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The first museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilisations opened in June.

Mucem, showing the beauty of Marseilles

A new museum in France reflects Mediterranean civilisation and culture.

France unhappy with the new normal

Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.

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Belgium film on street harassment strikes a chord

Sofie Peeters’s account of the everyday sexist insults that women face has triggered debate about the inaction over the universal problem.

France must plug a gap of between €6-billion and €10-billion in this year’s budget to meet its promises to Brussels to reduce the deficit to 4.4% of economic output.

Austerity haunts Hollande

Franois Hollande, Europe’s chief critic of one-size-fits-all austerity measures, is facing the headache of inescapable belt-tightening at home.

Carla and Nicholas Sarkozy

Sarkozy’s house raided as L’Oreal detectives make up for lost time

Detectives investigating alleged illegal campaign-financing by L’Oreal heir Liliane Bettencourt, have raided the former French president’s mansion.

E-books in France have been slow to catch on as readers overwhelmingly prefer the printed page.

E-books in France a non!starter

Reading habits were back on the political agenda in France this week when Hollande’s government, vowing to protect the printed word.

The face of the inclusive new France

A woman confronting daunting challenges wonders how to spend more time with her family. Angelique Chrisafis reports.

France’s extremists find favour

France’s extremists find favour

Leading France’s Front National to its best first-round result in her first presidential campaign, Marine Le Pen counts herself as the big winner.

Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives’ club

Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives’ club

Despite an often fawning portrayal in the Western media, they were the Lady Macbeths.

Journalist deaths pile pressure on Syria’s Assad

Journalist deaths pile pressure on Syria’s Assad

The deaths in Syria of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik and scores more civilians, have prompted renewed calls for an end to the Assad regime.

France probes Africa’s big spenders

Police raids mar the luxurious haven of the super-rich leaders and their families.

Mr Ordinary tops French election polls

Francois Hollande close to becoming France’s first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand.

Paris’s controversial human exhibition

Paris’s most talked-about exhibition of the season opened with a sense of shock and soul-searching at the exhibiting of people from European colonies.

Eurozone rains on Sarkozy’s parade

Eurozone rains on Sarkozy’s parade

The French president was hoping to be hailed at the G20 summit as the saviour of the euro.

The end of French machismo

Sexism in politics and the country in general is under siege, signifying a welcome change.

In the court of Carla Bruni

The latest sensation in France’s love-hate relationship with its first lady has been whether Carla Bruni is pregnant.

‘Dark days’ for French journos

Editors say Nicolas Sarkozy is using the French secret service to spy on journalists.

France probes African leaders’ wealth

Three African leaders and their families are to be investigated in Paris for allegedly embezzling state funds to acquire vast assets in France.

Paris funeral parlour to be modern art HQ

The €100-million restoration of the massive 19th-century parlour is Paris’s art event of the year.

France’s fragile fraudster

Jerome Kerviel, an introverted young city trader, lived on a tree-lined street in Neuilly-­­sur-Seine, a wealthy Paris suburb. Its yuppies live by Nicolas Sarkozy’s mantra…