FRANCE: France faces prospect of fuel shortage if strike continues
France could face the threat of fuel shortages if open-ended strikes at refineries continue. The most recent stand-off between unions and President Nicolas Sarkozy over pension reform plans has shut down 70 percent of oil refining capacity. Read More
FRANCE: France faces further strikes and protests over pensions
French unions begin a new round of nationwide strikes in protest at government plans to overhaul the country’s pension system as senators approve a controversial move to raise the age at which workers can retire with a full pension. Read More
FRANCE: France rules out immediate military action to rescue Niger hostages
France’s military head, Admiral Edouard Guillaud (pictured), said Friday that the government is not currently considering military intervention to free seven hostages kidnapped in Niger last week by the North African al Qaeda. Read More
ARTS: The jury’s in: ‘Our Body’ exhibition banned in France
France’s highest court has held up two previous verdicts banning the “Our Body: The Universe Within” exhibition, making France the first country to ban the controversial human body expo. Read More
Why did Disney decide to build their park in Paris?
Paris isn’t the only big city in France, France is a big country with a pretty big population and thus as many big cities, with much more land area available for expansion than Paris has, and more reliable weather. Paris’s weather leaves a lot to be desired in terms of rain fall, yet the South [...]
FRANCE: Army officer who threatened Togolese journalist recalled to France
France on Friday recalled a senior military officer from Togo to France and temporarily confined him to quarters for “bringing the French army into disrepute” after video footage showing him threatening a Togolese journalist was posted online. Read More
FRANCE: France to dismantle half of all illegal itinerant camps
France’s Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux announced Wednesday that half the country’s illegal “travelling people” and Roma camps would be dismantled within three months, and that any caught breaking the law would be deported. Read More
FRANCE: France to deport Iranian ex-PM’s assassin after academic freed
France has signed a deportation order Monday for Ali Vakili Rad, an Iranian agent convicted of the 1991 killing of former Iranian PM Shapour Bakhtiar in a Parisian suburb, according to a French Interior Ministry official. Read More
FRANCE: FRANCE 24 fined for violating privacy over Sarkozy affair rumour
A Paris court on Friday fined FRANCE 24 €3,000 for violating the privacy of French pop singer Benjamin Biolay by publicising rumours that he was having an affair with the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (right). Read More