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Paris’s slate-grey zinc rooftops are a key part of the French capital’s visual identity. They have long inspired painters and filmmakers and only exist thanks to the expertise of the roofers who install and maintain the galvanised metal covering many of Paris’s buildings. Their expertise could soon be included in UNESCO’s intangible heritage list, as the profession adapts to the challenges of global warming.
A pilot, writer and illustrator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry penned “The Little Prince”, which has been translated into nearly 600 languages. The Frenchman disappeared 80 years […]
French media and some political opponents of freshly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier quickly dug up that, while serving in parliament in 1981, he had […]
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot discussed diplomatic tensions with Israel, European trade policy in the wake […]