Новости по теме France

Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry explains purchase of building in Paris for $55 million First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has commented on the Ministry's plans to purchase a building in Paris for $55 million.

20 March 2014

Women half as likely as men to study science: survey Women are being put off careers in science by stereotypes and are less than half as likely as men to apply for degrees in the field.

20 March 2014

Cavemen's rock music makes a comeback Thousands of years after they resonated in caves, two dozen stone chimes used by our prehistoric forefathers will make music once more in a unique series of concerts in Paris.

17 March 2014

DBS buys Societe Generale's Asian private banking business Singapore's DBS Bank said Monday it had agreed to buy the Asian private banking business of French lender Societe Generale in a deal worth $220 million, boosting its access to the region's super rich.

17 March 2014

Tennis: 'Smart' racket offers tennis revolution Aluminium and graphite swept away the wooden racket that Bjorn Borg used to win 11 Grand Slam titles, but smart rackets that analyse power and spin promise a new tennis revolution.

17 March 2014

95.5 percent in Crimea vote to secede from Ukraine Crimea will formally apply to join Russia on Monday after voting to split from Ukraine as Europe prepared to hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions in the worst East-West stand-off since the Cold War.

17 March 2014

Polluted Paris forces thousands of cars off the road Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels by introducing alternate driving days for the first time in nearly two decades.

17 March 2014

France indicts two women over 'Syria-bound' teenage girl French prosecutors on Friday charged two women over the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl who is believed to have travelled to Syria to fight alongside jihadist rebels.

16 March 2014

French court sentences Rwandan over genocide A French court sentenced a former Rwandan army captain to 25 years in prison over the 1994 genocide Friday, in a landmark ruling just weeks ahead of the massacre's 20th anniversary.

15 March 2014

EU ready to plug in to 'universal' mobile phone charger The European Union took another step towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets.

14 March 2014

Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather.

14 March 2014

Astronomers reveal 'largest yellow star ever' Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun.

13 March 2014

Bollore to quadruple electric-car points in Britain French tycoon Vincent Bollore said Wednesday he aims to introduce a car version of the "Boris Bikes" hire scheme in London, and quadruple the number of electric car-charging points in Britain.

13 March 2014

Kazakhstan to purchase embassy building in Paris At the Parliament meeting the amendments to the 2014 budget included increase of expenses on a number of state programs.

13 March 2014

French thief steals from rare birds in South Kazakhstan A French national was arrested on suspicion of stealing a large sum of money from the company he worked in.

13 March 2014

Cinefondation-Atelier selects Kazakh film project Aliyushka feature project by Kazakh film director Adilkhan Yerzhanov has entered the list of 15 projects selected by Cinefondation-Atelier.

12 March 2014

Kazakhstan film Nagima by Zhanna Issabayeva wins Grand-Prix at Film Festival in France Kazakhstan film Nagima directed by Zhanna Issabayeva has won the Grand-Prix at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France.

12 March 2014

Paris, still the world's no.1 tourist destination Some 32.3 million tourists say France's city of light and romance can't be beat.

11 March 2014

Scorcher summers predicted for Europe: study Europe is headed for scorching summers with temperatures well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 deg Fahrenheit) and droughts in the south within the next 40 years, climate scientists said Friday.

07 March 2014

Joe Dassin's son to perform at Shymbulak resort in Almaty on March 8 Jonathan Dassin, the son of the legendary French chansonnier Joe Dassin, will perform at Shymbulak mountain resort in Almaty.

06 March 2014

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