Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has won the hotly-contested French presidential election. The final count gave Mr Sarkozy 53.06%, compared with 46.94% for socialist Segolene Royal, with turnout at 85%. Mr Sarkozy, 52, the son of a Hungarian...
Defeated Socialists search for scapegoats
Let the finger-pointing begin. Ségolène Royal’s defeat on Sunday night left the French Socialist party in disarray and searching for someone to blame. There is hardly a shortage of scapegoats.It is the party’s third consecutive presidential defeat....
Police battle anti-Sarkozy protesters
CLASHES between police and protestors have been reported in central Paris and the southeastern city of Lyon after conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy was elected French President overnight.In the Place de la Bastille in Paris riot police fired tear...
French parties call voting machines a 'catastrophe'
The Socialists, the Communist Party and the Greens put on a rare show of unity to call the machines, used for around 1.5 million of France's 44.5 voters, a "catastrophe." It is the first time the machines have been used for a presidential election...
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MET Museum Podcast: An Americans in Paris, 1860–1900
The actor Charles Turner reads amusing descriptions of Parisian daily life by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), the first African American artist to achieve international acclaim.[ mp3 ] listen or download
Jodie Foster, teenage chanteuse
Here's a 1977 video of a teenage Jodie Foster singing Je T'Attends Depuis La Nuit Des Temps. She recorded the song and several others for the film Moi, fleur bleue. » youtube.com [ Contribute: submit link / submit article / submit company ]
New airline L'Avion offers Paris-NY with French frills
A new low-cost, high-frills French airline entered the cutthroat transatlantic market on Friday with an all-business class service aimed at cost-conscious "Paryorkers". The made-up catchword, derived from Paris and New York, is the slogan for a...
Book Review: The Story of French
The Story of French. By Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow. 483 pages. $25.95. St. Martin's Press. The unique relationship between French speakers and their language is one of the grand themes in "The Story of French," a well-told, highly...
Chirac's France 24 starts broadcasting tomorrow.
PARIS: France goes head-to-head with CNN and the BBC from Wednesday with the launch of its state-funded 24/7 news channel, part of President Jacques Chirac's efforts to make his country's voice heard. France 24 will broadcast two channels, one in...
Terrorist organization opens 'new phase in struggle against French state
A new phase must be opened up in the struggle against the French State in order for it to take an interest in the (Basque) conflict and its solution." Reported by the Spanish Basque nationalist daily Gara on 4 November, this threat comes in number...
Paris street to gallery, the pochoir artist arrives
PARIS: It was an unlikely juxtaposition: A green, graffitied face of the Mona Lisa staring out from the eminently respectable cover of a Sotheby's auction catalogue. Yet even stranger were the auction results of the Contemporary Art sale at...
A survey of France: Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist
"There is nothing inevitable about decline in France. There is a sense sometimes elsewhere that this is just the way the French are... that they are conservative and resistant to change. That is actually nonsense." [mp3] Listen or Download / The...
On the Ile Saint Louis / Paris and Suburbs
Splendid reception apartment on the Ile Saint Louis, with exceptional views on the Seine river. Luxuriously renovated, this 330 m² apartment on the 3th floor of an elegant 18th century building offers spacious volumes. Versailles parquet. Closed...
Air France confirme la cration d'une nouvelle compagnie touristique
Comme révélé ce matin par La Tribune, le groupe Air France KLM va créer une compagnie aérienne régulière à vocation touristique, en s'appuyant sur Transavia, la filiale de KLM spécialisée sur les activités touristiques. Basée à Orly, la nouvelle...
Sgolne Royal wins French Socialist partys presidential primary with majority of votes, boosting her bid to become the countrys first woman president next May.
Her victory, hailed last night by one of her supporters in Paris as the “birth of a new Socialist party”, helps her to dismiss criticisms that her candidacy was based more on style than substance and she lacked the experience to win the hearts of...
