France's new breed of entrepreneurs

Ben Barnier — Special to GlobalPost January 27, 2010 10:05 ET

Recent on France:

Verdict launches de Villepin's political future

Mildrade Cherfils - France - January 29, 2010 12:56 ET

Will the former prime minister challenge French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012?

French identity debate: beyond burqas

Mildrade Cherfils - France - January 26, 2010 11:00 ET

As lawmakers considered a burqa ban, France debated identity, immigration and integration.

In Paris, hats are back on top

Ben Barnier - France - January 19, 2010 08:13 ET

Suddenly, young Parisians are wearing old-fashioned hats, from fedoras to berets.

Haiti: A long survival story

Mildrade Cherfils - The Americas - January 17, 2010 09:32 ET

How the Haitian diaspora feels angry for a nation born in pride.

Haitians in France: Desperate for news

Ben Barnier - France - January 13, 2010 20:06 ET

The Paris taxi smackdown

Mildrade Cherfils - France - December 29, 2009 07:02 ET

Paris' taxi driver union protests encroachment by motorcycle taxis on their business.

EU politics cause UK-France rift

Teri Schultz - European Union - December 15, 2009 06:44 ET

The appointment of a new European Commission every five years sees countries jockey for key slots.

Helping Americans escape domestic violence abroad

Mildrade Cherfils - France - December 8, 2009 09:32 ET

The prominent backers of a growing non-profit recognize the legal and practical complexity of escaping domestic violence while abroad.

Germany and France remain non-commital on Afghanistan

Teri Schultz - European Union - December 2, 2009 22:24 ET

Many, but not all, European allies rally behind Obama after his speech.

Where the turkey is called chompipe and other Thanksgiving stories

News Desk - Worldview - November 26, 2009 12:40 ET

Tales from Thanksgivings on four continents, not including North America.

Spending the night in Paris' murky underground

Mildrade Cherfils - France - November 23, 2009 11:26 ET

Most of Paris' catacombs aren't open to tourists — but that doesn't mean no one visits them.

Croissants: Hours to make, a lifetime to master

Ben Barnier - France - November 20, 2009 06:29 ET

A Paris croissant addict learns the secrets of baking the buttery, crusty treats.

Outraged Ireland demands a replay

Conor O'Clery - Ireland - November 19, 2009 11:53 ET

A French hand ball puts Ireland out of the World Cup.

What feta and reindeer meat have in common

Paul Ames - European Union - November 13, 2009 08:53 ET

Serbs become the latest to worry that their ethnic cuisine will be registered by an EU country.

A short hop on a big plane

Mildrade Cherfils - France - October 30, 2009 22:12 ET

GlobalPost hitches a ride on Air France KLM's first A380. Next stop? New York.

When a Muslim soccer team won't play a gay one

Mildrade Cherfils - France - October 20, 2009 20:09 ET

The refusal by Creteil Bebel to play Paris Foot Gay leads to public outcry in France.

A Big Mona with fries?

Mort Rosenblum - France - October 16, 2009 09:13 ET

Escoffier, Brillat-Savarin and, yes, Julia Child would turn over in their graves at the state of French food.

Analysis: Bokova will need goodwill at Unesco

Mort Rosenblum - Diplomacy - October 15, 2009 10:27 ET

The new Unesco director general, a Bulgarian, takes over after a controversial selection process.

On Location: Paris — Kinder, gentler strike season

Ben Barnier - France - October 15, 2009 09:26 ET

Global Blogs:

Mmmm.... Is that why?

Ask a Frenchman - France - February 8, 2010 19:55 ET

A huge number of people arrived on this blog today with the following query on google: "how to impress a French man", just in the last 90 minutes, 23 people arrived this way.I was wondering why, and then I stumbled upon that commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last...

Riding to Hounds with Nicolas le Petit

French Politics - France - February 8, 2010 18:31 ET

This is precious (h/t MYOS): Les chasses présidentielles! On avait oublié que ça existait. Ou plutôt on pensait que ça ne pouvait plus exister. D'ailleurs, un président du XXIe siècle qui avait dit, je cite... «Je veux changer la pratique de la république: plus de...

Bye Bye Rusty Ginger

AKiwi inFrance - France - February 7, 2010 13:28 ET

Sadly my other kitty Rusty had to be put down. Mum and Dad called this morning to say that he'd been really ill and they took him to the vet. He had tumours in his stomach and he was in pain, so the kind thing would be to let him go. Again the vet clinic was wonderful and took...

East Coast Blizzard of 2010.

FrenchKiss ProvenceStyle - France - February 7, 2010 09:47 ET

The amount of snow that has fallen in the DC area is the most snow that has fallen since people started keeping track of that sort of thing.  The estimates in our area are between 2' and 3'.  Yesterday morning, we measured a little over 2'.  The snow started...

Learning Two Languages Together: Where are the Resources?

Jennieen France - France - February 6, 2010 14:29 ET

Remembering new vocabulary involves a lot of connections between what you already know and what you want to know. This is why I don’t agree with “target language only” classes. Sometimes you need your native language to help you  learn a second language, and...

La Folie

Laura Bradbury, Author, "The Grape Journal" blog - France - February 7, 2010 07:00 ET

When we went on a snow weekend last year in the Jura, I promised myself I would never put myself through such packing hell again.And yet here I find myself...packing for a 3 day ski trip up at Mt....

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