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Noemie Bisserbe

ARTICLES BY NOEMIE BISSERBE

Tourists queue to enter the Louvre museum. (File Photo: AFP)

Louvre skimped on security to spend on art in years before heist, says auditor

1 min read . 06 Nov 2025

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his house on the day of his incarceration at the Sante prison. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier (REUTERS)

With Sarkozy in prison, France asks: Has the judiciary gone too far?

4 min read . 26 Oct 2025

Sarkozy on his way to Paris-La Santé prison Tuesday. julien de Rosa/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Sarkozy’s five-year prison term starts with fingerprints and a mug shot

5 min read . 21 Oct 2025

Vladimir Osechkin in 2022. (Associated Press)

The attempted assassination of a Russian dissident is foiled in France

2 min read . 18 Oct 2025

The more ungovernable France becomes, the more investors are pushing its borrowing costs to levels familiar to Europe’s debt-laden periphery. (AFP)

With another government on the brink of collapse, is France the new Italy?

4 min read . 01 Sept 2025

An election campaign placard of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) party. On 14 September 2025, local elections will be held in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous federal state. The election is expected to see gains for the AfD, a party with extreme right-wing elements in some parts. (Photo: AFP)

Populist right wing parties lead polls in Europe’s biggest economies

6 min read . 31 Aug 2025

Swimmers take a dip near the Eiffel Tower.

Who’s afraid of a little bacteria? Not these swimmers in Paris.

4 min read . 28 Jul 2025

Novo Nordisk loses dominance in the weight-loss drug market as Eli Lilly gains ground.

How Ozempic’s maker lost its grip on the obesity market it created

6 min read . 29 May 2025

Europe weighs nuclear deterrent as U.S. commitment wavers, France leads talks on independent security umbrella. (Image: AFP)

Trump prompts European calls for a homegrown nuclear umbrella

10 min read . 25 Mar 2025

MBDA makes the Taurus cruise missile among other weapons. (Reuters)

This missile maker is racing to rearm Europe

5 min read . 17 Mar 2025

France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral is formally reopening its doors on Saturday for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. (Photo: AP) (AP)

Notre Dame Cathedral is reborn in a darkened world

5 min read . 07 Dec 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron staked much of his legacy on rapidly restoring Notre Dame. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images

Inside the dramatic race to restore Notre Dame cathedral

10 min read . 04 Dec 2024

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, centre. (AP)

Trial of Le Pen in France complicates far-right leader’s move to mainstream

3 min read . 30 Sept 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics - IOC Session 2030 & 2034 Announcements - Le Palais des Congres de Paris, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron makes a speech during the IOC Session. (Photo: Reuters)

Paris Olympics hosts 10,500 athletes—ringed by 77,000 security personnel

8 min read . 24 Jul 2024

French far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella attends a session at the European Parliament. At just 28 years old, Bardella led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant the party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on 7 July and make him the prime minister of France. (AP)

The making of the 28-year-old star of France’s far right

12 min read . 03 Jul 2024

France’s economic makeover has come at a steep political price for Marcon.

Macron runs France like a CEO. His customers aren’t happy.

14 min read . 28 Jun 2024

Yves Fauvel remembers the day during World War II when Allied bombs fell on his hometown in Normandy. A memorial on Omaha Beach.

80 years after D-Day, France examines the trauma of Allied bombings

6 min read . 05 Jun 2024

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived in France on Sunday. PHOTO: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/PRESS POOL

China’s Xi shouldn’t expect an easy ride in Europe this time

6 min read . 06 May 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe should strengthen its role in NATO and issue common debt to fund military investment. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Macron warns Europe ‘can die’ without stronger military, economy

2 min read . 26 Apr 2024

Ban on Muslim Dress in Schools Stokes Culture War in France

Ban on Muslim Dress in Schools Stokes Culture War in France

5 min read . 14 Sept 2023