I wonder if French 18-Years-olds even WANT subscriptions to any newspapers. Just wondering…
From theguardian:
“The French president Nicolas Sarkozy today announced €600m ($778.5m / £565m) in emergency aid for his country’s troubled newspaper industry and declared that every 18-year-old in France would get a year’s free subscription to the paper of their choice to [...]

From time.com:
“Call it the law that just won’t die. Six months after France’s ruling Conservatives voted to gut the nation’s famous 35-hour work week, anecdotal evidence suggests most companies are sticking with it. French corporations and smaller firms furiously denounced the Socialist’s 1998 work-week reduction, and last year’s law change allows employers to force staff [...]

photo courtesy of Presse-Océan
David Bernard and Marie Geffriaud, owners of L’Etage, a small restaurant in Nantes (Northwest France, Region: Pays de la Loire), are offering an exceptionally cheap lunch menu on Tuesdays. It’s a marketing tactic to get noticed but it’s also a way to address the financial crisis that has hit France and [...]

4:00pm – i>Télé – Investiture de Barack Obama : Petit déjeuner Obama-Bush à la Maison Blanche (1h45)
4:30pm – France 2 – Prestation de serment de Barack Obama (2h15)
4:55pm – TF1 – Cérémonie d’investiture de Barack Obama (2h15)
Some live online streaming coverage is here but note that you might need to set up a proxy [...]

When we first moved to France in 2002, I was a big snacker, as many Americans are. It was part of life and when I began searching for French snacks in Nice, it was a huge disappointment. In fact, I remember blogging about how we were able to find potato chips but only “au parfum [...]

From iht.com:
“Two months after America’s 44th Presidential election, Obama-mania is as palpable as ever in the City of Lights. So, fittingly, there are several good options for those who want to watch live as Barack Obama is sworn in on January 20th (at around 6PM Paris time).
Democrats Abroad France is sponsoring a “President Barack Obama [...]