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Sarkozy tells Carla to end holiday with lover
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his wife Carla Bruni to end a holiday with her lover in Thailand and return home, a news report said. Sarkozy is also travelling to Britain on Friday without his spouse.
11/03/2010
 
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy dismisses adultery rumours
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has quashed rumors that all's not well in her and Nicolas' paradise.
11/03/2010
 
Contador Seizes Lead In Paris-nice
Twice Tour de France champion Alberto Contador seized control of the Paris-Nice race when he snatched a solo win in the fourth stage to lead a Spanish 1-2-3 today.
11/03/2010
 
Lyon Crush Madrid Final Dreams At The Bernabeu
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal reacts during the second leg of the first knockout round Champions League soccer match against Lyon at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on W...
11/03/2010
 
Search For Air France Black Boxes Delayed
The search for the black boxes of an Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has been delayed by weather conditions and trouble getting a search ...
11/03/2010
 
The Strange Unpopularity Of Nicolas Sarkozy
THIS ought to be a buoyant time for Nicolas Sarkozy. France’s economy is holding up better than its neighbours’: GDP rose by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2009 over the previous quarter, w...
11/03/2010
 
Sarkozy Scandal Fails To Fire In France
Shrink PARIS - More than the Channel divides Britain and France, as testified by their media's response to internet rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, Carla Bruni,...
11/03/2010
 
Contador Wins Fourth Stage, Takes Lead In Paris - Nice
MENDE (Reuters) - Spaniard Alberto Contador won the 173.5-km fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race from Maurs to Mende to take the overall lead on Thursday. Alejandro Valverde was second and Samuel San...
11/03/2010
 
Biography Celebrates Surrealists' Enigmatic Muse
Nusch Éluard photographed in 1934. Photograph: Martinie/Roger Viollet/Getty Images She was the quiet woman of Surrealist Paris and an enigmatic muse that inspired some of the greatest
11/03/2010
 
The French Are Glad To Die For Love
The French again have reasons to discuss the private life of their President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni. It is rumored that the couple is about to break up. It was also said that both Sa...
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy Faces Whipping In Regional Vote
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech at the opening of the Iinternational conference on threats to major world forest basins, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la Ma...
11/03/2010
 
Germany, France Support European Monetary Fund Establishment
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon supported the idea of establishing a European monetary fund to improve economic and fin...
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy Faces Whipping In Regional Vote
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech at the opening of the Iinternational conference on threats to major world forest basins, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010.
11/03/2010
 
Fashion Statement In Paris
"For fifteen minutes today, in a grand Paris drawing room with soaring white ceilings gloriously flounced with gilt, Alexander McQueen came back to life.When the first model walked into the room, ther...
11/03/2010
 
Hard-nosed French Have The Bottle To See Off Italy In Paris | Eddie Butler
France are not short of options with David Marty coming in for Mathieu Bastareaud at centre against Italy. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images It has become a labour of love over the past two w...
11/03/2010
 
Air France Is Suing Ryanair Over Local Subsidies
Paris - French airline Air France said Thursday it has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Ryanair over subsidies its Irish low-cost rival is allegedly receiving from French regiona...
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy Faces Whipping In Regional Vote
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy is looking politically lonely in his presidential palace. Voters hit by France's worst recession since World War II are fearing for their jobs, and are worried and confl...
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy Faces Whipping In Regional Vote
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech at the opening of the Iinternational conference on threats to major world forest basins, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la Ma...
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy Faces Whipping In Regional Vote
Voters hit by France's worst recession since World War II are fearing for their jobs, and are worried and conflicted about how Islamic veils and immigrant culture fit in their nation today.
11/03/2010
 
France's Sarkozy, Fallen From His Pedestal, Faces Drubbing In Regional Election
World War II are fearing for their jobs, and are worried and conflicted about how Islamic veils and immigrant culture fit in their nation today. They get a chance to voice their frustration in an elec...
11/03/2010
 
Lyon Gaining Momentum As Bordeaux's Dip Continues
P ARIS — Lyon’s impressive run of form is gaining momentum at a crucial time in the season, with Claude Puel’s team knocking out Real Madrid in the Champions League the same night de...
11/03/2010
 
Lyon Gaining Momentum As Bordeaux's Dip Continues
(AP) — PARIS - Lyon's impressive run of form is gaining momentum at a crucial time in the season, with Claude Puel's team knocking out Real Madrid in the Champions League the same night defend...
11/03/2010
 
French Leader Tells Deforestation Conference More Funding Needed To Protect World's Woodlands
PARIS - Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in opening a conference Thursday on saving the world's forests &...
11/03/2010
 
French Ambassador To Bulgaria Pleased With Judicial Reform
The French Ambassador to Sofia, Etienne de Poncins, visited the French Language High School in Veliko Tarnovo, where he met students and teachers and donated books. Photo by BNGES
11/03/2010
 
French Leader Tells Deforestation Conference More Funding Needed To Protect World's Woodlands
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, takes leave of Armenia President Serge Sarkissian, following their working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la ...
11/03/2010
 

French news from the Connexion

Creche workers on strike again
CRECHES in 30 towns and cities will be closed today as workers hold their second strike in less than a month. They join GPs and public transport workers in some areas who are also on strike today. F...
11/03/2010
 
