Tag Archives: French

Tens of hundreds march in opposition to French Covid ‘well being go’ for third straight weekend

[ad_1] Issued on: 31/07/2021 – 15:02Modified: 31/07/2021 – 15:03 Hundreds of individuals protested in Paris and different French cities on Saturday in opposition to a compulsory coronavirus well being go for entry to a big selection of public venues, launched by the federal government because it battles a fourth wave of infections. Protesters injured three… Read More »

France: Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme offered on the Cycle of Excessive Research on Tradition (CHEC) of the French Ministry of Tradition

[ad_1] On 22 November, the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme was offered on the Cycle of Excessive Research on Tradition of the French Ministry of Tradition (Cycle des Hautes Études de la Tradition – CHEC) within the premises of the Council of Europe (Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg). Mr Stefano DOMINIONI, Govt Secretary… Read More »

Why the French like to say no

[ad_1] Why We Are What We Are | Language Why the French like to say no (Picture credit score: Chuck Pefley/Alamy) Though the default reply to nearly each query, request or suggestion is a disheartening ‘non’, a ‘oui’ is commonly hiding within the context of what’s being stated. (This 12 months, we revealed many inspiring and superb… Read More »

Why the French don’t present pleasure

[ad_1] Tradition & Id | Language Why the French don’t present pleasure (Picture credit score: Norbert Scanella/Alamy) Not solely is ‘Je suis excité’ not the suitable solution to convey pleasure in French, however there appears to be no actual solution to specific it in any respect. W Once I was 19 years outdated, after 5 years of… Read More »

The French Tradition Minister Who Echoed Objections to Jeff Koons’s Paris Memorial Is Out in a Cupboard Reshuffle

[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron has changed French tradition minister Françoise Nyssen as a part of a cupboard reshuffle on Tuesday. He has named her alternative as Franck Riester, who will grow to be France’s fifth tradition minister in six years. Based on French media, Nyssen’s departure was a very long time coming and follows the exit of… Read More »

Minister on catcalling legislation: Some males nonetheless say ‘It is French tradition’

[ad_1] The laws goals to crack down on the type of predatory habits that Marlene Schiappa says restricts French ladies’s on a regular basis lives, making them afraid to go away their properties. “In France …. each lady has skilled that state of affairs,” the minister advised CNN. “Going to work, within the subway, on… Read More »

Policiers Like Your Favourite Crime Present, however French

[ad_1] How will you let you know’re watching a French tv detective? There are moments when it’s apparent, as when Commisaire Magellan, hero of the long-running “Magellan,” uncovers a clandestine affair and tells his sergeant: “Eventually, a bit intercourse. About time.” I don’t assume we’ve heard that on “NCIS” currently. Going by three French or… Read More »

The French Tradition Wars Proceed

[ad_1] A couple of weeks in the past, Laurence Rossignol, France’s minister for households, youngsters, and girls’s rights, went on a morning speak present, the place the host introduced her with a collection of ads for brand spanking new attire “tailored for Muslim traditions,” corresponding to headscarves (foulards) and full-body bathing fits, or “burkinis.” The… Read More »

Why do the French insist on their ‘cultural exception’?

[ad_1] By David Ellwood Is French tradition distinctive, exceptionalist, or simply… distinctive? The query was raised once more this yr by the row which broke out simply earlier than the beginning of US-EU commerce talks. The French authorities insisted that cultural merchandise, significantly movie and tv, ought to be unnoticed of the negotiations because of their… Read More »