A Greek Tragedy

The Greek financial drama continues to blaze. Now, an internal parliamentary watchdog has called the country's deficit "out of control". The comments have angered Greece's financial minister who's already under pressure after a visit from EU and IMF auditors. We take a closer look at this latest twist to the ongoing Greek tragedy.

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08/05/2013 - Japan

Could methane hydrate solve Tokyo's energy crisis?

After 10 years of research, Japanese engineers have extracted offshore methane hydrate from beneath the ocean floor. The substance, more commonly called flammable ice, is a great hope for the future of Japan, which desperately lacks energy since almost all of its nuclear reactors remain shut after the Fukushima disaster. France 24 asks if methane hydrates will solve the energy puzzle for Japan, or even the world.

07/05/2013 - USA

South Dakota introduces law allowing teachers to carry guns

It is now more than four months since 20 children and six adults were gunned down at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. At the time, President Obama declared that enough was enough, and that new gun laws had to be brought in. But all the proposals from the White House for new legislation have come to nothing: every one of them has failed in Congress. Gun culture remains alive and well in the US, especially in the rural heartland, as our correspondent found out.

06/05/2013 - GERMANY

Germany's 'trial of the year' begins as alleged neo-Nazi appears in court

Germany's trial of the year, that of Beate Zschäpe, is opening in Munich. She's the sole survivor of the NSU terror cell and alleged accomplice in 9 racially motivated murders. The case will revisit a scandal that shook the Turkish community: for years, police ignored clues that suggested racist attacks and instead blamed the mafia. Victims’ relatives were even suspects. Turks in Germany began to believe that authorities were blind to detecting racist crimes. Will the trial change that?

03/05/2013 - MEDIA

North Korea, Russia, Syria and Iran named worst countries for press freedom

Reporters Without Borders has published its press freedom index, ranking 179 countries. The NGO singled out Kim Jong-Un, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad as the world's worst press freedom predators. Ninety professional journalists were killed in 2012, a record since the press freedom group started its reports. Syria was the world's most dangerous country, with 18 professional reporters killed.

03/05/2013 - MALAYSIA

Malaysian opposition optimistic ahead of general election

Malaysians head to the polls this Sunday, and for the first time since independence in 1957, an opposition party could clinch victory. The ruling party, Barisan Nasional, is the world's longest continually elected governing coalition. Yet it has become increasingly unpopular over the past five years. Malaysians are now voicing disapproval at widespread allegations of corruption.

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I have just moved to Paris

by Anonyme - 12/09/2011 - 14:41

I have just moved to Paris from Greece and find myself receiving three times the wage here for doing the same job as I was in Athens. The situation in Greece is dangerous and unsustainable. I am pleased to see France24 covering the situation so thoroughly and talking to the man on the street rather than just the same old politicians.

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IMF Staff Paper

by Anonyme - 11/09/2011 - 17:11

Apparently an IMF staff paper was released which showed that the extent of European bank capital shortfall is far greater than previously acknowledged. This previously unknown information is under review by the chief of the IMF and may not be made public in an officilally released report later this month. Coupled with the financial troubles currently rattling Greece, markets may respond negatively if this information is openly acknowledged.