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| Jul 27, 2026 | D-Day Beaches, Okefenokee Swamp, Mount Olympus Join UNESCO World Heritage List | By Clark Johnson
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| Jul 13, 2026 | France’s Third Heatwave Shuts Nuclear Reactors, Ignites Forest Near Paris | By Scott McCain
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| Apr 29, 2023 | Paris 2024: Olympics Organizers Launch Campaign To Recruit 45,000 Volunteers | This photograph taken on November 10, 2022, shows the mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympic (L) and ... [+] Paralympic (R) Games 'Les Phryges' in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. - The name of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic mascots "Les Ph... |
| Mar 28, 2023 | France Travel: French Strike Clashes Raise Alert For Summer Tourism | French protesters are heading into their tenth week of protests against the French government's ... [+] pension reformAFP via Getty Images |
| Mar 24, 2023 | King Charles' state visit to France is delayed as strikes paralyze its cities and people set fire to buildings to protest higher retirement age | King Charles III, front, and protests in Paris, background, in a composite image. Getty Images
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| Feb 27, 2023 | France Will Spend €100 Billion For ‘New Rail Deal’ | A picture taken on November 8, 2017 in Nantes, western France, shows a SNCF TGV train. / AFP PHOTO / ... [+] LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| Feb 17, 2023 | France raids consultants’ homes in Macron campaign probe | Image from Twitter by Allain florian
French investigators raided the homes of four senior managers at consultancy McKinsey in late January, over suspicions the firm illegally aided President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaigns, a source cl... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Europe Ski Resorts Close Due To Lack Of Snow, Forcing More Sustainable Approach | Many ski lifts are on standstill after a lack of snow is forcing many across Europe to closeGetty Images |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Europe Travel Is Changing: What To Know About ETIAS And Finger Scans | The new EES (entry and exit system) will change the way non-EU citizens travel in and out of ... [+] European countriesGetty Images |
| Jun 8, 2022 | How To Travel To Europe This Summer On The Cheap | Argentat village in the Dordogne, France—there are many ways to still reach Europe this summer on ... [+] the cheap(er) getty |
| May 12, 2022 | France Travel: Masks Dropped, But What About Boosters And Red Tape? | France will drop its mask mandate on public transport on 16 May AFP via Getty Images |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Why Agile Consumer Product Testing Is The Environmentally Friendly Choice | Dana Kim is the CEO of Highlight — a leader in Agile IHUT. Helping CPG brands innovate, test, and successfully launch new products. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | EU Travel: One-Year Visas To Be Granted To Ukrainians For Any Country | A young Ukrainian family arriving in Bucharest, on March 4, 2022–the EU has offered one-year visas ... [+] to anyone fleeing the war with immediate access to schools and the job market. AFP via Getty Images |
| Mar 3, 2022 | France Travel: Vaccine Passes To Be Scrapped From 14 March | France announced its mandatory Vaccine Pass will be no longer be necessary in most venues from 14 ... [+] March getty |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Paris to Ban Private Vehicles in the City in 2024 to Improve Air Quality | Sophie Webster, Tech Times 18 February 2022, 10:02 am
Paris officials announced that private vehicles would be banned from the "historic heart" of the city by early 2024. Officials are pushing to improve air quality in the capital... |
| Feb 8, 2022 | France Travel: Covid Testing To Be Removed As An Entry Requirement | Montmartre in Paris–France is to remove the requirement of Covid-19 testing for entry getty |
| Jan 29, 2022 | Места в мире с самым медленным интернетом — как там сложилась такая ситуация и что предлагают регуляторы | Есть регионы, где на загрузку одного фильма уходит несколько часов. Такую картину можно пронаблюдать даже в развитых странах. Обсудим причины сложившейся ситуации и шаги, которые предпринимают регулирующие структуры.Unsplash / Михаил Павлен... |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Favorite Deliveroo Take Out During Pandemic 2021 Is Not What You Might Expect | Deliveroo has announced the most ordered food during 2021 across France–eggs mayonnaiseAFP via Getty Images |
| Dec 18, 2021 | France Closes More For Christmas: What You Need To Know About New (Travel) Restrictions | French President Emmanuel Macron–France has banned travel from the U.K. due to fears over the ... [+] Omicron variant of Covid-19 Getty Images |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Corsican Cows Won’t Give Up Beach Home To Tourists, Post Lockdown | Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.AFP via Getty Images |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Today in European Tech: Turkey’s Hepsiburada goes public, grocery delivery startup Rohlik nabs €100 million, Getir buys Blok, and more | Hello!