Storm Xynthia conman arrested
A SERIAL fraudster who posed as an Agriculture Ministry worker in the storm-hit Charente-Maritime has been arrested. Philippe Berre, 56, spent five days working with local officials in Charron before...
11/03/2010
 
Hadopi 2 fails to deter web users
A NEW law designed to tackle online piracy is having the opposite effect on French internet users, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Rennes found that since the Hadopi 2 law ...
11/03/2010
 
Nice to be CCTV capital of France
THE CITY of Nice has announced plans to more than double the number of CCTV cameras by the end of this year, becoming the most watched place in France. Mayor Christian Estrosi has announced 342 extra...
10/03/2010
 
New measures for teacher cover
SCHOOLS are to be given better access to supply teachers from September following complaints from parents. Education Minister Luc Chatel said up to 20% of France's 50,000 supply teachers were being u...
10/03/2010
 
'Brits cook more than the French'
FRENCH people spend less time in their kitchens than their British counterparts and cook a smaller range of dishes, a new survey has revealed. The research by BBC food magazine Olive in the UK and Ma...
10/03/2010
 
New driving test launches today
A NEW simpler driving test comes into force today in four regions - with other parts of France switching over by the end of May. The 35-minute practical test is designed to give examiners more freedo...
09/03/2010
 
Train stranded for 18 hours in snow
MORE than a hundred passengers have spent the night stranded on a broken-down sleeper train in the Pyrénées-Orientales after it hit 40cm of snow near the Spanish border yesterday afternoon. The train...
09/03/2010
 
SNCF joins March 23 national strike
TRAIN services around France are facing severe disruption on March 23 after drivers voted last night to join a national strike. The CGT, Unsa and CFDT unions have urged members to take part in the in...
09/03/2010
 
Basse-Normandie digital TV switch
ONE and a half million people in Basse-Normandie will be switched over to digital TV this morning as the old analogue signal is switched off across the region. The switchover will happen between 8.00...
09/03/2010
 
School, GP and bus strikes this week
TEACHERS, doctors, binmen and public transport workers are all planning to go on strike later this week - just days before the French regional elections. Unions representing bus and tram drivers in a...
08/03/2010
 
Average results for half-term ski
SKI resorts around France have reported broadly stable visitor numbers but a decline in spending as the key half-term season ends. According to tourism research body Protourisme, 40% of French people...
08/03/2010
 
Swine flu campaign 'cost France €1bn'
THE FRENCH government has spent more than €1bn preparing for the swine flu outbreak since last summer, new figures have revealed. The official auditor - the Cour des Comptes - and two parliamentary c...
08/03/2010
 
Food shops ignore Sunday trade law
MANY supermarkets and convenience stores are breaking the new law on Sunday trading by staying open all day, a newspaper investigation has found. Le Parisien found small local food shops (superettes)...
08/03/2010
 
Greengrocers take tickets-restaurant
RESTAURANTS have reacted with anger to a new initiative allowing people to buy fruit and veg from greengrocers using tickets-restaurant. The decree - which was published yesterday in the Journal Offi...
05/03/2010
 
Rubbish collection strike on March 12
BINMEN across France are planning to walk out on strike for an indefinite period starting on March 12. Six unions representing éboueurs have called on members to stop collecting and treating rubbish ...
05/03/2010
 
Unemployment hits 10-year high
THE NUMBER of people out of work has reached a 10-year high, new official figures have revealed. National statistics body Insee says unemployment in the last quarter of 2009 stood at 2.7 million - it...
05/03/2010
 
EU slams French cigarette pricing
A EUROPEAN court has condemned the French government's policy of fixing minimum retail prices for cigarettes. The Court of Justice of the European Union said the practice - which imposes a €5.10 mini...
05/03/2010
 
Waiting time test for civil service
EVERY part of the French administration should be made to publish figures on waiting times to help improve the quality of service offered to the public, an MP has recommended. Haute-Marne MP François...
04/03/2010
 
Customers quit EDF for rivals
ALMOST 1.4 million homes in France have ditched EDF for a rival electricity supplier, new figures have revealed. The French Energy Regulation Commission, CRE, said competing energy firms including Di...
04/03/2010
 
Major project to rebuild sea walls
FIVE years of work improving sea defences along the French coast have been promised to avoid a repeat of last weekend's deadly floods. The government has announced the setting up of a task-force whic...
04/03/2010
 
Storm insurance deadline extended
HOUSEHOLDS hit by last weekend's storm and floods have been given an extension to make their insurance claims. French insurance body FFSA says all of its members have agreed to push the deadline back...
03/03/2010
 
Truancy note web hoax revealed
EDUCATION chiefs, unions and the French media have been duped by a website claiming to sell fake absence letters to schoolchildren. "Innovative start-up" Xkiouze.com announced it would start selling ...
03/03/2010
 
Eiffel Tower tree exorcist caught
AN EXORCIST who hammered nails into 100 trees near the Eiffel Tower and painted them "to rid them of evil spirits" has been arrested and questioned by police. Gardeners looking after the Champ de Mar...
03/03/2010
 
Teen in court for meat-knife threat
A TEENAGE girl is to appear in court later this month accused of threatening a fellow pupil with a meat-cleaver in a row over a mobile phone. According to a TV report on France 3 Méditerrannée, the 1...
03/03/2010
 
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