy
The Minister of Culture has temporarily suspended the demolition of the Radium Institute, where the scientist and two-time Nobel laureate did her research

The Minister of Culture has temporarily suspended the demolition of the Radium Institute, where the scientist and two-time Nobel laureate did her research

Management of the 130-year-old establishment has passed into the hands of the Paris Society business group, which is introducing new gastronomic offerings

Elisabeth Borne’s resignation followed the passage last month of immigration legislation backed by Macron aimed at strengthening the government’s ability to deport some foreigners

A petition with over 120,000 signatures seeks to defeat a plan to replace the original panes saved from the fire with modern alternatives

Antoine Billore was an art director for perfume and fashion brands before he decided to transform into a furnishings seller with a single guiding principle regarding his wares: that they excite him

Under his 1985-1995 tenure at the head of the European Union’s bureaucracy in Brussels, member countries agreed to tear down barriers that prevented the free movement of capital, goods, services and people

The flight, operated by small Romania-based charter company Legend Airlines, was carrying 303 Indian passengers from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua

The 2024 Olympic Games will hardly change the French capital, but they might transform the outskirts of the city, an area marked by unrest, poverty and exclusion, but also by youth and dynamism

The ECB gave away little about its future moves after keeping its benchmark rate at 4%, reiterating that it will make decisions based on the latest information on how the economy is doing

The parliamentary wrangling over a law that combined conservative and progressive measures has shown up the limitations of the French leader’s centrist approach
The piece has been exhibited in the Museum of Natural History in Paris since 1795 and is regarded as comparable ‘to what Tutankhamun represents for archaeology’

An essay by historian Ivan Jablonka and a film by Cédric Kahn reexamine the disparate figures of Jean-Jacques and Pierre, icons in contemporary France

Macron will tour the fenced-off reconstruction site where stonemasons, carpenters and hundreds of other artisans are hammering away to meet the 12-month deadline

The threat conclusion is based on the high security levels in some of the 27 EU member countries and an increase in reports of antisemitic incidents

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called a meeting for Sunday evening with key ministers and officials charged with security for a ‘total review’ of measures in place and the handling of the ‘most dangerous individuals’

The arrest this week in the Paris region of the 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 40 others marked the culmination of a six-year manhunt involving Interpol

Travel the world to the cafés and eateries where history is made and secrets shared over fine wine and hors d’oeuvres

The European championships next year were expected to be key opportunities for Russia to qualify gymnasts for the few remaining places at the Paris Olympics

One of the central topics at the COP28 will be whether fossil fuels should be phased out, but it will be run by the CEO of an oil company

The French capital experienced a boom in these establishments in the 19th century. After being on the verge of extinction, they have recently made a comeback, thanks to their traditional food and affordable prices

On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

The signature broad, black bicorne hat is one of a handful still in existence that Napoléon wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe

Joel Guerriau, a 66-year-old representing the Loire-Atlantique region in western France, was detained for 48 hours and given preliminary charges Friday, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement

The beverage of the moment in France is no mere cocktail, but rather a concoction achieved through fermenting a blend of beer wort and wine must. It seems to be just the beginning of a new world of gastronomic crossbreeding

An exhibition and a photobook explore the American artist’s use of portraiture and the male nude to question traditional forms of representing women
Allies of Israel are pressuring for an easing of attacks on Palestinians, while affirming that it has the right to defend itself against Hamas. Macron has called on the country to stop killing women and children

The Community – a Parisian art collective – analyzes all the layers of this Finnish artist through an exhibition, going beyond her best-selling comic books. Jansson was a novelist, illustrator, queer pioneer and collector. Next year, actress Glenn Close will release a movie based on one of her books