Enjoying a monopoly situation within a particular area, the regional press is stronger than the national press with 409 titles for a circulation of 2.2 billion copies annually.
0 Read MoreFrance is the world’s second largest exporter of services and farm products and fourth largest exporter of goods…
0 Read MoreIn the early 16th century, after a series of Italian wars, Francois I strengthened the French Crown and welcomed to France many Italian artists and designers such as Leonardo da Vinci. Their influence assured the success of the Renaissance style character
0 Read MoreOver 61million foreign tourists in 1996, making France the number one worlwide destination!
0 Read MoreA guide to French Media
1 Read MorePrivate radio and television stations have only been authorized in France since 1982. In the following 14 years, the number of TV channels jumped from three to over 30.
0 Read MoreStarted in the early eighties by the government’s own France Telecom, the Minitel has become the standard for France’s online services…
0 Read MoreModern French politics remain characterized by a Left/Right division of the country even though the border between the two has been recently blurred.
0 Read MoreThe periodical scene is very lively in France. With 1,354 copies sold for every 1,000 inhabitants, France has the highest rate of magazine readership in the world. News Weeklies France’s major general news weeklies are Paris-Match, L’Express, Le Point, Le Nouvel Observateur, VSD, L’EvÈnement du Jeudi […]
0 Read More<!–^~^69|right|^~^–>Leading industrial sectors in France : Construction and civil engineering. Annual production : 797 billion francs ($159.4 billion). Four French groups (Bouygues, SGE, Eiffage and GTM-Entrepose) rank among the top ten in European construction, with an annual turnover of 158 billion francs ($31.6 billion). Agri-foodstuffs. Annual […]
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