France's Chief Purveyor of Paranoia
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No writer has provided as many scenarios for suspense films than the great master of unease, Georges Simenon. The latest adaptation is "Red Lights."
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Documents suggest that a trader at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale was aware of JÃ©rÃ´me Kervielâs surreptitious trading and that Mr. Kerviel understood the gravity of his actions.
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American and French media yesterday were taking a second look at the work of a so-called terrorism expert who faked his academic credentials - and entire interviews with some of the world's most prominent figures.
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In the wake of the SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale scandal, Franceâs business aristocracy finds itself in a place it never wants to be: the spotlight.
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Former French president Jacques Chirac was questioned Thursday by a judge looking into a party funding scam dating from his time as mayor of Paris, judicial officials said.
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A financial scandal prompts a resurgence of antipathy to the unrestrained profit motive that President Sarkozy had championed
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The man at the center of a trading  scandal at Societe Generale said that his activities could not  have gone undetected by the French bank.
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The French seem to take intermittent pride in being the homeland of the satirist Voltaire.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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A French teacher who wrote an article critical of Islam has gone into hiding after receiving death threats.
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For Jacques Chirac, the legal clock is ticking: At midnight Saturday, the former French leader officially loses his presidential immunity, and could face investigators' questions &#151; or worse.
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Societe Generale faces growing embarrassment after it emerged the French bank was warned last year about the suspect activities of Jerome Kerviel and its key fraud accusation against the 31-year-old trader collapsed.
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One by one, several French writers and intellectuals are making the startling confessions.Comment
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An unlikely icon is at the center of President Sarkozy's latest problem with some parts of the public
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The abstruse French writer is popping up everywhere these days- in movies, TV, even newspapers. Is he trying to tell us something?
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Anybody who might question France's determination to portray itself as a loyal friend of the Arab Middle East need only take a look at the government's agenda.
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The number of anti-Semitic attacks in  France has more than doubled over the past year, with most  committed for vague reasons rather than ideology, France's  interior minister said in an interview published Friday.