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- There's Nothing Like Good Neighbours
Aug 17, 2008
And if the case of the recent discovery of the body of a 70-year-old man in his apartment in the town of Aix-les-Bains in southeastern France is...
Category: World Affairs
- How Could Parents Forget?
Aug 17, 2008
It's a question that has preoccupied many here in France over the past month, and sadly made the headlines far too often It's also one to which...
Category: World Affairs
- French Parliament Delivers on Sarkozy's Promise
Aug 6, 2008
It's never easy following through on an electoral pledge, and if any politician knows how difficult it is, then it must be the French president,...
Category: Politics
- Sarkozy Set For a Constitutional Showdown
Aug 3, 2008
Hardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination But there again when it comes to institutional reform and changes to the...
Category: World Affairs
- Adieu PPDA
Jul 24, 2008
There was an end of a television era here yesterday as Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, affectionately known in this country as PPDA, made his final...
Category: World Affairs
- Sarkozy to Blame For Royal's Break-in?
Jul 24, 2008
This is a political piece that by its very definition can only be filed under "Strange" on any website It concerns last year's defeated candidate...
Category: World Affairs
- Sarkozy's "Astonishing" Olympic Announcement
Jul 18, 2008
So it's official The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be attending the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing, After a "productive"...
Category: World Affairs
- Poppy's Plight
Jul 17, 2008
She first came to our attention after we had visited a local show at the village hall organised by a nearby refuge for abandoned dogs and cats At...
Category: Pets
- Sarkozy's G8 Ennui
Jul 17, 2008
He was bored, the poor man You could see it in his eyes and his body language
Category: World Affairs
- Betancourt's Unsung Hero
Jul 17, 2008
Since the dramatic rescue last week of 15 hostages held by Colombia's leftist rebel movement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc,...
Category: World Affairs
- Sarkozy's Union-Bashing Barb
Jul 16, 2008
Sometimes a politician can believe his or her own spin just a little too much that it leaves many onlookers gasping in disbelief and checking their...
Category: World Affairs
- One Woman's French Foly
Jul 7, 2008
Right upfront it has to be said that this is far from being a hard-hitting news piece And what's more it'll probably only have a limited appeal...
Category: Arts and Entertainment
- Trash TV's Secret Story
Jul 6, 2008
You can tell summer has arrived here in France because the signs are all around us First up there are the obvious ones - such as the weather and...
Category: Arts and Entertainment
- Twice an Orphan - Barmy Bureaucracy or Welfare of the Child? You Judge.
Jul 5, 2008
Last weekend here in France an 11-year-old boy, Joris, found himself effectively orphaned for the second time He was taken into care after his...
Category: World Affairs
- Public Prosecutor Recommends Dropping (Jean) Sarkozy Charges
Jul 3, 2008
The mysterious if somewhat exhausting case of the hit-and-run scooter and the role of the French president's son, Jean Sarkozy, could be nearing...
Category: World Affairs
- Ad' Campaign to Promote Sarkozy's Election Promise
Jul 3, 2008
The French government has launched a media blitz in an attempt to convince people that it really is winning the battle to increase purchasing power...
Category: World Affairs
- Sarkozy Starts Visit to Israel
Jun 30, 2008
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, begins a three-day visit to Israel on Sunday in what the press back home is reporting as further proof of an...
Category: World Affairs
- Sarkozy Muscles in on EU Reform
Jun 29, 2008
It's just under a fortnight until France takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union and already the rest of Europe is...
Category: Politics
- French Press Call For Domenech's Head After France Exit Euro 2008
Jun 27, 2008
In the time honoured tradition of the good old sporting cliché it's time to break open the thesaurus, cry over the spilled milk and join the rest...
Category: Sports
- Spring-cleaning in the Summer at the Local Brocante
Jun 24, 2008
It was an opportunity that was too good to pass up - a chance for a jolly good clear out of all the junk that had been gathering dust in the attic...
Category: Travel
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