French News
FRANCE: Sarkozy looks to strip citizenship from those who threaten police
July 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that he would look into stripping French citizenship from anyone of foreign origin who “threatened the life of a police officer” following a spate of riots around Grenoble earlier this month. Read More Read More →
Charles Bremmer
We’ve moved
June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Just a reminder that the blog is now available on our new site, www.thetimes.co.uk. Posting continues there…. Read More Read More →
French Q&A
What does it mean when a french machine where your using your debit card says "lecture piste" on the screen?
July 30, 2010 · 2 Comments
I know what the literal translation of the french words is, but I do not understand what it means in the context of making a transaction. Also what to the different colored buttons with letters on them (for example I think the red one has an A on it) mean? There usually next to the pin-pad numbers. Theres a red, yellow, green, and then a symbol. Anyone who can help me with any or all of these questions it will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Read More →
French Life
Changes to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) System
May 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You may probably have already received, or will be receiving in the near future, a letter and application form from the Overseas Healthcare Team of the UK Pensions Service entitled: “About the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from 1 May 2010”. Here, experts from Exclusive Healthcare explain the changes… Read More Read More →
French Law
A New Deal for End Users? Lessons From a French Innovation in the Regulation of Interoperability
January 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
[Article published in the William and Mary Law Review] In 2007, France created the Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures (l’Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques or ARMT), an independent regulatory agency charged with promoting the interoperability of digital media distributed with embedded “technical protection measures” (TPM), also known as “digital rights management” technologies (DRM). ARMT was established in part to rectify what French lawmakers perceived as an imbalance in the rights of copyright owners and end users created when the European Copyright... [Read the full story]
Le Monde
Un octogénaire séquestré pendant un an par sa famille
July 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
L’homme a été maintenu dans une pièce étroite, à l’abri de la lumière, sous-alimenté et victime de violences de la part de son épouse et des proches de son celle-ci. Read More Read More →
Charles Bremmer
We’ve moved
Just a reminder that the blog is now available on our new site, www.thetimes.co.uk. Posting continues there…. Read More
[Continue reading: We’ve moved]French football in toxic pit
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[Continue reading: French football in toxic pit]Paris and the new Times
I promised an update about the blog and our transition to the new Times site. We’ve already had some discussion here on the touchy matter of paying for access. I’ll get to that, but first the practical stuff. The Paris… Read More
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