Saint Cloud. Exceptional estate of about 600 m.
This outstanding property of about 600 m² stands in a landscaped garden of 2.300 m² enjoying an unspoilt view of Paris. Fully and luxuriously renovated in 1999, this elegant house comprises on the ground floor : a triple reception opening onto a...
Charges sociales allges pour les trs petites entreprises
Le prélèvement de 3.000 euros de charges sociales payé par les entreprises en création va être remplacé par un prélèvement assis sur le chiffre d'affaires effectivement réalisé. Une mesure qui devrait procurer un soulagement appréciable aux...
Sofia Coppola To Have Baby in Paris
Movie maker Sofia Coppola is so smitten with Paris, France, she has determined her first child will be born there. The director will give birth to a baby daughter this winter, and she's moving into a new apartment in the French capital to make sure...
Laurent Joffrin candidat la direction de Libration
Les actionnaires de quotidien se retrouvent ce lundi pour un cinquième conseil d'administration afin de débattre d'un projet prévoyant 100 suppressions d'emplois. Laurent Joffrin, directeur de la rédaction du Nouvel Observateur, a annoncé son départ...
Journe de grve chez Nestl
La CGT de Nestlé France appelle à une « journée nationale d'action » dans l'ensemble des sites du groupe agroalimentaire, avec des arrêts de travail, mardi, jour d'un comité de groupe France. Le syndicat dénonce « les problèmes liés aux...
Paris is rich pickings for China's new elite
DROVES of Asians pour from buses into a side entrance of Galeries Lafayette, the venerable Parisian department store, and march into its duty-free boutique beneath a "Japan Welcome" sign. But these are not the flush Japanese of yore; they are...
French growth sputters after a spurt
BRUSSELS: The French economy ground to a halt in the third quarter, prompting banks to lower their forecasts for growth across Europe on Friday. The surprisingly bad news also dealt the center-right government a blow as campaigning gains pace, with...
Spies lost 25m kitty meant to preserve France
French spies have lost a secret war chest of 25m meant to fund a government-in-exile in the event of invasion or nuclear attack. The money was hidden in bank accounts and investments controlled by a handful of intelligence officers who passed on the...
France 24 to challenge CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera
Chirac's pet project promises to 'spread French values abroad' While Francois Mitterand commissioned I.M. Pei's Louvre pyramid, soon-to-be-retired French President Jacques Chirac is betting on France 24, a round-the-clock French CNN, to cement his...
A Clash of Civilizations in Europe?
Secular Europe and some of its Muslims citizens continue to clash – not in direct battle but over cartoons, operas, newspaper essays and school customs. The clashes are a product of a globalized media system, according to French journalist Patrick...
For France, Video Games Are as Artful as Cinema
France is proud of its contribution to culture in such forms as existentialism, Impressionism and amateur films. Now the French culture minister wants to add Donkey Kong to his country’s pantheon of high art. “Call me the minister of video games if...
Madame Figaro - Luxe : Le trs haut de gamme
Van Cleef & Arpels : 100 ans sous toutes ses facettes Claudine Hesse. Madame Figaro. Photo : Paul Delort/Le Figaro Le célèbre joaillier de la place Vendôme fête son anniversaire avec éclat : 186 bijoux aux noms évocateurs sont créés pour l'occasion.
Victoire secrets
Sa frange, ses robes de princesse, ses bagues hypertrophiées... On croit tout connaître de Victoire de Castellane, la créatrice de la joaillerie Dior. Et pourtant, le mystère reste entier. via: LE FIGARO Madame - Luxe
NetEconomie, Les blogs de Jupp et Royal sduisent la presse traditionnelle
Parallèlement à son top 100 des blogs les plus populaires, Edelman dévoile l'identité des blogs politiques les plus référencés par la presse traditionnelle en France. Le blog-notes d'Alain Juppé, qui vient de reprendre ses fonctions à la mairie de...
