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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 10, 2008
Two major Nobel prizes in one week is not bad for a country that is anguishing about its cultural decline. France has just pulled it off with the literature award for its novelist JMG le Clézio after Luc Montagnier …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 7, 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy had a hard time in Normandy yesterday trying to convince workers at a Renault car factory that he was a regular guy who understood their fear of losing their jobs. That might be because of photographs …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 7, 2008
It is refreshing to step out of France for a weekend in England because you are reminded how different life still is on each side of the waterway that separates the old rivals. Here are a few notes. Little will...
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 2, 2008
You can understand why Nicolas Sarkozy may be feeling frustrated. Since the start of the latest round of the credit crisis, France's hyperactive president has thrown himself into the fray with relish. Crisis management …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 1, 2008
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Britain's ambassador in Kabul, has a reputation for holding strong views and making them heard. He may not, however, have wanted his views on the state of the allied effort in Afghanistan to …
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 30, 2008
When no blog topic leaps to mind, at least there is usually a new French tax to report. This year, we have had the fish tax, a two percent levy which is supposed to help fishermen but has put up...
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 28, 2008
You remember Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate who was defeated by Nicolas Sarkozy in the run-off for the French presidency last year. Last night, Ségo relaunched her faltering run for the Socialist leadership …
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 25, 2008
Regulars here may remember Yves Rossy, the Swiss airline pilot who has turned himself into the world's first human jet. I spent the day with him today at Calais as he prepared to strap on his wings and become the...
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 23, 2008
Perhaps it's the onset of autumn, but sometimes it seems that France almost enjoys bringing itself down. But the gloom should be taken with a pinch of salt. The French enjoy life more than they let on; being negative …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 23, 2008
Perhaps it's the onset of autumn, but sometimes it seems that France almost enjoys bringing itself down. But the gloom should be taken with a pinch of salt. The French enjoy life more than they let on; being negative …
Also tagged: politics, france, internet, media, paris, the economy, life style, the arts