
#washingtonpost.com. × Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation. French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre, and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.
#Jan.28.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × Sex not part of woman’s ‘marital duties,’ court rules in divorce case. A Frenchwoman took her case to the European Court of Human Rights after she was ruled at fault in her divorce because she had stopped having sex with her husband.
#Jan.24.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102. The French army neurosurgeon and pilot known as “Mademoiselle Helicopter" flew more than 160 wounded men from the battlefields of Indochina to hospitals in Hanoi.
#Jan.22.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × André Soltner, chef whose Lutèce became pacesetter, dies at 92. His Manhattan restaurant made him one of the most acclaimed French chefs outside of France.
#Jan.19.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × France extradites U.S. man who confessed to alleged sex assault on Facebook. Ian Cleary was charged in Pennsylvania with sexual assault in 2021 after he messaged his alleged victim “So I raped you.” In April, he was detained in France.
#Jan.16.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of far-right party in France, dies at 96. The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War II.
#Jan.07.2025 ×

#washingtonpost.com. × European foreign ministers meet with Syria’s interim leader. France’s foreign minister, who is in Damascus with his German counterpart, said Friday there is “real hope” for Syria, “but it is a fragile hope.”
#Jan.03.2025 ×
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