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REPORT: AVIGNON FESTIVAL 2015: Thomas Ostermeier makes Richard III popular in...
0 The second of three Shakespeare plays has opened at the 69th Avignon Festival. Director Thomas Ostermeier’s six-month-old production in German with English punctuation went down very well overall....
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FRANCE: Rare ancient Roman frescos found in south of France
0 Extremely rare ancient Roman frescos, comparable to those found in the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, have been uncovered in the historic southern French city of Arles. Photos of the ancient...
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SAILING: Rights row over Chilean torture boat at Amsterdam nautical festival
0 Human rights campaign were up in arms this week over the presence of the Chilean ship Esmeralda at festival for historic boats in the Dutch town of Amsterdam because political opponents of General...
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FRANCE : Graffiti daubed on Kapoor's 'Queen's Vagina' sculpture at Versailles
0 British artist Anish Kapoor's giant scultpure, nicknamed the "Queen's Vagina", at Versailles château has been vandalised for the second time. Monarchist slogans, some of an anti-Semitic character,...
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SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE: Hidden black history unfolds in Paris
Le Paris Noir takes us to Rue de Panama, in Paris's 18th district. Clea BroadhurstThere are a lot of things to visit in Paris, but what about going for a completely unusual tour around the city? Le...
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FRANCE: French court dismisses race hate case against right-wing broadcaster
0 A case of incitement to racial hatred against a controversial French TV and radio commentator was dismissed on Tuesday. Eric Zemmour had been prosecuted for comparing gangs of foreigners to the...
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FRANCE: Art exhibitions in Paris, September 2015-January 2016
0 There’s sex next door to the Senate, over 100 Warhols at the Paris modern art museum, Picassomania at the Grand Palais, Wilfredo Lam at the Pompidou, the Louvre looks into its crystal ball and the...
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FRANCE: Artwork, furniture of France's former royal family up for auction
0 More than 200 items owned by the House of Orleans are up for grabs in a collection of artworks and furniture worth millions of euros. The collection is linked to a long feud within France’s former...
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SOUND KITCHEN: South Sudan, Mesopotamia and French cartoons
David Franklin/Getty Images/A TerradeThis week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the quiz about South Sudan. There’s “On This Day”, some great music, and of course, the new quiz question....
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REPORT: EGYPT: New research on Nefertiti's tomb whips up enthusiasm, and...
0 It's a theory that has got everyone talking - starting with archeologists. At a press conference in Cairo on 1 October, Doctor Nicholas Reeves outlined his idea that there is more to the famous tomb...
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FRANCE: Paris’ Museum of Mankind reopens after a 6-year closure
0 The Paris’ Museum of Mankind will reopen to the public this weekend after a six-year closure and 92 million-euro renovation. A gallery of busts from the 19th century at the Museum of Mankind (Musee...
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RWANDA - FRANCE: Further call on the French government to release archives...
0 Anti-racist groups in France held talks at the French Senate to call on the government to release archives dating back to the Rwandan genocide. Rights groups have denounced the shroud of secrecy...
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FRANCE - GERMANY: France opens archives on wartime Vichy regime
0 France has opened its official archives on the Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazi occupation during World War II, making information such as the activities of special police who...
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GERMANY: Copyright off on Hitler's 'Mein Kampf', but taboo remains
0 Restrictions on one of the world's most controversial books were lifted on Friday, when Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' was released back into the public domain. For the first time since his death,...
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FRANCE: Mixed legacy for Mitterrand on French left, 20 years after death
0 When French President Francois Hollande was elected to office in 2012, he brought the Socialists back to power after 17 years. The previous Socialist president, Francois Mitterrand, is remembered...
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