Posts Tagged ‘broadcast journalist paris’
Protesters kick up a stink over Guerlain racism row
A protester holds a placard reading, “I don’t want to work like a nigger, either”
Protesters blocked the Guerlain store on the famous Champs-Elysées avenue in Paris on Saturday to call for a boycott of Guerlain products following comments by Jean-Paul Guerlain they claim were racist.
Radio Feature: Focus on France
French solar cyclist finishes epic journey to Tokyo
Florian Bailly on his solar bike, Japan, October 2010, Photo: Sur la Route du Soleil Levant
Frenchman Florian Bailly arrived in Tokyo at the beginning of the week after a gruelling bicycle ride from France through 12 countries and across two continents. Travelling on a specially adapted solar bicycle, Bailly harnessed the sun’s rays as he completed the 10,000 kilometre journey in less than two-thirds of the time it would have taken on a conventional bike.
Electric vehicles star at Paris car show
Citroen’s DS3 World Rally Car at the Paris car show 2010
This year’s Paris car show is all about electric vehicles and French manufacturers are leading the charge. Citroën and Renault are dominating the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre with Renault’s Dezir concept car attracting lots of stares and Citroën showing off its DS3 rally car.
Radio Feature: Focus on France
Competition in France’s conservative camp as reshuffle looms
François Fillon, October 2008, CC licence: europeanpeoplesparty
It was make or break time for French Prime Minister François Fillon on French television on Sunday night. Facing a government reshuffle by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in October, Fillon could be said to be positioning himself as a possible future presidential candidate. He has remained obedient to Sarkozy since his appointment in 2007, maintaining what he calls an “alliance”. But is now the time for him to go it alone?
Radio Feature: Focus on France
Video games, bonobo, lemon curd and lies
Screens at MuseoGames exhibition
This week’s Sound Kitchen visits the MuseoGames exhibition at the Arts et Metiers museum in Paris to play video games and find out why it’s just been extended until December. Rachel Khoo, a food creative, and author of Pâtes à tartiner shows us how to make lemon curd. Our regular quiz taxes your ears with another mystery sound. And we have dance music from Bonobo, Alltrics and Fenech Soler.
Radio Magazine: The Sound Kitchen
Mbida to contest presidency after 13-year exile
Mbida, August 2009, CC licence: Democratecamerounais
After almost 13 years in voluntary exile, Louis Tobie Mbida, leader of the Cameroonian Party of Democrats (CPD), announced he will return to Yaoundé on 2 September and is planning to run in the presidential elections in 2011.
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