Sep 26 2008
French News Round-Up
This week’s round up covers more than the last week this time, so here’s the latest round-up of news & articles that have taken my interest over the last 10 days or so with quite a few stories on the current state of the world economy:
Mrs Sarkozy meets Metallica on TV - from BBC.co.uk. Carla Bruni spoke to Jools Holland about her music and being married to the French President when she appeared on Later with Jools Holland.
Chinese-Made Sofas Causing ‘Painful’ Eczema Outbreaks in France - from Foxnews.com. It’s not just milk and children’s toys coming out of China (where lead based paint was used last year), that’s causing health problems.
French hold out against credit crunch - from BBC.co.uk. I can vouch that the banks in France are much stricter than they are in the UK. It was almost impossible to get overdrawn when I lived there and when I did, I had the wrath of the banks to deal with!
Au revoir to long lunch as French tighten belts - from Guardian.co.uk. Looks like restaurants in France are having similar problems to pubs & restaurants over here.
France worries about getting splattered with U.S. economic ‘toxic waste’ - from IHT.com (International Herald Tribune). France is worried about how the turbulence in the US economy could ripple out to Europe.
France ban on internet alcohol advertising hits industry - from TimesOnline.co.uk. Seems that the ban on advertising alcohol in France may go overboard, banning vineyard websites??
«Fusion Man» traverse la Manche en vol - from LeFigaro.fr (in Franch). ‘Fusion Man’ flies across the Channel today propelled by a jet engine strapped to his back. He did a similar stunt above the Alps in May. Today’s escapade took 9.5 about 13 minutes to cross the Channel!
