French crackdown on lorry drivers who watch films at the wheel
France has launched a crackdown on long-distance lorry drivers who dice with death by watching films from behind the wheel – and, in one case, cooking at the same time. […]
Germany and France say debt talks advancing
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The leaders of France and Germany said Monday that progress has been made on last month’s proposed deal aimed at resolving Europe’s debt crisis. The fiscal pact, designed to ensure that governments do not spend beyond their means and rack up unsustainable debts, could be signed […]
Back to barter in France
By Sarah Elzas As Europe’s economy continues to flounder, some are starting to look for alternatives. In France a new barter system facilitates the exchange of services between people without any money changing hands. The accorderie was born in Quebec is now in France, in northern Paris and… Details: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/ 20120104-alternative-economy-paris
France apologises to Sri Lanka over Tamil Tiger stamps
By Tony Cross France has been forced to apologise to the Sri Lankan government after its post office issued “personalised” stamps supporting the armed separatist Tamil Tiger group, which is banned in France. Details: http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20120104-france-apologises-sri-lanka-over-tamil-tiger-stamps
Muslim Footballer Opens ‘Alcohol-free Bar’ .
PARIS – In an effort to fight alcohol addiction, French Muslim football player Franck Ribery has opened an alcohol-free bar that would serve fruit juices.“I wanted a concept that’s a […]
Anne Sinclair’s ‘woman of the year’ award is a repulsive deceit
Of all the achievements of Gallic womanhood in 2011, it would be difficult to beat Christine Lagarde becoming the first female head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Whatever you think about her rightwing economics, the 55-year-old academics’ daughter from Le Havre built her outstandingly successful career alone. She rarely […]
France enjoys hottest year since 1900
This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said on Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm. […]
Turkey now slams France of genocide
ISTANBUL: Turkey has accused France of committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Algeria. The comments Friday by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the latest response to French legislators […]
Turkey withdraws French ambassador after Armenian genocide vote
By RFI Turkey has recalled it ambassador from Paris in protest at a French bill making the denial of the Armenian genocide a criminal offence. France’s lower house of parliament approved the bill, which makes it a crime to deny the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians at the hands […]
Nouvelles victimes de la politique d’immigration
A cinq mois de l’élection présidentielle, le ministre de l’Intérieur français poursuit son offensive contre l’immigration. La France accueille chaque année 200 000 étrangers en situation régulière et « c’est trop » estime Claude Guéant. Le locataire de la Place Beauvau s’est fixé comme objectif de diminuer l’immigration légale de 10%. Menacés d’expulsion […]
Chirac Found Guilty in Political Funding Case
Source: NYTimes PARIS — Former French President Jacques Chirac, 79, was convicted on Thursday of embezzlement and misuse of public funds to illegally finance his political party using fake jobs when he was mayor of Paris. Mr. Chirac, who was not present at the trial because of reported health and […]
Murdoch was sent ‘hacking is rife’ email
Source / Courtesy: The Independent Emails published today show that News International boss James Murdoch was sent details in 2008 of claims that phone-hacking was “rife” at the News of […]
How Europe came to forget about its Arabic heritage.
BY ABDUL HAQ COMPIER Source / Courtesy: January 2011, Alislam-eGazette Summary: Traditional education about Western civilisation tells the story of how around 1500, Greek texts recovered the lost memory of Europe’s Greek […]
Unesco faces cost of Palestine vote
by Mathieu van Berchem in Paris, swissinfo.ch The United Nations culture agency is dealing with the financial consequences of a political decision taken in October – a funding shortfall of 22 per cent. On October 31 the United States suspended its financial contribution to Unesco after Palestine was admitted as […]
France withdraws embassy staff from Iran
France is repatriating a number of diplomats and their families from Iran following an attack on the British embassy in Tehran. French officials said the move was a temporary security measure. Britain expelled 25 Iranian diplomats following Tuesday’s attack, when hundreds stormed the British embassy. British officials say the attack […]
Euro doomed from start, says Jacques Delors
Daily Telegraph: The euro project was flawed from the start and the current generation of European leaders has failed to address its fundamental problems, Jacques Delors, the architect of the […]
French government hardens immigration stance as elections loom
By Ségolène ALLEMANDOU France24. A tougher immigration policy Among the measures “for better management of the flow of immigrants” announced by Gueant are a toughening of the conditions necessary to obtain French citizenship and of the rules allowing an immigrant living in France to be joined by family members. Other measures include […]
Paris pitches for foreign Christmas shoppers
Tuesday 29 November 2011 By RFI Paris aims to attract hundreds of thousands more visitors to the French capital during the Christmas period with the launch of ‘Shopping by Paris’. The initiative offers visitors reductions on restaurants, accommodation and cultural events in an attempt to rival cities like London recently […]
French keen on learning from Saudi experience in Islamic banking: Envoy
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: French academics have shown their keenness to make use of Saudi expertise and experience in Islamic banking and finance, said Saudi Ambassador to Paris, Muhammad bin Ismail Al-Asheikh. The ambassador made this comment while holding a reception in Paris on the occasion […]
Staff to be banned from sending emails
The head of one of Europe’s largest information technology services companies is to ban staff from sending each other emails, saying they waste time and are outdated. From Telegraph UK: […]