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20/05/2013

French press review 20 May 2013

This is Pentecost Monday, and it's a holiday here in France. Or is it?

The pope and Argentina's dirty war
04/05/2013 - The Sound Kitchen

The pope and Argentina's dirty war

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Anti-gay marriage movement signals new force in French politics
29/04/2013 - On-the-spot France

Anti-gay marriage movement signals new force in French politics

In France, the opposition to same sex marriage and adoption took on a scale unseen in other countries where they are already legalised.

26/04/2013 - France - Equatorial Guinea

Guinea's Obiang loses libel case against French NGO

A French court ruled on Thursday that an Ngo did not libel Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema when it accused him of salting away vast amounts of his country’s ...

23/04/2013 - France

French parliament adopts gay marriage law

The French parliament voted in favour of same-sex marriage and adoption on Tuesday after a grassroots campaign against the bill which mobilised hundreds of thousands, a spike in hate crimes ...

18/04/2013 - France

French press review 18 April 2013

France is beiing torn asunder. That's if you choose to believe the front page of the normally optimistic Catholic daily, La Croix.

17/04/2013 - France

French Catholic bishops elect new leader

France’s Catholic bishops have chosen a new leader – Archbishop Georges Pontier takes over from Cardinal André Vingt-Trois at a time when the church is deeply involved in ...

11/04/2013 - France

France's chief rabbi resigns admitting plagiarism

France's Chief Rabbi, the country's leading Jewish religious figure, on Thursday resigned with immediate effect, after admitting to plagiarism in his books.

05/04/2013 - France

Protests and prayers as French Senate debates gay marriage

Opponents of gay marriage demonstrated outside the French Senate on Thursday and Friday as the upper house debated the government’s gay marriage bill.

01/04/2013

French press review 1 April 2013

France is in Easter holiday mode, but making news: the new Pope's first Easter Mass; reflections on the war in Iraq, and the end of the "Winter Truce" for non-paying renters in ...

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