People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
France and Russia settled wide-scope cooperation in fields of economy, politics, technology and culture in a meeting on Friday, with around 25 pacts signed between representatives from both sides. &$ &$Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon sign cooperation agreement in Rambouillet' castle, France, Nov. 27, 2009. Francois Fillon and Vladimir Putin...
Taume News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Today in Paris and in the presence of Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of France François Fillon Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller and EDF СЕО Henri Proglio signed a Memorandum of understanding on the possibility of EDF participating in the construction of the offshore section of the South Stream pipeline.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Paris - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Francois Fillon, sat down for talks Friday at Rambouillet, some 50 kilometres south-west of Paris, that will be centred on deepening business ties between the two countries. The occ...
Bloomberg (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Areva SA, the world’s biggest reactor builder, will continue to operate in all areas of the nuclear supply chain, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said, quashing speculation that the company may be dismantled.
France24 (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
France is to pass a law banning "psychological violence within the couple" and study the idea of tagging violent partners to prevent them stalking their victims, the government said Wednesday. Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced the measures in a speech to mark the United Nations' tenth International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, promising legislation in the first...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Paris - The French government is drawing up a law that will sharpen punishment for those found guilty of domestic violence, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Wednesday. The new law will include penalties for psychological violence and will make f...
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Nicolas Sarkozy will not be present when Vladimir Putin arrives in France this week for the 14th meeting of the Franco-Russian Commission on bilateral cooperation. Novopress reports: Nicolas Sarkozy has more important things to do than to greet Vladimir Putin. The Russian prime minister, scheduled to visit France on Thursday and Friday, was supposed to meet with the French president. No such thing...
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On November 13, Prime Minister François Fillon paid a visit to Jane Fonda City - Hanoi, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is known today. There he laid a wreath on the tomb of the man America could not defeat, thanks in part to Ms. Fonda, the left-wing media that told blatant lies about the war, the student uprisings and the vacillations of two American administrations, one Democrat, the other Republican....
The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Plans to abolish a tax on investment causes uproar in town halls IN THE rolling hills and medieval villages of France, a modern rebellion is stirring. The country’s 36,000 directly elected mayors are in revolt, angry at government plans to cut the number of elected officials and abolish a local tax that supplies much of their revenues. This week some 6,000 of them descended on Paris for their...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
1959 GMT: France are in their traditional blue kit while the visiting Irish are in white shirts with green shorts. 1959 GMT: The Irish players and fans belt out Soldiers Song - the French reply with a stirring rendition of Marseillaise and we're ready to go - 90 minutes (or more) to book a ticket for South Africa 1956 GMT: Expectant French fans wave their tricolor flags in the stadium as the players...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Monday France would see an economic growth between 1.0 percent and 1.5 percent for 2010, refreshing already upgraded expectation he made in September. "We already know that we will have a doubtless growth of more than 1.0 percent, between 1.0 and 1.5 percent," Fillon said when visiting eastern French region, proud of France's leading pace in resisting...
The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Who will be EU president? Ladbrokes has Belgian premier and Gollum lookalike Herman Van Rompuy as favourite. Looking at Ladbrokes' list of 25 contenders , nearly half of them already have jobs one would have thought of as being too important to cast aside in order to become chairman of the EU Council. Three of the four favourites are currently heads of national governments. Evidently being Prime Minister...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
France: UMP Party: "Rama Yade Is An Asset For Our Party" The center-right Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) party is backtracking after almost two weeks of attacks against their party's best-liked politico and France’s most popular politico, with even Prime Minister Francois Fillon stating that the former human rights minister's days were numbered in the administration (article...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Influence. The "brothers" are many around the president, Sophie Coignard reveals a disturbing book. Source: http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/2009-03-13/les-francs-macons-de-sarkozy/917/0/324920 Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette Buzzer!Yahoo! The Freemasons? They are everywhere, even inside the state. In any case the conclusion of our colleague and collaborator in Item Sophie Coignard. In...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Cacophony is the day within the ruling center-right UMP party, as they determine exactly how to handle outspoken French Secretary of State for Sport Rama Yade. The drama is making national headlines in Franch. The French are even calling Secretary Yade, who is a former human rights minister, "La Rebelle" (The Rebel). Some days ago, there was a row over Secretary Yade's dissent from the party...
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