One of the candidates in the French general election campaign is comparing himself to James Bond, another has been inspired by Avatar. Media Watch France this time looks at some of the worst campaign posters on French streets in the run-up to the June vote. That's the focus for this Monday 28th May, 2012
Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos accused the IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday of trying to humiliate the country. His comments come after Lagarde had urged Greece to "help themselves" by "paying their taxes".
IMF chief Christine Lagarde told Greeks on Friday to pay their dues and help drag their country out the crippling economic crisis. Lagarde said Greeks could "help themselves" by "all paying their taxes".
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde tells FRANCE 24's Marcus Karlsson that even an "orderly" Greek exit from the eurozone would pose great risks, but still remains an option if the country's "budgetary commitments are not honoured".
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that even an "orderly" Greek exit from the eurozone would pose great risks but remains an option if the country's "budgetary commitments are not honoured".
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a $1 million countersuit on Tuesday for defamation and other charges against Nafissatou Diallo, the Sofitel hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault a year ago.
The International Monetary Fund hiked its global growth forecasts for this year and 2013 to 3.5% and 4.1% respectively, praising coordinated austerity measures in Europe but warning that the continent could yet derail the recovery.
Portuguese unions began a 24-hour general strike on Thursday to protest government austerity measures agreed to as part of a rescue deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
A meeting with finance chiefs from eurozone countries to discuss Greece’s second multibillion-dollar bailout was cancelled Tuesday after Athens failed to deliver on several demands made by its partners in the currency union.
Greece continues to be under pressure from the EU despite lawmakers Sunday approving another tough round of austerity measures. An estimated 100,000 people protested the move outside the Greek parliament in Athens.
