Le Monde
Rugby : Bayonne bat Clermont sur le fil
September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Grâce à une pénalité monumentale du demi de mêlée Cédric Garcia, l’Aviron bayonnais a battu Clermont, champion de France en titre, 18-16, vendredi soir, et a conforté sa première place du Top 14. Read More Read More →
French Q&A
Where is the best place to go in France to learn about Marie Antoinette?
September 10, 2010 · 6 Comments
I’ve chosen to do Marie Antoinette as my History Coursework subject, and I’d like to learn more about her by visiting France. Are there any specific locations that would be best? Museums? Landmarks? Read More →
French News
FRANCE: French lawmakers agree to push retirement age to 62
September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
France’s lower house of parliament has backed a proposal to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62, a key item on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s agenda that unions have vociferously opposed. Senators are due to vote on the law later this month. Read More 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]
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 News
FRANCE: French lawmakers agree to push retirement age to 62
France’s lower house of parliament has backed a proposal to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62, a key item on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s agenda that unions have vociferously opposed. Senators are due to vote on the law later this month. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: French lawmakers agree to push retirement age to 62]FRANCE: Police search Sarkozy party HQ in L’Oreal investigation
UMP party chief Xavier Bertrand (pictured) says that police searched the party headquarters in Paris on Wednesday as part of their ongoing investigation into the alleged involvement of Labour Minister Eric Woerth in the L’Oreal scandal. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: Police search Sarkozy party HQ in L’Oreal investigation]FRANCE: Unions call for new strikes on Sept. 23 over pension reform
French unions have called for a further day of strikes on Sept. 23 after President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday’s mass protests would not derail plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: Unions call for new strikes on Sept. 23 over pension reform]FRANCE: Senate rejects Sarkozy crackdown on first-time offenders
The judiciary committee of the French Senate has rejected several amendments to a revised national security bill, which were tabled as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign to toughen punishments for lawbreakers. Read More
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French Life
Changes to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) System
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Outside the insurance industry itself, health insurance policies that are defined...
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