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Germans French eye plan to create jobs for young
Germany's labor minister, Ursula von der Leyen, said Wednesday that she and her French counterpart will meet in Paris next week along with the countries' finance ministers and European industry representatives to discuss the initiative. On July 3, Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to host a meeting of the 27 European Union nations' labor ministers and national labor agency heads in ...
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Cannes 2013 Muhammad Alis Greatest Fight – first look review
Charisma corrective ...Footage of Muhammad Ali, seen here in 1967 declaring his refusal to accept the Vietnam draft, overshadows Frears's film. Photograph: ...
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No.7 out of French Open
Argentina's world No.7 Juan Martin del Potro has pulled out of the French Open with an ongoing viral infection.Del Potro is the second top 10 ranked ATP player to withdraw from the second Grand Slam of 2013 following world No.2 Andy Murray's decision on Tuesday to pull out due to a back injury."This is a tough blow, because these are the events you dream of winning," Del ...
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ECBs Weidmann tells France - Dont repeat budget mistakes
PARIS (Reuters) - France must step up reforms to rein in its budget deficit, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a magazine interview, urging Paris to avoid repeating "the mistakes of the past." The European Commission has proposed that EU ...
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Femen protester stages mock suicide at Notre Dame cathedral
Inna Schevchenko, Femen's leader, said the Notre Dame protest, above, was a message to all those backing fascism. Photograph: Kenzo ...
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Cannes Review J.C. Chandors All Is Lost
Cannes: 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' Sells to U.K., Other Markets Redford’s exceptional performance will serve as the primary commercial calling card for Lionsgate upon October ...
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A Beautiful Unbreakable French Press Made From A Mason Jar
You don't have to be a coffee snob to know that French presses are delicate. Anyone who's ever so much as picked up one of the java brewers knows that the glass beakers are incredibly, almost uncomfortably, thin. But Mason jars? Sure, they're ubiquitous, and yeah, they can be a bit twee, but those babies are nothing if not sturdy. Bryan Kappa and Rob Story, the creative and ...
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France says Syrias Assad must give up power to end war
Bashar al-Assad must turn over power to a transitional government in order for a U.S. and Russian-backed peace conference to have any chance of success, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "It is perfectly clear that the main aim of this possible conference is to bring in a transitional government for Syria which will have the full executive power," Fabius said ...
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INTERVIEW-Italys Eni chips away at monolithic French gas market
Wed May 22, 2013 12:28pm EDT * Eni wins 50,000 gas customers in eight months * Raises forecast to 650,000 customers by 2016 * Tough market for new entrants, says CEO * Obstacles are govt policy and GDF Suez dominance By Geert De Clercq and Benjamin Mallet PARIS, May 22 (Reuters) - Every day about 500 French consumers sign up with Italian gas vendor Eni as it chips away at the near-total ...
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Germanys Bundesbank chief says France must cut deficit
PARIS (AFP) - The head of Germany's Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, said France needs to make additional efforts to reduce its public deficit, in an interview published Wednesday.France was originally supposed to bring its public deficit back to the EU's ceiling of 3.0 percent of gross domestic product, but has won a two-year extension from the European Commission.Given that the Commission, ...
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Cannes James Franco builds a bookish filmography
But this week at the Cannes Film Festival, he premiered his version of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying," a novel of fractured perspectives and enormous cinematic challenges. Having earlier screened at Cannes a short film he made as a student at New York University ("The Clerk's Tale"), coming to the festival in the Un Certain Regard section - for innovating or ...
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Karl Lagerfelds Fendi fountain photos to be exhibited
Photographs taken by Fendi's creative director Karl Lagerfeld as part of the brand's 'Fendi for Fountains' initiative will be showcased in Paris this ...
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Frances Hollande says EU seeks automatic tax data sharing
BRUSSELS | Wed May 22, 2013 11:43am EDT BRUSSELS May 22 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that European countries would start working in June on an automatic exchange of tax information, in a bid to recoup some of the billions of euros lost in tax evasion each year. Hollande told a news conference following a four-hour summit of European leaders that the ...
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German-French plan to help jobless
unemployment has become a pressing problem in many countries as economic belt-tightening continues.The German-French initiative comes at a time when both governments are under pressure: Germany faces criticism of its austerity-heavy remedy for Europe's debt crisis, while France has gone ...
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German-French plan to tackle EUs youth unemployment
Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high youth unemployment in Europe.Germany's labour minister said that she and her French counterpart will meet in Paris next week along with the countries' finance ministers and European industry representatives to discuss the initiative. Officials in Berlin say the jobs drive will focus on putting already ...
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Suicide on Paris cathedral altar stirs Frances far right
(Facebook) The public suicide in Paris of Dominique Venner, a 78-year-old right-wing French historian and essayist, has stirred a strong political reaction in the country. Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, then pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head, three days after a law legalizing ...
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Canadas Eugenie Bouchard rolls into 3rd round in Strasbourg
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard smiles as she looks over at her coach while facing Bouchard Shahar Peer from Israel during first round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in Montreal. Bouchard beat Peer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian ...
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Does France have right revival plan
PARIS - The man charged with reviving France’s shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest there is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country’s first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world’s largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an American tire company he was ...
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Del Porto withdraws from French Open
Juan Martin del Potro, shown at last year's U.S. Open, on Wednesday withdrew from next week's French Open because of a viral illness. UPI/John ...
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Del Potro joins growing list of players out of French Open
Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina hits a return to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during their men's singles match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 26, 2013. (MOHAMMED ...
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Ryan Gosling’s violent new crime movie booed at Cannes
Ryan Gosling Photo by Ruben V. Nepales CANNES, France -- Boos rang out at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for a blood-spattered revenge tale starring Ryan Gosling as a US fugitive running a Bangkok drugs racket and Kristin Scott Thomas as a cross between ';Lady Macbeth and Donatella Versace.'; ';Only God Forgives'; left many in the auditorium wincing or unable to ...
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Mardy Fish Edina native out of French Open due to heart issue
Mardy Fish celebrates his victory over Gilles Simon of France in the third round of play at the 2012 U.S. Open, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) PARIS -- Edina native Mardy Fish has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a heart condition, tournament organizers said Wednesday. The former top 10 player had returned to the ATP Tour in March after a ...
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British defense secretary arrives in Mali
British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond said he's seen key improvements in the ability of Malian forces to take on Islamic militants. Hammond arrived in Mali to visit British forces deployed to help Malian forces ensure territorial integrity from threats by foreign rebels and al-Qaida fighters. Nomadic fighters and al-Qaida militants took control over parts of Mali after a 2012 coup. ...
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Campaigner against gay marriage in France kills himself in Notre Dame
The protests against the legalization of same-sex marriage in France has been surprisingly passionate and may have included yesterday's suicide in the symbolic heart of French ...
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French director Guillaume Canet had to make New York dirtier for Blood Ties
The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own rubbish to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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