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François Hollande gives his bi-annual press conference.
16/05/2013 - France

Hollande defends economic leadership during first year in office

The French President, François Hollande, has used a major press conference to urge the French public to be patient with his plans to reverse sluggish growth and rising unemployment.

06/05/2013 - Analysis: France

Why is François Hollande so unpopular in France?

Only 15 per cent of French people have a positive view of François Hollande’s first year as French president, according to the latest opinion polls

Visiting Libya's war wounded in German medical centres
06/05/2013 - African news explained

Visiting Libya's war wounded in German medical centres

Hundreds of former Libyan rebels who were injured in the revolution are in Germany for medical attention. James Wheeler is a US citizen who describes himself as "an American volunteer ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande in Brussels in March
05/05/2013 - France - Germany

François Hollande denies discord with Germany's Merkel

French President François Hollande denied claims that his cooperation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on hold until after Germany’s general election.

30/04/2013 - France - Germany

German government memo calls France 'Europe’s biggest problem child'

Just days after the leak of a French Socialist Party memo critical of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a German newspaper has revealed an internal German political memo harshly critical of the ...

30/04/2013

African press review 30 April 2013

In the African press: the Botswanan President's brush with a cheetah; a luxury car maker looks to expand in South Africa; and a Kenyan government minister's family asks a foreign expert to ...

29/04/2013

French press review 29 April 2013

There's a lot about strained Franco-German relations on this morning's front pages.

29/04/2013 - France - Germany

Hollande urged to stand up for Germany after critical memo leak

The French President, François Hollande, and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault have been urged to stand up for Germany after an internal Socialist Party memo critical of the German ...

27/04/2013

French press review 27 April 2013

An attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel drawn up for François Hollande's Socialist Party and Qatar’s unquenchable appetite for France are among the big stories hitting the front ...

German parliament approves Cyprus bailout
19/04/2013 - World news explained

German parliament approves Cyprus bailout

The German parliament has approved an international bailout package for Cyprus. The debt rescue, approved by a large majority, involves a radical restructuring of Cyprus's banking sector.

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