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Latest update : 2012-12-07

'Florange: autopsy of a disaster'

FRENCH PRESS REVIEW - 07/12/12: The long-running saga over a steel plant in northern France – Florange - is continuing to get a lot of attention in the French press. Le Figaro wonders if Industrial Recovery Minister Arnaud Montebourg could be the big winner in the end. Meanwhile, Le Monde has a scathing editorial about French prisons.

By Florence VILLEMINOT

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Handshakes and private toilets: How Koreas' summit is planned to (media) perfection

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2018-04-26 France

'Welcome to your new life (in prison)' Danish paper says to convicted killer Peter Madsen

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2018-04-25 Emmanuel Macron

Macron and Trump: Dandruff diplomacy?

IN THE PAPERS - Wednesday, April 25: From handshakes to kisses to that “dandruff diplomacy”: What's to be gleaned from Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron's subtle power grab during...

2018-04-24 Canada

Fashion and ethics: Five years after Bangladesh factory collapse, what's changed?

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Much ado about nothing? Actress Natalie Portman's boycott of 'Jewish Nobel awards' sparks backlash

IN THE PAPERS - Monday, April 23: We take a look at coverage from the French and international papers ahead of Emmanuel Macron's trip to Washington. Will he succeed in convincing...

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DHEEPTHIKA LAURENT Journalist, Press Reviewer

An Australian at heart with Indian origins, Dheepthika has been at FRANCE 24 since 2012. She loves browsing through the papers with a special soft spot for anything Aussie and anything that takes us out of the mundane.

ALISON SARGENT Journalist, Press Reviewer

A piece of her heart lives in Seattle, but Alison has been in Paris since 2013. She loves explaining French word play, rounding up clever cartoons, and trying to reconcile opposing views.

FLORENCE VILLEMINOT Journalist

As a bilingual Franco-American, she enjoys explaining everything French to an Anglophone audience… as well as exploring ideas that will shape the future.