GREECE
Days after Greece’s top administrative court ordered authorities to reinstate state broadcaster ERT, the country’s fragile government coalition is struggling to agree on terms for turning television and radio signals back on.
FRENCH CINEMA - INTERVIEW
French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie makes a controversial splash with “Stranger by the Lake” (released in France June 12), a slow burn of a thriller about sex, desire and murder among a group of gay men. Here’s our interview with the director.
HAARETZ
A Paris museum is exhibiting photos of Palestinian suicide bombers who the museum says "lost their lives fighting against the occupation”. France's Jewish community says those commemorated belonged to groups the EU has deemed terrorist organisations.
CULTURE
A massive version of a piece by Australian aboriginal artist Lena Nyadbi went on display Thursday on the roof of the library at the Musée du Quai Branly. The work, which represents three women trying to catch a fish, is visible from the Eiffel Tower.
Culture
American actress Jean Stapleton – best known for her role as the good-hearted housewife Edith Bunker in the 1970s hit comedy series "All in the Family" – died of natural causes in New York City on Friday, surrounded by loved ones.
FRANCE
In a move fitting with French President François Hollande’s “Mr Normal” image, the country’s presidential palace is auctioning off 10 percent of its wine collection with a view to investing in “more modest” wines from less well-known vineyards.
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