Oct 13 2008
French News Round Up
Here’s the latest news and articles that have caught my eye over the last couple of weeks. You’ll be glad to see that no reference is made to ‘le credit crunch’!
French food: UNESCO World Heritage Worthy? - From Parislogue.som. Sarkozy thinking about making French food a UNESCO world heritage ‘bite’?
Sarkozy plans to shake up France’s ailing newspapers - From Guardian.co.uk. The French press is one of the least profitable in Europe and seems to going from one crisis to another.
Paris Balloon takes visitors up in the air while measuring air quality - from WebinFrance.com. I rather like this, a view of Paris in a hot air balloon while it measures air quality!
Renault to Electrify French Cars by 2011 - from earth2tech.com. Renault and EDF want to build an electric vehicle infrastructure by 2011 in order to make electric cars a viable option.
Profile: Nobel Prize winner Le Clezio - from BBC.co.uk. A profile of Nobel Prize winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, who has published more than 30 books and lived and taught all over the world.
Is this the worst sporting kit ever? - from Yahoo.co.uk. I would agree, France’s new rugby kit really is pretty awful!
New Sat Nav software provides audio of historical France attractions - from gadgetell.com. New GPS software will provide audio whenever you travel near a historically famous place in France, and will last about two minutes.
France weathers worldwide housing price bust - from WebinFrance.com. It seems that France may not be as badly hit by the falling housing market as other countries as the French haven’t taken the type of risks seen in the US & UK. (OK, a bit about ‘le credit crunch’!)
