BBC, CHANNEL 4 NEWS, THE GUARDIAN (UK), EUROPE 1, LIBERATION (France), NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (USA) Worldcrunch PARIS – A French court has blocked the future publication by a French magazine of the now infamous topless photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, reports the BBC. The court order prevents French magazine Closer’s publisher, […]
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LES ECHOS (France), FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH (UK), WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA), REUTERS Worldcrunch Europe’s two largest defense companies have until October 10 to decide whether to pursue a merger that would create the world’s largest defense conglomerate, with annual revenue of 78 billion euros and more than 225,000 employees worldwide. According to the French business […]
CLOSER (France), BBC (UK) Worldcrunch The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is reportedly “furious” after a French magazine published topless pictures of the Royal couple when on holiday in the south of France. Closer, a French weekly celebrity magazine, hit shelves on Friday with images of Kate Middleton, along with the headline: “Oh my God! […]
BORDEAUX – The sale of the Château de Gevrey-Chambertin at the end of August has revived the specter of France’s vineyards being transferred en masse into the hands of Chinese billionaires. However, in the Bordeaux region itself, these new investors seem to be rather well received by professionals in the field. Until August 22 of […]
SAINT-OUEN – At what age does gender inequality take root? As early as the crib, according to the staff at one nursery school in Saint-Ouen, in the northern suburbs of Paris. Bourdarias nursery school was the first pre-school establishment in France to adopt an anti-sexism policy, in 2009. France’s Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem […]
DER SPIEGEL (Germany), LE FIGARO (France), THE GUARDIAN (UK), POLITICO (US) Worldcrunch According to new international polling data, the majority of Europeans would like to see Barack Obama voted in for a second term. Meanwhile, his Republican opponent Mitt Romney is still a virtual unknown across the pond. Der Spiegel reported Wednesday that according to […]
LE FIGARO, LIBERATION, EUROPE 1, AFP, FRANCE 24 (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – French newspapers are tracking tax exiles after Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man and head of luxury good giant LVMH, said Sunday he was seeking Belgian nationality. The luxury tycoon’s move to seek Belgian citizenship has caused outrage in a country hit by a […]
PARIS – The event was supposed to start on September 2 at 7 a.m. at the Josephine Baker swimming pool in Paris, on the banks of the Seine River. More than 3000 participants had signed up to take part in the swim that would take them up the Seine to the André-Citroën Park, west of […]
THE GUARDIAN, THE MIRROR (UK), LE MESSAGER (France) Worldcrunch French police were still searching Thursday morning both for the gunman and the possible motive of a grisly shooting in a quiet village in the French Alps, which left four British tourists dead. The British tabloids Thursday were dominated by reports of the shooting spree, which […]
LE FIGARO (France), LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) Worldcrunch PARIS – World famous elite French chef Alain Ducasse has his own response to the economic crisis, which sounds oddly similar to a Burger King back-to-school offer. “Buy one, get one free…” is the offer available to food lovers in the world’s gastronomic powerhouse. From September 17 to […]
FRANCE DIPLOMATIE, LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR (France), THE VOICE OF RUSSIA (Russia) Worldcrunch On August 17, when three members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a penal colony, the verdict sparked outrage around the world: the U. S. State Department asked Russia to “review this case and to […]
Do you want to see The Avengers? Or a French movie? Or a one man show? And you don’t have a penny in your pocket? There is a solution to your problem: YouTube.com. This isn’t a shady alleyway where you risk being mugged at nightfall. YouTube is a respectable company. Over 800 million users watch […]
FRANCE INFO, LE FIGARO (France) Worldcrunch MARSEILLE – On the small island of Porquerolles on the French Riviera, the police have turned a blind eye to helmetless motorcyclists, reports Le Figaro. The person to blame is … the local prefect. Paul Mourier, the State’s representative in the Var department in Southern France, was repeatedly spotted […]
RTL, L’EXPRESS (France), LA STAMPA (Italy) PARIS – The scraggly hitchhiker with his thumb out on the road has given way to the plugged-in free (or almost free) rider with both thumbs on his smart phone. And it is Europe that’s leading the way in finding efficient new ways of hitting the road on the […]
-Analysis- PARIS – Whether or not they pose a real threat to the traditional book publishing industry, e-books are indisputably the talk of the town. Still, few in the sector are able to fathom the full extent of the ongoing digital transformation, which is both far-reaching, yet still largely invisible. From booksellers to printers, everybody […]
BERLIN – After the initial euphoria, it’s back to earth for Germans. The decision to exit nuclear power was initially quite popular, but today many are having second thoughts. Their main issue with the decision is its resulting cost, which is paid for by households and small businesses but has spared big industrial consumers. When […]
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SUD-OUEST (France) Worldcrunch LA ROCHELLE – About 15 30-inch-tall (80 cm) cannabis plants have been discovered in the courtyard of a prison in Saint-Martin-de-Ré, one of the 10 communes located on the Île de Ré island off La Rochelle in western France. The district attorney of La Rochelle has confirmed that an investigation was underway […]
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR, LE PARISIEN (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – Highly confidential layouts of the Élysée Palace (the presidential residence), the Interior Ministry and the Paris Police Department have been stolen from a contractor’s car in Paris, the French daily Le Parisien reports. According to Le Nouvel Observateur, a flash drive containing detailed maps of the […]
