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28/04/2012

French press review 28 April 2012

Campaigns for the second round of the presidential elections continue to fill the front pages of the newspapers.

Worries about North Korea's plan to launch a satellite
02/04/2012 - World news explained

Worries about North Korea's plan to launch a satellite

North Korea says it will launch a satellite on a rocket between 12-16 April. Recent images suggest that work at the launch site is already under way, according to a US university.

26/03/2012 - France

GDF Suez wind turbine plan could create 6,000 jobs

French energy giant GDF Suez says its plan to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs.
 

Fukushima - one year on
13/03/2012 - On-the-spot France

Fukushima - one year on

A year ago this week, the world watched as Japan struggled to contain the nuclear disaster that was unfolding in Fukushima in Japan. The developments were closely watched here in France.

06/03/2012 - Eurozone

Eurozone in slight recession says EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Rehn

The European Union's Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn says the eurozone is currently going through a mild recession and he expects activity in the euro area to contract in the first half of ...

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site
23/02/2012 - World news explained

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site

French Industry and Energy Minister Eric Besson has became the first foreign official to visit the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, which was devastated by a tsunami and earthquake ...

Samurai armour comes to Paris
14/01/2012 - Culture in France

Samurai armour comes to Paris

For the first time in Europe Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller’s exceptional collection of Samurai armour is on show - at Paris’s Quai Branly museum.

Does nuclear energy have a future in France?
04/01/2012 - World news explained

Does nuclear energy have a future in France?

Recommendations by France's nuclear watchdog agency to beef up safety at plants will cost the state-owned electricity provider EDF up to 10 billion euros.

29/11/2011 - France

Paris pitches for foreign Christmas shoppers

Paris aims to attract hundreds of thousands more visitors to the French capital during the Christmas period with the launch of ‘Shopping by Paris’.

17/11/2011 - France

France must tighten nuclear security after Fukushima, watchdog says

France must urgently improve safety in its 58 nuclear reactors in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, an official report published Thursday said.

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