French News

FRANCE: Far-Right election poster ‘insults’ Algeria

March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

France’s far-right Front National has upset Algeria, a former French colony, in its latest election poster denouncing “Islamism” and featuring a map of France decked in the North African country’s national flag. Read More Read More →

Charles Bremmer

Murder, kidnap and the quiet accountant

March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

You may remember the story last October about the elderly German doctor who was kidnapped and dumped in France to face charges of murdering a French girl 27 years earlier. It was the fascinating tale of a father’s obstinate fight… Read More Read More →

French Q&A

Is it better to be in Paris on weekend or during the week?

March 9, 2010 · 2 Comments

Hi, I am going to fly to Russia through France. I would like to stay in Paris for 2-3 days.I need to decide if I should stay there on Mon-Wed or Friday-Mon. Any suggestions on visiting Paris on weekend or Mon-Wed? I am planning to stay in the center of the city. Thank you. Read More →

French History

Women, Imagination and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France. By Rebecca M. Wilkin

February 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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

Brice Hortefeux "intéressé" par un observatoire du racisme

March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Le ministre de l’intérieur, qui a reçu, mardi, un rapport sur les “moyens de combattre efficacement” racisme et communautarisme, se dit toutefois “pas très favorable” à la création d’”une autorité administrative supplémentaire”. Read More Read More →

Charles Bremmer

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France salutes her women

The fierce woman in the picture is Chantal Jouanno, 40, President Sarkozy’s State Secretary (junior minister) for the Environment. She is a member of a team which yesterday won the French karate-kata championship in the veteran’s category. Jouanno’s victory was… Read More

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France celebrates la chanson

It’s a pity that the Anglo-Saxon pop world doesn’t pay more attention to what’s happening on the other side of the English Channel. It’s true that some French acts have been enjoying success in the UK but they are instrumental… Read More

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