LE MONDE, LE PARISIEN (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – On August 15, a controversial “Prayer for France” will be read out at French Catholic churches, reviving a centuries old tradition as the country celebrates the Feast of the Assumption — the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. The wording of the prayer, which […]
OP-ED – A German newspaper recently published a list of the “ten most dangerous politicians in Europe.” When something bad happens we immediately start looking for someone or something to pin the blame on. It makes no difference if the “bad” thing was the capsizing of a cruise liner, a war that ended in a […]
EUROPE 1, BFM TV, LE COURRIER PICARD (France) Worldcrunch AMIENS – Around 100 French youths clashed with police overnight in the city of Amiens, north of Paris. A total of 16 police officers were injured by buckshot and mortar fire during the clashes that lasted for several hours — but no arrests were made. The […]
LA TRIBUNE (France) JERUSALEM – France has prepared a contingency plan to evacuate its citizens from Israel, La Tribunehas learned. According to diplomatic sources, a plan to evacuate the 200,000 French nationals living in Israel has been drafted to prepare for the enventuality of conflict between Iran and Israel. The objective, says the French financial […]
BRASILIA – At first sight, Brasilia is made exclusively of highways. So either the city is hiding below the carefully trimmed grass, or it is just another Latin American myth. Its inhabitants are also invisible. How do they go from one place to another if there are no sidewalks or walkways? Our bus makes another […]
MARSEILLE – The Old Port, the historic quarter’s main street known as the Canebière, Notre Dame de la Garde church — these are three must-sees for any tourist in Marseille, France. And everybody visits them. But how about the old quarter known as the Panier? Very few venture there. Even many locals take the long […]
LE MONDE (France), LA REPUBBLICA (Italy), THE GUARDIAN (UK) Worldcrunch PARIS – Do you find yourself cheering like mad for an athlete whose name you just heard for the first time? Are you passionately tuning into sports you never knew you cared about? And though the endless ads and omnipresent sponsors can be a drag, […]
When a marketing ploy blows up in your face: French online tee-shirt retailer Early Flicker has become Anonymous’ new target after trademarking the hacktivist’s logo and slogan.
LE MONDE (France) Worldcrunch Baddre-Eddine Bentaïb, a French Muslim from the city of Orléans, has set up a website mapping and providing information on mosques throughout France. Now, he is embarking on a “Ramadan road trip” that will take him around the country. When travelling around France for his work, Bentaïb discovered there was no […]
LE POINT , NICE MATIN (France) Worldcrunch NICE – Overzealous forest rangers of the Mercantour National Park in the French Alps, gave a 1,500 euro fine to an association for organizing a catholic mass without authorization. At first, the rangers told them that it was forbidden to hold a religious event or play the saxophone […]
A new study, co-signed by more than 20 international scientists, says the irreversible damage we are doing to the Earth’s ecosystems could lead to a brutal biological collapse – and the end of the world as we know it.
AFP, LE NOUVEL OBS (France), LE SOIR (Belgium) Worldcrunch PARIS – Queen of pop – Madonna – was booed at the end of her concert in honor of “tolerant France,” on Thursday night in Paris, French news agency AFP reports. Although she waxed lyrical during the show about the importance of France to international artists, […]
EUROPE 1, FRANCE TV INFO (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – Supporters of the Syrian opposition movement unfurled a huge flag smeared with blood under the Eiffel Tower on Friday, France TV Info reports. “@siyaseee: @alRifai1 #Syria happening in Paris at Eiffel tower twitter.com/celine_lussato…“ — الـثورة الـسورية (@alRifai1) July 27, 2012 The red, white and green flag […]
EUROPE 1, RMC SPORT (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – This adds a new line to the definition of “armed robbery”… On Saturday morning, French disabled athlete Arnaud Assoumani, who holds the Paralympic long jump world record, was attacked by two young thieves as he was waiting at a red light on his scooter, French radio station […]
Essay: Purists of the French language have long derided the slipping of English words into daily conversations. But now, even a reasoned observer who acknowledges the importance of English, says it has all gone too far.
For the so-called “Skywalkers” of the world, understanding why they cross massive chasms is difficult — it’s no easier to explain how they feel suspended in the void.
Essay: After a senseless double murder at a French night club, a writer reflects on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels — and Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the AK-47, once hailed as the arm to carry the downtrodden along the road to justice.
FRANCE INFO, LE DAUPHINE LIBERE (France) Worldcrunch CHAMONIX – At least nine people were killed, at four are still missing after an avalanche at Mont Maudit (“Cursed Mount”), the third highest peak in the Mont Blanc mountain range. Eleven climbers — including a mountain guide — have so far been rescued, but French and Italian […]
AFP, RTL, LE FIGARO (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – Outrage spread Monday after French TV station TF1 aired for the first time extracts of audio tapes between Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah and the police during the 32-hour siege on his apartment. In the recordings, Mohamed Merah can be heard saying to the police negotiators: “Know that […]
Lyon is the hometown of France’s new Women’s Rights Minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who wants new measures to stamp out prostitution. With French sex workers demonstrating in the streets, Le Monde looks at how prostitution has evolved in Lyon.
Worldcrunch LE MONDE (France) PARIS – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s home and office were raided by police investigators on Tuesday, according to Le Monde. His lawyer’s offices were also raided. The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged illegal financing of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign by billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, the French […]
Essay: As the Barclays “Libor-gate” financial scandal unravels, France’s leading business daily says it’s time London lawmakers and City bankers should stop lecturing continental Europe and take a good hard look in the