Monthly Archives: April 2007

Marie Barcelo, Carla Bruni, Catherine Sanderson, Lou Doillon. French women in the news: Marie Barcelo: French female enters macho matador milieu She fought her first cow at 12, killed her first bull at 16 and now this shy, young Frenchwomen … Continue reading →

A nice 23-sec morphing video in which the four main presidential candidates turn into blacks. Created by Cran (Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires, representative council of black associations). The French national anthem performed as a gospel song is a nice … Continue reading →

It looks like AFP has come to its senses: Agence France-Presse has settled its two-year-old lawsuit against Google Inc., a move that defuses the French news agency’s allegations that inclusion of its content on the Google News site amounts to … Continue reading →

Le Pen tells lustful teens the answer is in their hands He has advocated patriotism and zero immigration, but the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen this week came up with a new way for young people to serve their country: … Continue reading →

Without a condom you’re making love with Aids. Protect yourself. AIDES, a French association originally set up by the gay community in 1984, has turned into one of the most important European HIV/AIDS NGO’s. Its public health mission was recognised … Continue reading →

Mohammed painted in the 13th century, and defaced in 2007. Self-censorship gone too far? French publisher Belin has blurred the face of the prophet Mohammed in a history textbook after teachers warned it could spark protests by Muslim students. In … Continue reading →

Even if sea levels rise 7 m the French will keep their feet dry. Using Google Maps and NASA data, Flood Maps shows what the world will look like when sea levels rise as the result of melting icecaps. It … Continue reading →

The road of tomorrow is being created today. The American branch of French tire manufacturer Michelin has a nice 3D animated website promoting “a better way forward”. The aim is to build awareness of the company’s 120-year history of innovation … Continue reading →

The famous Parisian Crazy Horse show is making another attempt to export itself. After the failure in Singapore (due to a lack of visitors), the show has now gone to Lisbon in Portugal. Within days of its first opening, the … Continue reading →

The French got a rare glimpse of their president’s only grandchild yesterday, after 11-year-old Martin Rey-Chirac was photographed next to his grandfather watching military exercises in the southwestern town of Bayonne. The son of Jacques Chirac’s daughter Claude and Olympic … Continue reading →

Admiring Mona Lisa. Photo by Robert Doisneau. Robert Doisneau is one of the best known French photographers in the world. His most famous photos (including the unforgettable Baiser de l’hôtel de ville) were taken after the war, in the 50′s. … Continue reading →

Big disappointment for those who believed Joan’s bones were real: scientists prove that remains are a fake. Bones thought to be the holy remains of 15th Century French heroine Joan of Arc were in fact made from an Egyptian mummy … Continue reading →

Sarkozy: speed radars are for common people, not for prez wannabees. French Motor Magazine Auto Hebdo has been following six of the 12 presidential candidates during their campaign visits, and found out that every one of them is guilty of … Continue reading →

Interviews with two prominent Frenchmen: centrist presidential candidate Francois Bayrou and Rachid Bouchareb, maker of the acclaimed film Days of Glory (Indigenes). Some quotes: Francois Bayrou about the Iraq war and the American model: The war in Iraq has been … Continue reading →

The French know how to make the fastest train on the planet, but for the slow ones they need the help of a Canadian company. Canadian company Bombardier Transportation has just received an order from SNCF, France’s railway authority, to … Continue reading →