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" C’est la vie in France "
Some news from France or about French Citizens
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Mitt Romney speaks French; so ‘strange’, ‘effete’!
Apparently, France is great for Haute Couture but speaking French is not so glamour to some American politicians… A few days ago, a video posted by a liberal political-action committee called AmericanLP, featured Mitt Romney showing off his foreign language skills... |
| By Sama Team, December 14, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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French tech firm Atos wants to ban office e-mail
The idea may sound weird but it comes from Atos, an international information technology services company with annual 2010 pro forma revenues of EUR 8.6 billion and 74,000 employees in 42 countries. So the idea may not be weird... |
| By Sama Team, December 7, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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Marseille, a beautiful city far from any cliché
Last week, we read a great article by Amy Wilentz published on the New York Times: France Nouveau. She has done a terrific job of putting together a nuanced and lively portrait of Marseille; no cliché here (much appreciated) but real... |
| By Sama Team, November 23, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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Play in Paris draws wrath of far-right Catholic groups
Another C’est la Vie in France related to religion. After Charlie Hebdo burned out by petrol bomb attack two weeks ago, now (although it happened last month) this is about Catholic fundamentalists gathering outside a Parisian theatre, to protest... |
| By Sama Team, November 16, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
| By Sama Team, November 9, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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Charlie Hebdo burned out by petrol bomb attack
Earlier this morning, the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by fire, by a petrol bomb attack causing extensive damage. Many strong reactions followed the attack, from French authorities but also from the French... |
| By Sama Team, November 2, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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An American immigrant in France, deported?
This week a story caught our attention: the story of an American immigrant in France who has been in the country for six years, rent an apartment in central Paris, have always worked and paid her taxes until she was sent a... |
| By Sama Team, October 26, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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François Hollande to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy
About 2.2 million of 2.7 million French primary voters have chosen François Hollande to lead the opposition Socialist Party (PS) against conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election. The former PS General Secretary is often described as... |
| By Sama Team, October 19, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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‘Lost in Paris’ with Matt Gross
Not everyone in the Sama Team lives in Paris, on the contrary. But some of us know the city quite well or at least they think they do. Reading Lost in Paris article by Matt Gross made us realize... |
| By Sama Team, October 12, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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Nobel Prize For Medicine 2011 to Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann and Bruce Beutler jointly won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine with cell biologist Ralph Steinmann. Hoffmann is a French citizen native of Luxembourg, CNRS senior researcher emeritus and professor at the university of Strasbourg. The CNRS press... |
| By Sama Team, October 5, 2011 | In: C'est la vie in France Comments off |
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