Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has left the Grenoble hospital where he has been treated since a skiing accident in the Alps five months ago, his spokeswoman said on Monday. Continue reading…
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Le Pen senior should retire from politics, say French voters
The vast majority of French people believe that the founder of the Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen, is a handicap for the far-right party led by his daughter and should retire from political life, according to opinion polls. Continue reading…
European newspapers search for ways to survive digital revolution
Newspapers are in freefall. Print editions are being discontinued. Editors are being replaced with alarming regularity. Financial losses are mounting. Digital strategies are yet to bear fruit. New readerships are fickle, promiscuous and hard to impress.
If that’s true of British and American newspapers, then the situation is, if anything, worse in continental Europe. Continue reading…
Marseille braces for return of jihadists in wake of Jewish museum attack
Four police officers are standing by their car parked outside the grand synagogue in Marseille, a short walk from the city’s old port. They watch as worshippers slip inside through a side door.
“It’s normal,” said one, as he held open the door, referring to the police presence. “You can’t help people being worried.” Continue reading…
French suspect in Jewish museum attack in Brussels spent year in Syria
European fears of spillover from the Syrian war were amplified on Sunday when it emerged that a Frenchman arrested in connection with a deadly attack at a Jewish museum in Brussels last week spent much of last year with jihadist fighters in Syria. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 