RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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It's been more than two decades since France recognised transatlantic slavery as a crime against humanity – the first country in the world to do so. On the day France honours the memory of victims of the slave trade, RFI spoke to people from former colonies – now overseas departments – French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion Island about this dark period ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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French imports of fertiliser from Russia have shot up during the Ukraine war – leading to doubts over the government's promise to ensure that France is able to satisfy its own agricultural needs ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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French catering company Bande de Cheffes employs women displaced from their own countries to cook food from around the world. The goal is to make the most of refugees' talents while allowing them to earn their own living ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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Paris city council has denounced a project to drill for oil some 80km south-east of the French capital as a potential environmental disaster. Its water board has gone to court in a bid to stop the works, which it says could threaten the city's drinking water ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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How student protests in support of Palestinians at Paris's political science institute are different from those in the US, a look at France's growing disaffection with Europe, and the long birth of the Channel Tunnel linking France to Britain – 30 years old this week. ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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The Olympic torch relay began in Marseille on Thursday with football legend Basile Boli taking the flame in front of the iconic basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde, a day after it made a spectacular entrance by sea ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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A three-year-old boy has become the first person to die in a cholera epidemic that has gripped the French overseas department of Mayotte since March. Health Minister Frédéric Valletoux was travelling to the island on Thursday to meet with local health authorities ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed his intention to tackle France’s infertility “scourge” by offering everyone around the age of 20 free fertility tests during routine medical checks and by improving access to medically assisted procreation (PMA). ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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French police have seized more than a million ecstasy tablets worth around 10 million euros from two vehicles in southeastern France, police said on Tuesday ..read more
RFI | The economic issues and policy in France
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Some 6,000 police have been deployed for the arrival of the Olympic flame in France aboard a 19th century sailing boat. Separately, Games organisers say they're ready to face "unprecedented" cybersecurity attacks during the Olympics. ..read more