- FRANCE 24

09/04/2012 - TECH 24

Digital Russia

Although Moscow may no longer have the geopolitical influence that it had during the cold war, Russia is increasingly becoming a global tech powerhouse. In this special edition of Tech 24, FRANCE 24's Rebecca Bowring reports from Moscow on the growing prowess of Russian tech firms.

13/12/2011 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

'Buy French'

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Tue. 13/12/11: "Buy French" is the slogan of the moment for presidential candidates looking to boost industry. Centrist François Bayrou follows the pack, but forgets to check where his car was made. Meanwhile, far-right leader Marine Le Pen attacks a documentary on her National Front party without even having seen it.

05/09/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Sarkozy's ruling party sulks after lack of media interest

MEDIA WATCH FRANCE, Mon. 5/10/11. The ruling UMP party feels snubbed after Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacques Chirac steal its party conference's media thunder; it's back to school where French pupils learn their ABC thanks to Twitter; and the spoof coffee ad that asks George Clooney to think fair trade.

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02/09/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Gerard Depardieu takes the pipi out of himself

MEDIA WATCH FRANCE, Fri 2/9/11: live-blogging on the UMP party's summer conference featuring a conspicuously late arrival; a news site rises from the ashes; is Burger King coming back to France or is it just a Whopper?; Gerard Depardieu turns his mile-high wee saga into an ad for his latest film.

27/07/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Piers Morgan in the #hackgate hotseat

MEDIAWATCH Wed., 27/07/11: Another former News of the World editor, Piers Morgan, is in the hotseat as further details and allegations linked to the phone-hacking scandal seep out online. Morgan now lives in the US, where he hosts a talk show on CNN.

27/07/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

'A defender of the West' - praise for Breivik sparks a firestorm

MEDIAWATCH, Wed., 27/07/11: There's embarrassment for the French far-right after a party radical declares support for Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik; a ruling party lawmaker wants tighter controls on rap music; and Johnny v. Serge - a lookalike showdown turns nasty.

25/07/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Estranged father of alleged Norwegian gunman 'shocked' and living in France

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Mon., 25/07/11: The estranged father of the Norwegian shooting suspect turns up in France while French politicians exploit a backlash against the right-wing; thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses gather north of Paris, "pepped" up by a human rights ruling in their favour; and was it a bird, was it a plane, or was it a UFO? No, it was a meteorite bursting over Brittany.

23/03/2011 - TECH 24

Happy Birthday Twitter!

This week on Tech 24, hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander explore the phenomenon that is Twitter. In just five years, the short messaging social network has more than 200 million accounts producing 140 million Tweets a day. Also, a look at the new Firefox 4 Web browser from Mozilla.

23/09/2010 - FRANCE

Pension reform protests

France's unions call for strikes and protests for the fourth time this year over the government's pension reform plans. The proposed changes are likely to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62. A change the unions think is out of the question...