Monthly Archives: November 2006

More stories from the animal kingdom called France: A young deer, adopted by a herd of cows in Brittany more than six months ago, has escaped a death sentence. Authorities wanted to put Bambi down, because “it could destroy the … Continue reading →

[youtube]Ut1kGmOhzWQ[/youtube] Two French guys, François Bon and Antoine Montant, performed the world first speedflying descent of mount Eiger in Switzerland. Filmed from a helicopter and with helmet-mounted cameras. Spectacular! Acro-Base website | Via

A 50-year old man in the Dordogne was arrested in a supermarket after being caught red-handed filming under the skirts of female customers, using a camera, hidden in a bag. The voyeur told the police he needed to awaken a … Continue reading →

Supersize and super-late: An A380 prototype. (Photo: Stuart McAllister) Interesting read: The Airbus A380 was supposed to be the future of aviation. Will it ever get off the ground? Will the A380 be the next Concorde—an engineering breakthrough with little … Continue reading →

French film star Philippe Noiret, one of the most popular and prolific actors of his generation, has died at the age of 76. Noiret, who made more than 125 films in a career spanning over half a century, died after … Continue reading →

Is this culture? Give us a break, say the French France wants a tax break for makers of video games, but the EU is dubious of their cultural value France wants to give a tax credit worth 20 percent of … Continue reading →

Imagine seeing this in the last seconds of your life… This makes me so mad: A 23-year-old French woman was killed by four rottweiler dogs The woman’s badly disfigured body was found in the garden of a house near Beauvais, … Continue reading →

Jean-Marie Le Pen has a problem: he can’t find 500 backers The French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, is having problems gathering enough signatures to stand for the French presidency next April. Candidates must collect 500 signatures from elected local … Continue reading →

Each year, the Wall Street Journal publishes its overview of “Women To Watch“. The report lists the 50 women leaders who have moved into the corner offices of some of the world’s biggest companies. In addition to the women who … Continue reading →

Revealing in more ways than one, a new Paris exhibition is set to expose a little-known yet prolific side to French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s work. While the artist is more commonly associated with the passionate embrace of one of his … Continue reading →

Long before European bureaucrats decided that the old continent produces too much wine, some people in the Gaillac region in south-west France started to make something different from grapes. No, it’s not antifreeze or biofuel. It’s Ciroc vodka. The people … Continue reading →

Two stories from the animal kingdom called France: In the northern French town of Laon, a 72-year old hunter tries to kill a wild boar, but doesn’t aim properly. The wounded boar goes mad, counter-attacks, and drags the hunter over … Continue reading →

Can this stop the curious? France bans sadism for minors France’s minister for culture has barred minors from seeing the horror film ‘Saw III’ because of its ‘incessant and unbearable sadism‘. In an unusual step, the minister insisted on seeing … Continue reading →

Sad statistic: not all couples live happily ever after On average, every three days a woman in France dies as a result of marital violence. Men escape death more often: “only” one gets killed every two weeks. So far this … Continue reading →

Two young farmers in the south of France had an original idea to fund their business: ask people for money, and promise to pay them back with cheese. The scheme started three years ago, and appears to work. It allowed … Continue reading →