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Financial crisis: errors creep in
12/08/2011 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Financial crisis: errors creep in

How much impact did a Mail on Sunday piece have on Société Générale's share tumble earlier this week? The French press leads on the economic turmoil as French banks feel the heat, slapping a triple zero rating on the credit ratings agencies along the way. That's the focus for Friday, 12th August, 2011.
An incomplete investigative report
03/08/2011 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

An incomplete investigative report

FRENCH PAPERS, Wed. 03/08/11, La Tribune has a scoop on the investigation into the 2009 Air France Rio-Paris crash. According to the business daily, important information regarding malfunctioning "stall alarms" was taken out of the most recent investigation report. Meanwhile, emergency aid services for homeless people go on strike. And could a shark be lurking in the waters of Saint-Tropez?
“The price of success”
02/08/2011 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

“The price of success”

FRENCH PAPERS, Tues. 02/08/11, The US debt crisis makes the front pages of the French business papers. Les Echos wonders if the US economy could be on Greece’s slippery slope. Meanwhile, Le Figaro investigates the EU’s crusade against misleading labels. And Catholic newspaper La Croix takes a look at Venice and Machu Picchu, victims of their own success with tourists.
Frenchifying McDonald's
29/07/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Frenchifying McDonald's

One of France's leading papers headlines on an investigation into the Air France Rio-Paris crash in 2009, only to get a rap on the knuckles from the investigating body for jumping to conclusions. Also, an exclusive interview with the father of Anders Behring Breivik, and a look at how McDonald's in France is bowing to the baguette. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 29th July 2011.
"Ill-gotten gains"
28/07/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

"Ill-gotten gains"

FRENCH PAPERS, Thurs. 285/07/11, According to Libération, France is an accomplice in African and Arabic leaders’ ill-gotten gains. The newspaper says the French justice system is dragging its feet and blocking investigations. Meanwhile, business daily Les Echos says June’s rise in unemployment is a cold shower for the country. Finally, beaches along the coast of Brittany have turned from a hog heaven into a death trap for dozens of wild boars.
The euro: forbidden to fail?
21/07/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

The euro: forbidden to fail?

The euro crisis dominates Thursday's French newspapers - as commentators pick apart how we got here, how eurozone leaders hope to pull us out, and whether it's even worth trying.
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French papers wake up to phone hacking
20/07/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

French papers wake up to phone hacking

On Wednesday, the French papers started to realise something big may have happened in the British Parliament - and claimed that in France, no one person could ever exert such control over the media. Also, debate rages about whether France's troops in Afghanistan died for nothing, and the papers lament the unseasonably terrible weather.
Banon's mother: I slept with DSK
19/07/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

Banon's mother: I slept with DSK

In Tuesday's French newspapers - another shocking development in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, as the mother of the French journalist accusing him of attempted rape admits that she too had sex with him. In other news, Martine Aubry's culture policy is under fire, and some investment advice from Le Parisien.
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Are holidaymakers ready to go back to Tunisia?
18/07/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

Are holidaymakers ready to go back to Tunisia?

In Monday's French newspapers - the two leading candidates to be the Socialist Party's nominee for the French presidency clash over the Greek bailout, we look at whether tourists are returning to Egypt and Tunisia, and Lyon's attempt to tackle le binge drinking.
France in mourning
14/07/2011 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

France in mourning

The French newspapers all lead with the same story this Bastille day: the deaths of 5 French soldiers in Afghanistan which overshadow the annual military parade.
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