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French town could not forsake bookstore

POLIGNY, France - Just off the town square, a few hundred feet down La Grande Rue, a bookstore has been dispensing culture and entertainment to the people of Poligny for 150 years. Over the generations, residents said, it has become part of the ...

From EDWARD CODY, Boston Globe,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jacques Chirac,  Nicolas Sarkozy

E.U. picks little-known politician as bloc's first full-time president

But after weeks of backroom haggling and private international telephone conversations, the presidents and prime ministers of the 27 E.U. nations on Thursday picked a little-known politician, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, as the union's ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Catherine Ashton,  Henry Kissinger,  Fredrik Reinfeldt,  Tony Blair

French town cannot let bookstore die

That's why, when the shop looked as if it would have to close this spring, a group of townspeople put up cash to form a little corporation, capitalized at $70,000, and bought the lease to keep it running. As a result, the New Bookstore reopened two ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jacques Chirac,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Philosopher of taste

When Puisais philosophizes about taste, as he has been doing for decades, he does not mean a red tie goes with a gray suit. He means the magic that happens when the right wine is married with the right food, when lamb chops are grilled over smoldering ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alice Waters

Chirac formally charged with embezzlement

PARIS - Retired President Jacques Chirac was formally charged with embezzlement yesterday, joining a growing list of sitting and former senior French officials accused of abusing power to raise political funds or further their careers. The malfeasance ...

From EDWARD CODY, Boston Globe,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jacques Chirac,  Dominique de Villepin,  Charles Pasqua,  Francois Mitterrand,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Former French president Chirac charged with embezzlement

The series of malfeasance cases -- also involving former prime minister Dominique de Villepin and former interior minister Charles Pasqua, among others -- have pulled back a curtain on the back rooms of French politics, depicting powerful figures ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dominique de Villepin,  Charles Pasqua,  Francois Mitterrand,  Nicolas Sarkozy,  Xavier Bertrand

Letter from Dijon: In a place known for wine and mustard, Elithis Tower shows fine taste for energy conservation

According to Thierry Bièvre, the 10-story tower in the eastern city of Dijon has the potential to become the world's first commercially priced office building that produces more energy than it consumes. Already, he boasts, it is the most ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nicolas Sarkozy,  European Union,  Barack Obama,  European Parliament

Czech leader refuses to sign EU treaty

PARIS - Europe’s latest step toward a more united future, which seemed at hand after long delays, has become bogged down over an overlooked chapter from the continent’s bloody past: the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. The ...

From EDWARD CODY, Boston Globe,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Vaclav Klaus,  Vaclav Havel

Czech Leader Refuses to Sign Lisbon Treaty Without an Opt-Out

PARIS -- Europe's latest step toward a more united future, which seemed at hand after long delays, has become bogged down over a forgotten chapter from the continent's bloody past: the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. The ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Vaclav Klaus,  Vaclav Havel,  Robert Fico

Scandal Erupts at French University Over Bribes From Chinese Students

The suspension, decided by Higher Education Minister Valerie Pecresse, was an unusual public stain on France's cherished tradition of opening its largely free education system to students from around the world. It underlined some of the pressures ...

From EDWARD CODY, The Washington Post,  19 Oct 2009

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