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The election of France’s former culture minister Audrey Azoulay as UNESCO's new director-general is partly due to the crisis between Qatar and Saudi-led Gulf countries. On October 13, Azoulay was elected to become UNESCO’s director-genera, ...ادامه مطلب

France and Qatar were running neck-and-neck in the race to lead the UN's troubled cultural body after a third round of voting Wednesday whittled the field down to five. Qatar's Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari and France's Audrey Azoulay -- both former culture ministers -- had 18 votes apiece in the battle to replace outgoing UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova. Behind them in the secret, ...ادامه مطلب

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Bend it like Le Sommer: French women eye football breakthrough Read more Macron replaces military chief who quit over budget cuts row Read more Macron’s France outranks US in soft power ratings Read more Ex ski-jumper Roglic wins Tour's stage 17 in Alps Read more EU was Polan, ...ادامه مطلب

Bend it like Le Sommer: French women eye football breakthrough Read more Macron replaces military chief who quit over budget cuts row Read more Macron’s France outranks US in soft power ratings Read more Ex ski-jumper Roglic wins Tour's stage 17 in Alps Read more EU was Polan, ...ادامه مطلب

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France © François Guillot / AFP | French Minister of Justice François Bayrou presenting his bill on the "moralisation of public life", on June 1, 2017 Video by FRANCE 24 Text by NEWS WIRES Latest update : 2017-06-14 France's govement is presenting a bill on cleaning up political ethics after y, ...ادامه مطلب

Hundreds of police officers converged on the National Assembly in central Paris on Wednesday to protest an ever-increasing workload, outdated equipment and rules restricting their ability to defend themselves. The protest follows almost 10 days of nightly demonstrations in cities across France, spontaneously organised on social media by officers who view both the govement and the police hierarchy as “out of touch”. At the end of the day’s protest, the govement promised an extra €250 million, and a review of officers’ rights to defend themselves when under attack. Earlier, a small group of protesting officers, off duty from their normal beat in Versailles, told FRANCE 24 they were “at the end of their tether” after “decades of neglect by changing govements that have eroded our ability to function properly in a job we love”. “We work in filthy, run-down police stations, we have to provide much of our own equipment – business cards and even pens. We don’t hav, ...ادامه مطلب

Inteational Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach has heaped praise on Paris's bid to host the 2024 Games during a two-day visit to the French capital. Bach met with French athletes and Paris bid leaders before holding talks with French President François Hollande on Sunday at the Elysée Palace, where he received a flag from the 1924 Olympics that were held in Paris. In addition to the vintage present, Hollande also had a special message for Bach: "This Olympic flag dates back to nearly a century. It will be a century old when Paris will host the Games in 2024." Paris, which has not hosted the Olympics since those Games, is competing against Budapest and Los Angeles, Rome having dropped out of the race last month. The Inteational Olympic Committee will choose the host city next September. Bach told Hollande he was "impressed" by the Paris dossier and the strong support the bid is enjoying. "The Paris bid is a very, very strong bid because of the unity and the large support it is,ioc chief,ioc chief arrest,ioc chief arrested in the bath,iocl chief manager salary,ioc chief name,ioc chief thomas bach,ioc chief of staff,ioc chief financial officer,ioc chief 2013,new ioc chief ...ادامه مطلب