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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Schools' roles quetioned after Charlie Hebdo attacks
French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem at the Pierre de Ronsard primary school in Paris on 6 February, 2015 AFP/Stéphane De SakutinAfter the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in January some...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: UNESCO's World Radio Day invites young Syrian radio...
Al-Sa'a Al-Suriyya (The Syrian Hour) © UNESCOWhere would we be without radio? It's a cheap and accessible way of getting information out to people, even in the most remote of communities. For the...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: French Jews consider moving to Israel
The Hyper Cacher supermarket near Porte de Vincennes in eastern Paris Reuters/Yves HermanAfter the attacks in Paris on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in early January, France's Prime Minister...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: France's Foundation for the memory of the Shoah promotes...
"Coexist" - the name of one of the inter-cultural projects financed by the Foundation© ReutersFive teenagers who were detained after overturning more than 200 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: How climate change impacts agriculture
An Eiffel tower model built with fruits and vegetables at the 52nd agricultural fair in Paris Reuters/Pascal RossignolFrance’s annual agricultural fair is this year taking on the issue of climate...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: France's Agriculture Fair promotes Paris region products
Reuters/Pascal RossignolParis's annual farm show is welcoming visitors and exhibitors from around the country and the continent this week. But with its environmental focus ahead of this year's climate...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Afropean in France
Director Eva Doumbia, organiser of the Africa Paris festivalDRWhere are you from? That question can be frustrating if you are French, even if you have African ancestry. As a reaction, some French...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Without law, St Denis has trouble banning plastic bags
Using paper instead of plastic bags at the St Denis marketSarah ElzasThe French senate is debating a wide-reaching environmetal bill that would require a 50 per cent reduction of waste in landfills by...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Sceptical about vaccinations in France
Public health officials say vaccinations keep dangerous diseases at bay, but not everyone in France is convincedAlix Guigon/AFPFrance's Constitutional Council is set to rule on Friday, 20 March, on...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: France launches its first global gastronomic journey:...
In a French kitchen. Pierre MonettaMore than a thousand chefs around the world are today serving up a French dinner, in celebration of French gastronomy and savoir faire. The gastronomic/diplomatic...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Sport - a vector of citizenship
Concrete slab in Bobigny O.Chermann/RFICandidates in France's departemental elections have up until midnight today to persuade voters to vote them into the second round. The first round takes place...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Socialists downplay losses in first round of French local...
Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes from the first-round local elections, 22 March 2015. Reuters/Eric GaillardAfter Sunday’s first round of France’s Departmental elections, in which...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: First round of France’s departmental elections: the...
Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes from the first round local elections, 22 March 2015. Reuters/Stephane MaheThe first round of France’s departmental elections ended with the...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: France elections: Islam under scrutiny
Election officials count votes from the first-round local elections, 22 March 2015. Reuters/Stephane MaheIslam’s place in France is increasingly under debate, following January’s terror attacks against...
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ON-THE-SPOT FRANCE: Rights group fear Front National rise in French regional...
AFP Photo /Alain JocardMainstream parties in last week’s first round of elections in France's départements have urged supporters to turn out in droves to halt the progress of the far-right Front...
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