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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The girlfriend of a Norwegian Olympian who confessed to infidelity on live television has responded – and she is far from impressed by his public apology. Moments after securing […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Danish politician has hit out after she was wrongly identified as a Norwegian ambassador named in the Epstein files. Mona Juul, chairwoman of Denmark’s Conservative People’s Party, has […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch French wine and spirits exports fell last year to their lowest volume in at least 25 years. U.S. tariffs and Chinese duties hit sales and a strong euro made […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A memorial for the victims of a fire at a New Year’s party in Switzerland went up in flames on Sunday, likely caused by candles left inside. The makeshift […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Two skiers were killed in avalanches in the French Alps on Monday, bringing the total to four in three days. A 38-year-old man was killed in Saint-Agnes, near Grenoble, […]

Join the Independent Women newsletter with Victoria Richards for a thoughtful take on the week’s headlines Join the Independent Women newsletter  Join the Independent Women newsletter  France plans to send a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to have babies before it is ‘too late’. Hundreds of thousands of young people will […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Jack Lang, France’s former Culture Minister, has stepped down from his role as head of a prominent Parisian cultural centre following allegations of past financial ties to convicted sex […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch On the ice, Jutta Leerdam is an Olympic medalist speedskater for the Netherlands who is entered in the 500 and 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Off […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed it has opened an investigation into former Culture Minister Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline Lang on suspicion of “aggravated tax […]