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France offers invitation to Iranian president for a Paris visit

An invitation has been delivered to Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, to visit Paris in November, a gesture that follows this month’s historic nuclear deal. .@LaurentFabius: President of #France, interested in friendship & coop w/ #Iran, has extended an invitation for an official visit to Paris.— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) July 29,…

What future for the Euro, as strain between France and Germany grows?

While the dust seems to have settled in Brussels after the Greek debt deal, the long term ramifications for the relationship between Germany and France may take longer to shake out. That is the opinion of former French economy adviser, Shahin Vallée, who writes in the New York Times that…

Calais crisis sees more deaths, as pressure builds on both sides of Channel

The number of deaths related to attempts to access the Channel tunnel now stands at nine since June. That is the standout sentence in a report by the BBC on the increasing numbers of people attempting to reach the UK illegally from France via the Channel tunnel. Around 1,500 people…

Watch out, watch out Windows 10 is about

Bit of a Public Service Announcement, because if you are reading this on your computer then there is a good chance you are using Microsoft Windows and it’s set to change, again. Windows 10 has landed, and considering the many questions I got when Windows 8 arrived, I am sure…

Digital links between UK and France increased

George_Osborne announces launch of UK-French taskforce to work on open data @_TheFamily #DigitalAgenda pic.twitter.com/ejm8mHUiO9— UK in France (@UKinFrance) July 27, 2015 If you are a bit of a politics fan then take a behind the scenes look around a recent visit by the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, to Paris. The…

Too ‘Heigh Ho’ are Disneyland prices for some visitors

It would appear Mickey and his friends at Eurodisney have not been playing fair at the tills with German and British holidaymakers not enjoy cut-price deals. The BBC reports that people have complained to the European Commission and that it is illegal for companies to block customers from different EU…

Latest ‘staycation’ advert from the Daily Mail

“Still thinking of heading to France for your holiday? Horrendous traffic jams, run the gauntlet of migrants, road blockades, wildfires at campsites… and now farmers are spraying manure over cars.” The Daily Mail has gone full-on ‘French bashing’ with a piece listing all the troubles for British holidaymakers heading to…

When the MEPs have left the building

What costs €180 million per year to run, is only used for four days a month yet brings around €1 billion a year to Strasbourg? Politico takes a look at the workings of the European Parliament after the MEPs and their related staff have left the building. “The nearly abandoned…

Young archaeologists dig up 560,000-year-old tooth

A human tooth, believed to be around 560,000 years old, has been found by two young archaeologists on a dig in south west France. Work in the caves of Tautavel, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, well-known for past discoveries, the two researchers found what is believed to be the oldest human body…

Toxic loans wallop French towns

Is there ever an easy way to get money? Surely when you are a public official and have the local community’s finances under your responsibility the chance for some ‘easy money’ should really raise the alarm. Now one French town near the Mediterranean coast is feeling the effects of such…

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