Here's what happened today in European Tech. Deals
- Hepsiburada.com was valued at $3.9 billion in its initial public offering on Nasdaq, the first such listing on the exchange by a Turkish firm. The company, one of Turkey’s largest ... |
| Jun 20, 2021 | The New Open Air Women’s Toilet Promising Peequality And 100% Sustainability | The Peequal reduces wait times, is sustainable and can be transported easily to eventsPeequal |
| Jun 18, 2021 | EU Travel: France Places U.S., Canada On Green List, EU Formally Revokes U.S. Travel Ban | Villefranche-sur-mer on the French Riviera–U.S. travelers are now on the green-list and allowed to ... [+] visit Europegetty |
| Jun 4, 2021 | France Opens On 9 June–U.S., U.K. Rated Amber In Traffic Light System | Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, Paris, Francegetty |
| May 31, 2021 | Eurostar Gets €290M Bailout To Continue Channel Tunnel Trains | PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 22: An Eurostar train stands at the platform at Gare du Nord train station ... [+] during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on January 22, 2021 in Paris, France. The French State will support the cross-Channel comp... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Caviar, Champagne, No Masks: The VIP Clandestine Dinners In Lockdown Paris Causing An Uproar | Teddy bears sit at tables inside the closed iconic brasserie Les Deux Magots in Paris as public ... [+] spaces including cafes and bars stay closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Photo by Ludovic Marin AFP via Getty Images |
| Apr 6, 2021 | EU Travel: Vaccine Chief Says Herd Immunity Will Happen By Mid-July | Thierry Breton who heads the European Commission's special vaccine task forceASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Mar 31, 2021 | France Closes Schools And Extends Lockdown Nationwide: What You Need To Know | The Trocadero Plaza and Eiffel Tower–France is currently battling the third wave of Covid-19 AFP via Getty Images |
| Mar 11, 2021 | France Relaxes Border With 7 Non-EU Countries, But It’s Not The Best Travel News | A gargoyle on Notre Dame in Paris–France is opening its border to arrivals from 7 non-EU countriesgetty |
| Mar 5, 2021 | First Natural Foodware Brand Can Wrap A Burger And Restore The Oceans | Shake Shack joins forces with Restore Foodware. Shake Shack |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Is Europe Open For Summer? All Bets Are Off For U.S. Travelers | Positano on the Amalfi coast, Italygetty |
| Feb 25, 2021 | France Puts 20 Regions On High Alert As Covid-19 Picture Worsens | French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Prime Minister Jean CastexPOOL/AFP via Getty Images |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Vaccination Passports: EU Countries Take Sides Over Summer 2021 | There are two camps currently in the EU–those that want to roll out vaccination passports ... [+] immediately and those who think it's too soon and unfair.getty |
| Feb 23, 2021 | The Small French Village Defying Elon Musk And Starlink | SpaceX owner Elon Musk wants to use the village of Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron as a ground station for ... [+] his Starlink projectASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Facebook took nuclear option in Australia. It may be on collision course with at least 7 other countries | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing news articles on its platform.
The move comes after months of wrangling with Australian officials.
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| Feb 19, 2021 | February EU Travel Restrictions By Country: Quarantine, Covid-19 Tests And Vaccination Passports | A snow-covered London during lockdownGetty Images |
| Jan 24, 2021 | French Told They Must Accept Noisy Church Bells, Cockerels, Tractors–New Government Law | Maurice the rooster–neighbours complained he was too noisy; a new law now protects his right to make ... [+] as much noise as he would chooseAFP via Getty Images |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Eurostar Failing: France And U.K. At Odds Over Who Should Bail Out | An Eurostar train at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, FranceGetty Images |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Is France Moving Towards A Legalization Of Cannabis? | Protesters march for the legalization of cannabis and medical marijuana which has been illegal in ... [+] France since 1970. Corbis via Getty Images |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Michelin Star Awarded To Vegan Restaurant In France | A French vegan restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star, for the first time evergetty |
| Jan 17, 2021 | January EU Travel Restrictions By Country: Quarantine And Tests, As Covid-19 Third Wave Surges | 14-day notification rate and test positivity for Covid-19 across EU/EEAECDC |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Paris’ Champs-Elysees To Become A Garden: Cars Out, People In | Paris' Champs-Elysées boulevard is going to be turned into an "extraordinary garden", its mayor ... [+] announced.Corbis via Getty Images |
| Jan 6, 2021 | A Bad Time For Heliciculteurs; A Good Time To Be A Snail | Snails might be the real Christmas lockdown winnergetty |
| Jan 2, 2021 | Photos show how coronavirus emptied streets and cancelled traditional celebrations as the world rang in 2021 | Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square during the virtual New Year’s Eve event following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in New York City on January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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| Dec 25, 2020 | Mouthwatering photos show what different holiday feasts look like around the world | Whatever holiday you celebrate, special occasions are often a time when people gather around the table to enjoy a feast.
