Saturday, June 28, 2014

News of France- NY Times

France

Rebecca Marshall for The New York Times
News about France , including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Related: France Travel Guide | Nicolas Sarkozy

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jun. 26, 2014
    Brutal beating of Roma youth in immigrant suburb north of Paris, highlights tensions in France's economic underclass. MORE
  2. Jun. 26, 2014
    National Liberation Front of Corsica, militant group that has staged attacks since the 1970s in its quest for Corsica’s separation from France, announces in a surprise move that it would lay down arms. MORE
  3. Jun. 25, 2014
    France’s highest administrative court rules that a feeding tube could legally be removed from a 38-year-old man in a persistent vegetative state, whose care has been part of a long, bitter public fight involving the country’s end-of-life legislation. MORE
  4. Jun. 25, 2014
    Helena Costa says she will not divulge her reasons for sudden departure as coach of French soccer team Clermont-Ferrand; Costa was first woman to coach a professional men's team in country. MORE
  5. Jun. 22, 2014
    Haggling ended over how much the French government would pay the Buoygues family for a stake in Alstom: a 25 percent premium over Friday’s close. MORE

General Information on France

Official Name: French Republic
Capital: Paris (Current local time)
Government Type: Republic
Population: 63.72 million
Area: 220,668 square miles; largest west European country, about four-fifths the size of Texas.
Languages: French, but some rapidly declining regional dialects and languages
Web site: Service-public.fr

Articles

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France’s Homegrown Jihadists

By SYLVIE KAUFFMANN
The young men and women who have gone to fight in Syria raise the specter of jihadists who return, bent on destruction.
June 28, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON FRANCE AND: Youth , Muslims and Islam , France , Syria , Terrorism

The Scene | Paris Men's Fashion Week: Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2015

By VALERIO MEZZANOTTI
Scenes from the men’s fashion week photo diary of Valerio Mezzanotti.
June 27, 2014, Friday

The Scene | Paris Men's Fashion Week: Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2015

By BARBARA ANASTACIO
Scenes from the men’s fashion week photo diary of Barbara Anastacio.
June 27, 2014, Friday

The War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.

By STEVEN ERLANGER
World War I destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force.
June 27, 2014, Friday

Belgians Share Their Land With War’s Reminders

By SUZANNE DALEY
A century after hundreds of thousands died around Ypres, their remains are still being found, and shells are still exploding.
June 27, 2014, Friday

When the Americans Turned the Tide

By JIM YARDLEY
The Germans were pushing toward Paris in 1918 when untested American troops helped stop them at the Marne River in a pivotal World War I battle.
June 27, 2014, Friday

Kerry Turns Up Pressure on Russia Over Ukraine, Warning of New Sanctions

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia needed to take steps in the coming “hours” to pressure separatists in eastern Ukraine to give up the fight.
June 27, 2014, Friday

Banking on the Prestige of Cannes

By NICOLA VENNING
The owner of a luxury villa, with an eye to improving its value, repositioned the driveway so it would have an address in the resort.
June 27, 2014, Friday

The Scene | Paris Men's Fashion Week: Dries Van Noten Spring/Summer 2015

By LOUISE DAMGAARD
Scenes from the men’s fashion week photo diary of Louise Damgaard.
June 26, 2014, Thursday

The Scene | Paris Men’s Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2015

By ALFREDO PIOLA
Scenes from the men’s fashion week photo diary of Alfredo Piola.
June 26, 2014, Thursday
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