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LABOUR-FRANCE: Fears Of Retrenchment Grip Workers
Workers in France are heading for a rough time, as employers are announcing a series of restructuring exercises that involve retrenchment.POLITICS-FRANCE: Communist Party Fights For Survival
French Communists joke that if their former leaders, Maurice Thorez and Georges Marchais, were to take a fresh look at the Party they led, they would neither like it nor recognise it, today.ENVIRONMENT-FRANCE: Consensus Over Nuclear Waste Crumbling
More than 25 years after the introduction of nuclear power in France, the country's consensus on the subject is crumbling under the weight of technical and legal setbacks.HEALTH-EU: The Harm Caused By ‘Unethical’ Livestock Breeding
The detection of two cases of the mouth-and- foot disease (MCD) and the intensification of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in France reveal the harm caused by the industrialisation of agriculture and livestock breeding in the European Union (EU).AGRICULTURE-FRANCE: Foot-and-Mouth, BSE Show Price of Agriculture Policy
The detection of two cases of food-and-mouth disease (MCD) and the intensification of the 'mad cow disease' or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in France reveal the harm caused by the industrialisation of agriculture and livestock breeding in the European Union (EU).POLITICS-FRANCE: Parisans Voted For A New Mayor A Homosexual
For the first time in French modern history voters have chosen a Socialist Mayor for Paris./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/EXHIBITION: Science Alone Cannot Suffice to Comprehend the World
Spanish artist and educator María Novo calls into question the ability of the instruments of science to provide humanity with a grasp on the complexity of nature, in an exhibition at UNESCO headquarters in the French capital.POLITICS-FRANCE: Parties Scramble for Supermacy after Indecisive First Round Vote
Following an indecisive first round in municipal elections in France Sunday, coalitions of both the left and the right Monday began to regroup for next week's final round which they hope will reveal clear signals towards the likely outcome of parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for next year.POLITICS-FRANCE: Left-Wing Coalition Poised To Take Over Paris
The first round of the municipal suffrage in France, which took place on Sunday, has failed to reveal any clear trend towards next year's parliamentary and presidential elections.ECONOMY: Off-shore Financial Centres Continue to Resist OECD Pressure
According to the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), off-shore financial centres are really 'tax havens" that offer illegal shelter to tax dodgers and those with dirty drug money to launder.POPULATION-FRANCE: Debate Shifts On The Fate Of The 25m Kurds
A debate in France has shifted on the fate of the 25 Million Kurdish people scattered across Asia and the Middle East.RIGHTS: EU Urged To Stop Supporting The Algerian Regime
European Union (EU) should stop supporting the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for allowing the Algerian army to commit atrocities against the civilian population, a group of Algerian, French, and Spanish intellectuals said in Paris.POLITICS: Corruption A Major Issue In French Poll
Corruption is becoming a major issue in French elections.CORRUPTION: French Corruption With Worldwide Ramifications
The ongoing process against former French Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, and six other officials of the oil enterprise Elf Aquitaine on the charges of corruption and abuse of state power reveals the worldwide ramifications of the dubious practices typical of France's politics during the 1980s and 1990s.POLITICS-COLOMBIA: Pastrana Seeks European Backing for His Peace Plan
The focus of Colombian diplomacy this year will be on urging Europe's politicians and business community to support the process the government has launched for national peace and economic recovery, President Andrés Pastrana announced in the French capital.RIGHTS-EUROPE: Women from Poor nations Victims Of Modern Slavery
For Angela P., a fragile looking 30-year old teacher from the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, a trip to Paris was a dream she indulged in her life long. Two weeks ago, her dream came true - as a nightmare.SPORTS-MIGRATION: Real Goals False Papers
The supporters, the trainer staff and the managers of the professional French football club, AS Saint Etienne, were over the past one and a half years proud of their striker Axel Dias.POLITICS-EU: A Summit Plagued by Conflicts of Interest
The heads of state and government of the 15 European Union (EU) member states will attempt at their Thursday through Sunday summit in this city on the French Riviera to hash out an agreement on reforms of the bloc's institutions, with a view to enlargement.HEALTH/AGRICULTURE-FRANCE: BSE Scare Leads to Surge in Natural Fodder
The latest cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the fatal manifestation of "mad cow" disease in humans, has led to a wholesale return to natural animal feed for livestock in France.POLITICS-MIDEAST: EU Ministers Back Creation of Palestinian State
The European Union (EU) foreign ministers at the Fourth Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership expressed hope that a Palestinian State would soon be created, though under pressure from the participating Arab government delegates.EU-MEDITERRANEAN: Middle East Conflict Overshadows ‘Barcelona Process’
The programme of economic co-operation between the European Union (EU) and its neighbouring states at the eastern and southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is being jeopardised by the renewed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, according to observers.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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