People celebrate Christmas all over the world, but eating turkey and drinking eggnog is a historically British traditio... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | A growing number of countries are banning flights from the UK to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus | A British Airways Airbus A319 lands. Robert Smith/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Fears around a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 have prompted multiple countries to cancel flights from the UK.
Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgiu... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | A growing number of countries are banning flights from the UK to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus | A British Airways Airbus A319 lands. Robert Smith/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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| Nov 20, 2020 | France Passing ‘Covid-19 Peak’ But Is First EU Country To Reach 2 Million Cases | French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron commemorating armistice day 2020AFP via Getty Images |
| Nov 15, 2020 | 17 photos show thousand of ill people flooding Europe’s hospitals as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic grips the continent | Medical workers take care of a patient at the ICU of the George Papanikolaou General Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, on November 11, 2020. Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters
In Europe, emergency wards are filling up amid a second coronavirus wa... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | China is back to normal — the US and Europe are not. Here's how it succeeded | Chinese President Xi Jinping toasts at a banquet in Beijing, China, on on September 30, 2019.
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China has put the coronavirus pandemic behind it, and life has returned to largely to normal.
During its Golden ... |
| Sep 23, 2020 | French Government Closes Marseille’s Bars As Country Battles Second COVID-19 Wave | Bars like this one in Marseille's Old Port will be required to close as COVID-19 cases soar in ... [+] France's second-largest city. Chris O'Brien |
| Sep 9, 2020 | French Government To Make Insulting Mayors A Criminal Offense | French government entities continue to clamp down on speech. Following a terrorist attack on a French satirical newspaper, government leaders vowed to double down on protecting controversial speech. The govenment then fast-tracked several p... |
| Jul 8, 2020 | The Louvre just reopened for the first time in 4 months | The Mona Lisa in 2005 (L) and the Mona Lisa in 2020 (R) at the Louvre.
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The Mona Lisa is arguably the most famous painting in the Louvre, if not the world - but be... |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Macron announces restaurants and bars to reopen on Monday - sooner than anticipated | (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)
Restaurants and bars will be permitted to reopen beginning Monday, and schools will resume the following Monday, June 22, President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday.
The entirety of mainland France - in... |
| May 17, 2020 | France Extends Eviction Ban To Help Needy | A man holds a placard reading 'No expulsion whatever the age'. A demonstration in Toulouse, France, ... [+] 4 March 2020 against evictions of children and their families.NurPhoto via Getty Images |
| May 10, 2020 | France Emerges From Lockdown; What You Now Can And Can’t Do | The deserted "Place de la Concorde" on May 09, 2020 in Paris, France. Getty Images |
| May 9, 2020 | Неполное собрание фейков о COVID-19: происхождение, распространение, лечение | Darina Obukhova Коронавирус 9 мая 2020, 13:52 Неполное собрание фейков о COVID-19: происхождение, распространение, лечение
Вирус и фейковые новости про вирус распространяются примерно с одинаковой скоростью. Одной из причин настолько разрос... |
| Mar 20, 2020 | France banned cycling, people can now only jog within 2km of home, in new Covid-19 measures | Christopher Froome of Great Britain rides past the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the Tour de France in July 2017.
