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Turk-Eiffel Tower: reminder of the Turkish cultural season in France
Turkey is not only kebabs and hammams. 'La saison de la Turquie', which ends in March 2010, aims to show the French how 'dynamic and modern' the country is. Is this large-scale cultural event with a political background a chance for ice to melt in the Turkey-sceptic EU member state?
jacques chirac, music, candidate countries, nicolas sarkozy, culture calendar, tour eiffel, saison culturelle européenne
An apple a day
Apples are used in European sayings to express everything from nasty people, looking healthy and causing chaos - weekly idioms with audio
jacques chirac, fruit, health, food, expressions, apple, tower of babel
EADS: European dream or nationalist nightmare?
Airbus A380 problems, an inside-trading scandal, delays in the delivery of the new A400M military carrier: it seems Franco-German industrial cooperation is having trouble taking off. However…
jacques chirac, economy, european union, toulouse, germany, western eu, france
Exonerating the exes
Biting into Europe's political scandals as we trace five former prime ministers, presidents and ministers and their collective embroilments
jacques chirac, tony blair, politics, corruption, silvio berlusconi, europe, european commission
Are you enjoying your food?
jacques chirac, italy, religion, united kingdom, yum nyam, france, tower of babel
