Topic: Paris (France)

Opinion: In France, Cézanne's legacy confronts high-speed rail

Protesters invoke the artist's humility before nature to save iconic land.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

'Enchanted April' on DVD at last, an intimate look at Iran's revolution on HBO, a documentary that will have you dancing, and more.

Notes on a bridge

Composer Joseph Bertolozzi has recorded sounds from the Mid-Hudson Bridge to create a new kind of symphony.

Vanished Smile

The true story of the stranger-than-fiction heist of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

Impasse with China erodes Dalai Lama's patience

On his recent European tour, Tibet's exiled leader preached compassion, but expressed frustration over 'lies and hypocrisy' from Beijing

Conservatives gain in European parliament vote

A record low turnout of only 43 percent of 375 million eligible voters pointed to skepticism about a more integrated Europe.

Search for AF447: More bodies found as focus shifts to plane's sensors

A French submarine is heading to the area to help locate the plane's black boxes, which may be at the bottom of the ocean.

At long last, a French title for Federer

By winning Sunday’s final, he completes a career Grand Slam and ties Pete Sampras for the most ever major titles in men’s tennis.

D-Day+ 65 years: Obama set to make Normandy landing

Veterans still make their way back - and the locals still thank them for their role in a decisive battle for the Continent.

My Father's Tears

This final collection of short stories from John Updike makes a fitting coda to his career.

Review: 'Summer Hours'

This finely drawn French family drama is a meditation on our changing relationship to possessions.

In France, Obama erases the 'us vs. them' rhetoric

A Lebanese-French international relations specialist says Obama set a new tone. But there were few specifics on Israeli-Palestinian solutions.

Beaumarchais

The life of playwright and entrepreneur Beaumarchais offers a window into the transformation that brought France to revolution.

Air France tragedy: Time to require black boxes that float? (They exist)

Brazilian Air Force spots debris: Is it the Air France jet?

An orange buoy, an aircraft seat, and oil sighted near to Flight 447's last reported position.

Search begins off Brazil's coast for 'disappeared' Air France flight

Air France reports a possible lightning strike. Airbus 330-200 has a good safety record.

Missing plane baffles aviation experts

With a good safety record and robust backup systems, the Airbus 330 wouldn't be easily downed by lightning, they say.

Joyful bohemian

American-born folk singer Grace has tapped a noncynical streak in her French audience.

The summer of staying close to home

For cash-strapped vacationers, time off this years means exploring ... locally. A report from Europe, Japan, and the US on the return of the road trip, backpacking with a burro, and growing beets.

In Paris, numbers – and spirits – of student strikers are waning

The protests that blocked classes at dozens of colleges ended up underscoring the need for reform in a university system that the government says is outmoded and underperforming.

Opinion: EU's 'death' is greatly exaggerated

As the Continent's voters elect a new parliament, some of them trust the EU more than their own national leaders.

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A French icon, up in smoke

In France, the law demands that Actor Jacques Tati quit smoking.

A French Obama? Not likely.

President Obama's election is stirring the political hopes of minorities – like Claire Edey – in Europe's largest immigrant nation, but steep barriers remain.

After months of strikes, university students in France ask for their grades

France's education minister: 'There will be no bachelor's degree awarded for striking, no master's for petition-signing, no doctorate in obstruction.'