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France has been under a nationwide lockdown since Tuesday, and the government has been ramping u... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | As France Enters Lockdown, Government Promises €45 Billion In Aid | As a curfew began at midday across France, the Finance Minister promised aid to help combat a possible economic downturn from the impact of SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19. |
| Mar 13, 2020 | France embraces distance learning experiment as coronavirus forces school closures | Following a decision to close schools next Monday to stem the spread of COVID-19, France will embark on a massive experiment in distance learning.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the school closure in a national address on Thursd... |
| Mar 13, 2020 | France embraces distance learning experiment as coronavirus forces school closures | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Feb 29, 2020 | Huawei Faces Setbacks in U.S. Courts; Coronavirus Epidemic Expands Beyond Chinese Borders | Huawei Faces Setbacks in U.S. Courts
Huawei has faced setbacks in American courts this month, in two cases that may affect the company’s U.S. reputation. On Feb. 18, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ... |
| Jan 9, 2020 | Meghan Markle and Prince Harry plan to become 'financially independent' upon stepping back from royal life. Here's how much the British royal family is worth. | Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are stepping back from royal life. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are taking a "step back" from their positions as members of the royal family and moving toward becoming &q... |
| Dec 15, 2019 | How New Tech Is Recycling The Old | LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 21: A young man rides a Jump-Uber e-scooter between police officers in ... [+] Praça Marques de Pombal on November 21, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Uber has now joined the electric scooter sharing companies in the c... |
| Nov 11, 2019 | Voi raises $85m, promises to improve unit economics | Fredrik Hjelm, chief executive and cofounder of Swedish scooter startup Voi, feels two things when he hears that his competitors have raised big rounds.
The first is positive, he says: “It’s a sign that this is a market that works — and we’... |
| Oct 9, 2019 | The week in mobility: scooter funding & regulation debate | Scooter startups have once again stolen the headlines this week, but Bird and Tier’s mega funding rounds aren’t the only interesting things to have happened in the mobility sector. Here’s our roundup of what’s been going on: 1) It’s fundrai... |
| Oct 3, 2019 | No More Burning: New Anti-Waste Bill In France Makes It Illegal To Destroy Unsold Clothing & Other Goods | 256 1
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| Jul 17, 2019 | Tech.eu Podcast #126: Facial recognition rules in Europe, France and Britain bite back on big tech, the future of EU-US data flows, interviews with Lubomila Jordanova and Tim Schumacher, and more | Tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
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| Jul 10, 2019 | Tech.eu Podcast #125: Even more money for e-scooters, what’s up with Atomico Angel Programme, future of podcasting, interview with Sara Usinger, and more | Tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
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| Jul 3, 2019 | Paris’ electric scooter experiment demonstrates dangers of failing to regulate tech | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Jul 3, 2019 | Paris’ electric scooter experiment demonstrates dangers of failing to regulate tech | If you want to see an example of how failing to properly regulate a new technology can be bad for companies, users, and communities, look no further than Paris.
Last year, the city allowed dockless electric scooters to begin operating in th... |
| Jun 12, 2019 | Tech.eu Podcast #121: E-scooters in trouble, what happened to subscription boxes, 50inTech’s Caroline Ramade, event hacks, and more | Tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
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| Feb 28, 2019 | Why can’t we build anything? (Part 2) | One of the major themes we are working on these days at the Extra Crunch Daily is trying to understand why America and many other Western nations can’t seem to build infrastructure anymore. The answers are complicated but critical: our infr... |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Apple Agrees to Pay France ten years of Back Taxes
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The magazine reported that the firm paid nearly 500 mill... |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Tech.eu Podcast #103: Google’s fine in France; the Copyright Directive; a hot January for Icelandic startups; interview with SBC’s Raph Crouan; and much more | The Tech.eu podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
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| Jan 25, 2019 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | Happy Friday!
This week, our research team tracked over 80 tech funding deals worth more than €740 million, as well as a bunch of M&A transactions across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey.
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| Jan 21, 2019 | Google fined $57 million by French data privacy body | Google has been hit by a €50 million ($57 million) fine by French data privacy body CNIL (National Data Protection Commission) for failure to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations.
The CNIL said that it ... |
| Jan 21, 2019 | Google fined $57 million by French data privacy body | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google has been hit by a €50 million ($57 million) fine by French data privacy body CNIL (National Data Protection Commission) for fail... |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Naked Restaurant Closes Because No One Wants to Eat Naked in Public | In March, the Association des Naturistes de Paris (Association of Naturists of Paris) made an enthusiastic Facebook post, beaming about the 22,000 people who had double-clicked to show their interest in its small group, all-nude tour of the... |
| Aug 1, 2018 | Prosecuting the Islamic State Fighters Left Behind | The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces captured an American-Saudi dual citizen last September suspected to be a member of the Islamic State. Because of his citizenship, he was quickly transferred to Defense Department custody and is being... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Everything we know about the ISIS attack in the south of France | A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State is believed to have killed at least one person Friday during a hostage-taking at a supermarket in the south of France, according to reports.
