- FRANCE 24

04/02/2011 - REPORTERS

United Kingdom: education on credit

The UK is undergoing austerity measures unprecedented since the Thatcher years. Among them is a rise in university fees, which can cost up to €10,000 per year. Students and academics are calling it an unfair policy which favours the rich. FRANCE 24 went to meet the young people affected by an economic crisis that is not of their making.

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06/12/2010 - CULTURE

Chemical companies repsonsible for cancer increase?

Today on culture, film director Emmanuelle Schick Garcia talks about her latest documentary called “The Idiot Cycle”. She argues that chemical companies are responsible for the rapid increase of cancer cases in the last decades. Doctors and experts she interviewed highlight that there’s a crucial lack of independent studies on the matter. Many have compared Schick Garcia to Michael Moore, in her style and approach to stories. You’re about to see why...

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03/12/2010 - CULTURE

Surprising Americans...

Today, author Laird Hunt talks about his latest novel “Ray of the Star”. It explores the mind of a loner who falls in love with a street artist. Hunt is “one of the most talented young american writers” according to acclaimed author Paul Auster. In his fourth novel Hunt has adopted a rather rare literary technique with chapter long sentences. And THE unmissable event in Paris, for all Anglophones who wish to meet new people. It involves drinks, food and happens in a charming Parisian loft...