Current RSS news Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Political husbands' and wives' circus in Europe
On 24 January the wife of disgraced former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anne Sinclair, made her debut as the editor of the first European version of the American news website Huffington Post. Our French, Spanish, Polish, German, Italian and British editors react on the choice
dominique strauss-kahn, opinion, citizen journalism, society, arianna huffington, techno-media
DSK back but Lagarde still in charge: France, Germany and Switzerland on IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be back in Paris, but this 55-year-old Frenchwoman has had firm hold of the reins at the international monetary fund for three months. The appointment of Christine Lagarde as managing director was seen by some as confirming Europe’s continued might on the world stage, while others foresee problems with emerging industries
dominique strauss-kahn, rape, economy, euweek, politics, foreign policy, france
Welcome back to Europe? cafebabel editors size up Dominique Strauss-Kahn
On 23 August the French former head of the international monetary fund (IMF) walked free from criminal charges in New York accusing him of assaulting a hotel maid in mid-May. What would have happened to his French, German or Anglo-Saxon equivalent?
dominique strauss-kahn, sex, politics, fmi, france, new york
After Polanski and Assange, Dominique Strauss-Kahn in sex assault arrest
The managing director of the international monetary fund was arrested on 14 May in New York on charges of sexual assault and attempted rape. The Polish, Belgian, French and German press write that even the powerful must abide by the law, and assumes that the French Left's strongest presidential candidate is now out of the race
Four musketeers
A globalisation-hostile reputation, but with so many leading international organisations, the French make for influential heads
