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Fresh attacks are being organised against official corruption in European Union countries, with officials saying they have no illusions that the going will be anything but difficult. … Read More »
A set of ratings identifying the “best cities for students” has put Paris out in front, with a parcel of likely possibilities jostling for the minor placings. … Read More »
Five Oscars were awarded in Los Angeles on Sunday to The Artist, the French and American black-and-white silent film, about the era of black-and-white silent films in Los Angeles.
It was named Best Picture in the Academy Awards presentation, and the leading man, Jean Dujardin became Best Actor. … Read More »
Amid the fighting in Greece over hard times and hard decisions on the budget, and as European Finance Ministers readied for their latest deliberations on debt (see EUAustralia Online, “Athens Pain”, 14.2.12) another credit agency has set up an amber light on investing in Europe. … Read More »
Latest event with European fare at the movies saw BAFTA awards, in London, going to prominent Americans along with local industry leaders.
European cinema was being showcased in Australia in a touring festival. … Read More »
The tempo of the French political season increased on the weekend with the Socialist Party staging a rally to launch its challenge for the presidency, in elections this April and May.
Its candidate, Francois Hollande (picture), spoke of an early withdrawal from Afghanistan … and pointed the finger at the finance industry, for much of the stress over the economy in Europe; a topic of interest far and wide, one Australian review even speaking of a world “Eurogeddon”. … Read More »
The Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, has begun a one-week tour in Europe taking in consultations in Brussels on the economic situation, security talks in London and a new bilateral agreement in France, signed on Friday (20.1.12).
NEW AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE INCLUDES PACIFIC, AND THE WESTERN FRONT
An agreement signed in Paris with the French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, raised the status of the relationship between the two countries to that of a strategic partnership. … Read More »