Carrefour
Retailers dominated this week’s news, with the appointment of a new CEO at Asda, bumper numbers from Sainsbury’s, upbeat noises from Whole Foods and strike action at Carrefour. Here is the best of who said what about this week’s top stories. UK retail grabbed the headlines this week, with Wal-Mart announcing the appointment of a […]
L’UE et le Mercosur relancent leurs negociations sur un accord de libre-echange
L’Union europeenne (UE) et le Mercosur (Argentine, Bresil, Uruguay et Paraguay) ont renoue officiellement, lundi 17 mai, leurs negociations en vue d’un accord commercial de libre-echange. „Nous avons decide de reprendre les negociations en vue d’un accord ambitieux et equilibre”, a declare le chef du gouvernement espagnol, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a l’issue d’un sommet […]
Countdown to 2010 FIFA World Cup
South African special forces get ready for a World Cup security exercise on Monday. Security forces paraded their World Cup arsenal through the streets of South Africa’s financial capital Monday, hoping to reassure fans the country will be safe during soccer’s premier event. South Africa’s high crime rate has been under scrutiny since the country […]
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden To Rock Transylvania
Heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden are to play their first ever concert in Transylvania, Romania. Iron Maiden are to play a concert in Transylvania. The heavy metal legends are to rock the historic Romanian region – famous for being the home to vampire Dracula – for the very first time. The band are to embark […]
Champions League – Qualifiers: Spurs facing tough test
Who has qualified for next season’s Champions League, and at what stage they enter the competition, with Tottenham facing potentially tricky ties against the likes of Sevilla, or Werder Bremen to qualify for the group stage. Just four teams will compete at the first stage of qualifying. Thirty-four teams will compete in this round, including […]
Un monde rural a l’agonie
En 2007, le candidat Sarkozy avait seduit l’Andelle, ce coin rural et ouvrier de l’Eure, autrefois florissant. Depuis, de chomage technique en chute des prix agricoles, le desarroi est profond. Alors que l’Elysee accueille une reunion lundi 17 mai a l’Elysee pour fixer les marges sur les produits agricoles, plongee dans le malaise francais. Des […]
Les negociations avec le Mercosur inquietent une majorite d’Etats europeens
BRUXELLES – Une majorite d’Etats europeens emmenes par la France ont exprime lundi leur inquietude quant aux risques que fait peser sur leur agriculture la relance de negociations en vue d’un accord commercial entre l’UE et le Mercosur, qui devait etre officialisee a Madrid. AFP/Georges Gobet Les ministres de l’Agriculture francais Bruno Le Maire et […]
Music Alliance Pact :: May 2010
It’s time for May’s edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don’t know about MAP, it’s a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It’s sort of like the WTO without the human rights […]
Le futur entraineur des Girondins de Bordeaux est-il dans cette liste de dix noms ?
Qui sera l’entraineur des Girondins lors de la saison 2010/2011? Tigana ? Courbis ? Girard ? Les speculations vont bon train et certains noms reviennent avec insistance… Avec le , les speculations vont bon train sur l’identite du futur entraineur du FCGB. Tigana, Courbis, Le Guen, Gerets, Girard, Gourcuff, Lucescu, Santini, Perrin, Fernandez… Certains noms […]
Turkey
Following the trend of a new foreign policy pro-activism, Greece is the last example of Turkey’s increasing soft power in dealing with regional matters. Two are the main aspects of Turkey’s dramatic shift from military actorness to soft-power exercise. First of all, the on-going process of de-securitization has marked a deep rift in the way […]
