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20
Apr
2004
Picasso sought French citizenship
Posted On April 20, 2004  By France.com  And has No Comment

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso applied for French citizenship just before German troops invaded France in 1940, but was turned down because police saw him as a Communist sympathiser, a new exhibition shows.

Picasso’s brief letter of application, featuring his instantly recognisable signature, is the highlight of an exhibition of 40 years of police surveillance of the celebrated artist, which opened at the Paris Police Museum on Tuesday.

The records, among hundreds of files stolen by the Nazis during World War Two and seized by the Russians in 1945, lay in KGB vaults in Moscow for decades before being returned to France in 2000.

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19
Apr
2004
Will the proposed new AOC system simply be French grade inflation?
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has 16 Comments

"The head of France’s appellation authority, René Renou, has called for a new quality standard in French wine, to stand above the current AOC system."

This is a quote from the news page of France.com. Check the link. Do you think this will cause the French wine equivalent of the grade inflation that has become rampant in the US school system?

Or . . . will it be easier to choose your wine when in France?

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19
Apr
2004
Cigarette Butler
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has 1 Comment

i own a cigarette butler.. i guess in the old days they were used to discard cigarettes..
I have no idea what the value may be but could oyu give me and idea?
it is aluminum in perfect condition.
I can send you a photo if need be..thanks, beachgirl

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19
Apr
2004
Appellation boss calls for overhaul to French system
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has No Comment

The head of France’s appellation authority, René Renou, has called for a new quality standard in French wine, to stand above the current AOC system.

The President of INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origines), speaking at a seminar at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxfordshire, said he was proposing a wholesale revision of the laws which categorise French wine; the most sweeping changes since the system was introduced.

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19
Apr
2004
France to close last coal mine — and two centuries of sooty history
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has No Comment

France on Friday is to close the last of its coal mines, ending an industry that, after more than two centuries of toil and occasional tragedy, became doomed because of reliance on nuclear energy and cheaper competition abroad.

The excavation of a symbolic final block of the compressed black carbon from the La Houve mine near the eastern town of Creutzwald is to be a highly symbolic moment for the country and Europe on many levels, underlining personal, historic, social and economic and political transformations.

“We are worn out by years spent underground, without ever seeing the daylight, and for that we are happy to stop,” said one miner, Yves Cerati, who spent 24 of his 43 years in the depths of La Houve.

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19
Apr
2004
Opinion: Good News & Bad News from France
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has No Comment

In early March, while meeting with French officials in Libya, I suggested that if President Chirac wanted to repair the damage done to U.S.-French relations by French behavior last year, he might start by “putting a new face on French diplomacy.”

Just three weeks later, Chirac announced that he was replacing foreign minister Dominique de Villepin with the relatively unknown, but pro-American, Michel Barnier.

Known for his arrogance and love for grandstanding, Villepin was reviled in America for having sandbagged U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell at the United Nations last year, a disgraceful episode I have detailed in my new book, The French Betrayal of America.

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19
Apr
2004
family host in boulogne-billancourt
Posted On April 19, 2004  By France.com  And has 7 Comments

my daughter is coming to this city for the first time and we would like a family to host her for 6-7 weeks while she is working for the a company for an intership. we would off course pay for her accommodations!! we are eager to get a reply as she will start in mid may/04.
urmila

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18
Apr
2004
French view of American tourism:
Posted On April 18, 2004  By France.com  And has 6 Comments

Hi- This is my first post, as I just registered to learn more about France (travelling)and apologize if this is in the wrong forum. Anyway, my question is: How are American tourists viewed in France? More specifiaclly, American military members (on vacation). I am deeply patriotic to my country, but I am also very open to studying/understanding different languages and cultures. I’ve always had a desire to visit France, and plan to in the near future. I just wanted to know how I would be treated there, after current events. Thanks.

-Tyler

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16
Apr
2004
BEWARE PARIS TRAIN STATIONS!!!
Posted On April 16, 2004  By France.com  And has 47 Comments

I would like to warn any potential Paris travellers about the Gard du Nord train station. This is the main Paris train hub connecting London/Paris/Brussels etc.. Eurostar and all others use this train station.
I’m from the US and spent 10 days in UK and 3 in Paris. The Gard du Nord station is very "seedy", from the minute I got off the Eurostar train I put my billfold in my front pocket and tightly secured ALL my luggage. There were lots of Arab/African men, teen to middleage just standing around. No bags, not travelling, not picking anyone up, just standing around watching and looking around. After 3 days in Paris I returned to this station to wait for my train back to London. I was 2 hrs early.

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16
Apr
2004
Great ticket prices!
Posted On April 16, 2004  By France.com  And has 4 Comments

I’m so excited. We just got tickets to France for October. I’ve been all over the web at cheap ticket sites and was ready to give up and wait for Fall sales. Then I clicked on France.com’s airline ticket button way on the far right side of the screen. We always get our hotels here so I don’t know why I never looked for airline tickets. Live and learn!

At any rate, we had a delightful choice of tickets at far below the other "budget" sites. This is so exciting. We’re going to France for a month and we’re saving over $200 (over the cheapest other site) on tickets. That’s a lot of souvenirs!!

I guess I better calm down and go grocery shopping. Just wanted to tell you that if you’ve never tried the airline ticket section, try it. You’ll like it!

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