Tag: Story
“Life before us”, the little-known story of 80,000 Moroccan miners in France
A few years ago, the director Frédéric Laffont himself was unaware of this chapter of French history. In the 1960s and 1970s, France recruited 80,000 Moroccans, young and illiterate, to…
Watch trailer: Mattie Do shares a ghost story in The Long Walk
“People say they saw a boy walking down the street with a young woman, but if they get close enough, she disappears,” we are told in a new trailer…
50 years after Bloody Sunday, stability in Northern Ireland still fragile
Northern Ireland commemorates this weekend one of the bloodiest episodes of the civil war, modestly baptized “The Troubles”, despite its 3,500 dead. On January 30, 1972, 14 Irish civilians were…
Story of an endless Brexit
One year after the entry into force of the new trade agreement between Europe and the United Kingdom, what conclusions can be drawn from Brexit? From fishing to the status…
Combating air, water and soil pollution: European solutions
Plastics in the oceans, cars in city centers or pesticides in the fields. Europeans are looking for local solutions to improve their living environment and fight against pollution. Plastic in…
What were Napoleon’s greatest defeats?
Napoleon Ier was the first Emperor of the French (1804-1815). His empire extended, at its height, over most of continental Europe. Its conquests are realized thanks to numerous military victories.…
Karim Benzema back in Blue: story of five and a half years of business and controversy
It’s a surprising return. Didier Deschamps added striker Karim Benzema to his list for the Euro de foot (June 11-July 11), after being world champion without him in 2018. “I…
77 years later, repeating the crimes of anti-Semitism
Germany commemorates the Holocaust on this anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp on January 27, 1945. A ceremony attended by the highest officials was held at the…
Emmanuel Macron expresses the recognition of the French State to the returnees from Algeria
Emmanuel Macron sent a strong gesture this Wednesday to the French who had to leave Algeria at the time of its independence. The French president has acknowledged that two massacres…
People, story that you made
They pay tribute to the greatest and honor their own and rivals, as did, among others, in this same corner a great musician, Pancho Varona. The best, no matter how…