Tasty pastries: French treats go global
Here on Entre Nous, we've profiled several pastry chefs who are making their mark in France. Our latest guest, however, is a French pâtissier who is making a splash overseas. Antonin Simon,…
Tackling under-investment in EU defence: Is the bloc putting its money where its mouth is?
Just about everyone in the EU institutions and national capitals can agree that business as usual is no longer an option when it comes to security. With the US stepping back from…
Syria’s Latakia province still reeling from massacres of Alawites
Our Syria correspondents travelled to the country's western coastal province of Latakia, which was the scene of the shocking massacre of civilians from the Alawite minority between March 7 and 9. They…
How Armenia is raising a new generation of soldiers
Armenia, a tiny country of just three million people, is dealing with a population crisis that could threaten its very survival. A deadly war with neighbouring Azerbaijan in 2020 coupled with a…
Behind the scenes at Paris musicals ‘The Lion King and ‘Black Legends’
After London and New York, can musicals make a name for themselves in Paris? To answer this question, Valérie Fayolle takes you behind the scenes of the Mogador Theatre to discover the…
Séries Mania festival showcases crème de la crème of the small screen
TV critic Dheepthika Laurent joins us from Lille, where the Séries Mania festival is kicking off with two hotly anticipated French shows. The sumptuous dishes of a 19th-century celebrity chef are the…
Migrant deaths at Melilla border post: Three years on, truth remains elusive
On June 24, 2022, an attempt by mostly Sudanese migrants to force their way into Europe led to dozens of them being killed in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the border…
Former ICE lawyer says deportations are eroding public trust
Officials in Paris are expressing their dismay after a French scientist was denied entry to the US because of text messages on their phone containing a "personal opinion" about the Trump administration.…
Istanbul mayor arrest was to stop presidency bid: opposition
The leader of Turkey's CHP party said Erdogan fears competition from the arrested Ekrem Imamoglu. The arrest sparked nationwide protests, with Germany's chancellor calling it "very bad" for Turkey's EU relations.…
Did the Israeli army drop ‘harrowing’ leaflets into Gaza warning of Trump’s ‘forced displacement’?
ABC News, Haaretz and other media reported on March 20 that the IDF dropped leaflets into Gaza with disturbing messaging to Palestinians in the enclave, warning that “the world map will not…