It’s an age-old tradition: February 2nd is Candlemas and in France it’s also Pancake Day. Sweet or savoury, nowadays there are all sorts of recipes and concoctions - something for everyone.
Robert Besse is a restaurant owner in Allas-les-Mines in France’s Dordogne region. Every Saturday, he goes to the market in Sarlat for supplies. But this is a special weekend: it’s the Black Périgord Truffle festival. 15,000 people will flock to the Old Town over the next two days, in honour of the tuber melanosporum, aka the Black Truffle.
Arcachon Bay is an inland sea on the Atlantic Coast, 70 km from Bordeaux, and is also France’s leading oyster farming area. Oysters are produced here all year round, but the Christmas period is a particularly busy one.
France's highest administrative body overturned two Ministry of Agriculture rulings on Monday banning the planting of genetically modified corn. Two government ministries quickly said they were looking for ways to continue blocking the crop.
The growing popularity of far-right nationalist groups among Serbia’s disenchanted youth worries many observers. Our correspondent met the leaders of two such organizations: Obraz and 1349. We also tell you why organic farming could help save the country’s ailing agricultural sector. Finally, we meet the star of Serbian cinema, Miki Manoljovic, who played the leading role in 1995 blockbuster "Underground".
The far-right cries foul over a technicality that could rule out their candidate, Marine Le Pen. Also, conservatives hit the campaign trail. President Sarkozy is not officially campaigning for his re-election yet, but his faithful lieutenants certainly are. Finally, we head to Brittany to meet a farmer who is fed up with environmentalists.
To make their products more affordable, olive farmers in France who are positioned in a high-end market are trying to find ways of reducing their production costs.
In South Africa, a local Zulu community has filed a claim for 91 properties, forests, sugar cane farms, mining land, and an entire coastal town. They argue that their descendants were thrown off the land by white settlers at the beginning of the 20th century. After 13 years they've now won their case, but the situation remains in limbo as the next step in the process is awaited.
Today marks a landmark moment in human history: the number of people on the planet is now, for the first time, more than 7 billion. It took more than a century for the world's population to go from one to two billion, but it took only 12 to grow from six billion to billion. Within 70 years, the population is expected to grow to a massive 10 billion. So is this a cause for celebration or concern?
Today marks a landmark moment in human history: the number of people on the planet is now, for the first time, more than 7 billion. It took more than a century for the world's population to go from one to two billion, but it took only 12 to grow from six billion to billion. Within 70 years, the population is expected to grow to a massive 10 billion. So is this a cause for celebration or concern?