Here’s what we know so far about the unfolding si... |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Activists want to shut down France's first sex doll "brothel" for promoting rape | Paris councillors are considering calls to close France’s first sex doll brothel Tuesday, following objections from feminist and left-wing groups.
Situated in an apartment in the French capital’s 14th arrondissement, Xdolls opened last mont... |
| Jan 4, 2018 | Apple Sues France's 'Attac' Activist Group and Seeks a Court Order to Bar the Group from Future In-Store Protests
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| Dec 28, 2017 | Apple execs could face jail in France for slowing down older iPhones | Last week, Apple admitted that it throttles CPU performance on iPhone models with lower-capacity batteries, all in the interest of conserving battery life and, above all, preventing unexpected shutdowns. As Apple noted in a brief statement ... |
| Oct 22, 2017 | Can We Stop Terrorist Vehicular Attacks? | Editor’s Note: Among the many terrifying forms of violence ISIS and other terrorist groups are using, one of the newest, and deadliest, is the use of cars and trucks to run down innocent people. So far, governments have struggled in vain to... |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Woman Says She Was Fined a 'Cleaning Fee' for Swimming in Burkini | Swimming pools in the US have a sordid history with racism. As one history professor puts it, they have "long been contested spaces where Americans express social prejudices that otherwise remain publicly unspoken." And despite Fr... |
| Jun 12, 2017 | Macron scores stunning parliamentary victory over Le Pen's far right party | The far-right National Front party of former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was dealt a huge blow in Sunday’s first round parliamentary elections in France, and is now predicted to win as few as four of the 577 seats up for grabs. New... |
| May 8, 2017 | TechCabal Daily: The African Connectivity Hustle | Hey there! Here’s everything interesting in African technology today. Not subscribed? Click here to get this goodness in your mailbox every day at 7am (GMT + 1).
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| May 4, 2017 | Macron emerges as winner after final TV debate with “high priestess of fear” Le Pen | Emmanuel Macron emerged as the clear winner of a heated and insult-laced TV debate with his presidential rival Marine Le Pen Wednesday. Opinion polls, pundits and newspaper editorials all declared Thursday that the far-right candidate’s inv... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | The New York Times reports that President Donald Trump plans to submit a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes large increases to the Department of Defense that will be partially offset by drastic cuts to other federal agencies, s... |
| Jan 4, 2017 | France’s digital minister delivers a progress report from CES on efforts to build a startup nation | Battling France’s reputation as a nation of Luddites who hate innovation, the French government launched a program in 2013 called “La French Tech.”
The program is a mix of marketing, financial support, regulatory reforms, and community-buil... |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Europe's far right is already using the Berlin attack to exploit fears | In recent years Europe has faced some of its most difficult challenges since 1945. An enduring economic crisis that has led to tensions between EU member states is tied up with an unpopular austerity-led vision of the continent promoted by ... |
| Dec 5, 2016 | French Foie Gras Exports Halted Due to Bird Flu | It's been a rough year for the most decadent of meat products.
First, it was announced that foie gras producers were being forced to quarantine their force-fed geese after an H5N1 bird flu outbreak affected 69 farms in southwest France. The... |
| Sep 14, 2016 | France to open first 'de-radicalization' center for potentially violent extremists | As France continues to grapple with terror threats across the country, government officials announced Tuesday its first official de-radicalization center will open at the end of the month in a sleepy town in the west. It's being marketed as... |
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| Aug 19, 2016 | Terrorism Fears Lead to Paris Food Festival Cancellation | Paris's reputation as a hub for all things wine and food is sadly beginning to overlap with its reputation as a target for terror attacks.
A Paris food festival called Street Food Temple, originally scheduled to last from September 23 to 25... |
| Aug 4, 2016 | How ‘Wine Terrorists’ Flooded a French Town with Red Wine | Imagine waking up in a sleepy town in the south of France. You hear the whirl of a stream from below and smell wafts of grenache coming in from your window. You look down onto Maréchal-Juin Avenue and see the streets running inches deep in ... |
| Jul 12, 2016 | Where cannabis is legal around the world | While cannabis is banned in France and the UK, places like Uruguay and Colombia have legalized it
Note: The CannaVator accelerator, which includes a 10-week online and in-person program, is accepting applications until August 15, 2016 for i... |
| Apr 12, 2016 | This French Carbonara Recipe Pissed Off All of Italy | The world of gastronomy is one of constant innovation and reinvention. But some things are not up for debate, or even variation, and carbonara is one of them.
There is a right and wrong way of making the time-tested Roman classic; the right... |
