When Louis XV spat those viscous fish eggs which Peter the Great had offered him back into the face of the Russian Tsar, the French king did not know that he was turning down a delicacy which was soon to become the most expensive and coveted food in the world. Plus, recipe
The Lyon-based group talk about their participation in an event introducing 'Turkish culture' in France from 1 July 2009 til March 2010. But on 11 June, the Turkish PM warned it could be postponed because of opposition to the Turkish EU membership bid, according to the Hurriyet daily
On 1 June I took a flight from São Paulo to Paris, parallel to the one that disappeared from Rio de Janeiro. Hours later, whilst flicking between the Brazilian and French media, I got the impression that another disappearance was occurring, but this time, with words. A communications strategy or mere coincidence?
The capital of Alsace takes it the extra mile through various individuals, whose initiatives are linked to sustainable urbanism. Via eco-districts and self-promotion, there are new ways of constructing buildings and enjoy the city
In the last year, the picturesque city of Strasbourg has become known as the red light district of Alsace, a veritable European capital of prostitution. Is Strasbourg really a big brothel, where locals and EU officials indulge their peccadilloes?
The political journalist and polemist, 61, has been living in France for more than twenty years, and wonders if he gave French president Nicolas Sarkozy the literary impetus to marry a crooning Italian woman - interview of the week
A huge music festival with acts from all over the world in the heart of the Auvergne? It was the stuff of pipe dreams, but Europavox has done it. From 27 to 31 May more than fifty concerts will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, a medium sized town just to the south of the centre of France
On 21 March, a tenth Six Nations final was dominated by the Celts: Ireland and Wales are through. Italy and England have been knocked out of the race, while France and Scotland are relegated
Prized, imitated and the stuff of dreams, Italian cooking is something to be proud of, in Italy and in other countries. But watch out for the poor wretched people who want a taste of mamma’s cooking on the other side of the Alps – here’s how the French have revised the Boot’s gastronomic wonders. Plus a spaghetti alla carbonara recipe
Theology, or the study 'of realities relative to the divine'. Where can this subject be studied in Europe and who pays? Is it public or private?
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France always have been a politically interested and quite more sweeping nation. Politics does matter. Unfortunately not more than in any other country, when it comes to European Elections. France is simply European - not more and not less. Aprt from the number of people willing to defintily take part in ...
In this video, produced by the Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires, a man who looks remarkably like the new US president is filmed jogging in Paris. He is stopped by French police in the video and asked for his papers. The point the video tries to make is that the ...