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260,500 euros for rusty old car found at bottom of lake
A rusty 1925 Bugatti Type 22 which spent years at the bottom of a Swiss lake sold for 260,500 euros in Paris today at the Retro Mobile classic car show at Porte de Versailles. Although not the most expensive vehicle in the Bonhams auction, it certainly had the most colourful past.
Radio Feature: Culture in France
A taste of Nordic filmmaking in Paris
Cinéma du Panthéon in Paris
With the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and the Swedish presidency of the European Union, Nordic countries have been at the top of the news agenda recently. But now a slice of Sweden, Norway and Denmark has come to Paris for Ciné Nordica – a five-day film festival at Cinéma du Panthéon celebrating Nordic filmmaking.
Radio Feature: Culture in France
Treaty referendum passes with large majority
Official results announced on Saturday afternoon showed 67.1 per cent of Irish voters in favour of the Lisbon Treaty, with 32.9 per cent opposed.
The swing in favour of the treaty, which was 20.5 per cent, became clear early in the day as results from constituencies came into the national count centre in Dublin.
Radio France Internationale – Lisbon Treaty 2009 – Irish Referendum
on Treaty 2009 – Irish referendum
Recession likely to decide Irish referendum
A Socialist Party poster opposing the treaty in Dublin
The economy is at the forefront of voters’ minds as they vote in the referendum on the controversial Lisbon treaty. Unemployment in Ireland is at almost 13 per cent or nearly 500,000 people. While Gross Domestic Product or growth, is down just over seven per cent on the same period last year.
Radio France Internationale – Lisbon Treaty 2009 – Irish Referendum
La fête de l’Humanité – A weekend of politics and rock’n’roll
A political debate taking place
Communist, socialist and left-wing organisations gathered in the working class suburb of Le Bourget this weekend for La fête de l’Humanité. Although political debate dominated the agenda – a programme of music, art and theatre pleased the crowds at one of France’s biggest cultural festivals.
Radio Report: Focus on France
Rock en Seine 2009: Oasis bust-up doesn’t stop the last party of the summer
One of the stages at Rock en Seine in Saint Cloud near Paris
After a fight, in which Liam Gallagher reportedly smashed his brother’s guitar, Oasis pulled out of the 2009 Rock en Seine festival. Noel then announced he was quitting the Mancunian band and Madness stepped into the breach to entertain the masses with their mix of British ska.
Glastonbury festival 2009 – more than just music
The ‘Other’ stage at the Glastonbury festival 2009
The Glastonbury festival has a hippy past stretching back to the 1970s when Michael Eavis decided to turn his farm in Pilton, Somerset into an enormous party. In 2009 it attracted some of the music industry’s hottest acts, but it is more than just music. Besides the anything goes ethos, there’s an agenda for change which embodies the philosophy of one of the world’s largest greenfield festivals.
Special Feature
Graffiti gets into the Grand Palais
Outside the Tag graffiti exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris
Under the glass-panelled roof of the Grand Palais, the Tag exhibition marks an important moment for graffiti. It’s the first time such a collection of street art has been housed in a neoclassical building, which is more used to displaying collections of fine art.
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