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Immigration debate flares in Italy after pickaxe attack
13/05/2013 - World news explained

Immigration debate flares in Italy after pickaxe attack

Immigration is hotting up as an issue once again in Italy after the arrest of a Ghanaian man accused of killing one person and injuring four others with a pickaxe in Milan on Saturday.

Inside Marseille's Baumettes prison
04/05/2013 - France

French prison suicide rate twice European average

France prison suicide is twice the European average, according to a new report by the Council of Europe.

Political gridlock in Italy
18/04/2013 - World news explained

Political gridlock in Italy

Italy’s splintered parliament is due to elect a new head of state Thursday in a key step to pulling the country out of political gridlock. President Giorgio Napolitano's successor will ...

15/03/2013

French press review 15 March 2013

Pope Francis’s election, the anniversary of the conflict in Syria, the French pension system's deficit and a European decision that will allow French smokers to bring in more cigarettes from ...

Who is Pope Francis?
15/03/2013 - World news explained

Who is Pope Francis?

Argentinian Jorge Bergoglio is the first non-European Pope to be elected in 1,300 years. He is also the first Jesuit ever to become pontiff.

14/03/2013

French press review 14 March 2013

Will Pope Francis speak up for the global South? And how's his sense of humour? Where have 6.3 billon euros of Vatican money gone? Why is France still losing jobs?

07/03/2013

French press review 7 March 2013

Where now for Venezuela? That's the question posed by three of this morning's Paris dailies in the wake of the death of President Hugo Chavez.

03/03/2013 - France

Far right's Le Pen calls for French EU membership referendum next year

As Eurosceptics gain election victories in Britain and Italy, French far-right leader Marine Le Pan has called for a referendum on France’s membership of the European Union at the beginning ...

27/02/2013

French press review 27 February 2013

The French papers can't get over the Italian election result . . . or should that be non-result?

Italy faces uncertain future after election upheaval
27/02/2013 - World news explained

Italy faces uncertain future after election upheaval

The shockwaves of the Italian parliamentary elections, in which the biggest winner is a protest party led by a comedian, were felt by stockmarkets across Europe on Tuesday.

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