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President Sarkozy congratulates Literature and Medicine Nobel prizewinners

This week France’s continued excellence in the the Arts and Sciences has been recognized with the award of Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Literature. The French President has congratulated the (...)
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09.10.2008 - Daily press briefing by Ministry Spokesperson NEW
Minister’s visit to Georgia (9-10 October) - Visit to Egypt by Bernard Kouchner (10-11 October) - Turkey/Diyarbakir attack - Afghanistan - Turkey/Iraq
09.10.2008 - Bernard Kouchner expresses delight about Nobel Literature Prize awarded to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
08.10.2008 - President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel’s joint statement on international financial situation
06.10.2008 - International financial crisis - President Sarkozy presents EU joint statement
05.10.2008 - Bernard Kouchner in Jerusalem
04.10.2008 - President Sarkozy at European G8 members’ summit press conference
04.10.2008 - International financial situation - Joint statement by European G8 members
03.10.2008 - President Sarkozy writes to European Commission President about international financial situation
02.10.2008 - Bernard Kouchner on Union for the Mediterranean
02.10.2008 - Interview given by Mme Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, to the BBC
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The European Day of Languages, a big festival for everyone

On 26 September, Paris hosted the Day of European Multilingualism: a big festival of fun and entertainment designed to draw a large audience from every kind of background. A related special event (...)
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Heritage Days put Europe in pride of place

Initiated in France in 1984 to the great pleasure of millions of enthusiastic visitors, and expanded progressively beyond its borders to now reach 49 countries for their 25th anniversary, (...)
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61st Annual UN Conference for NGOs

(3-5 September 2008) On Wednesday, 3 September, the French Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Ms Rama Yade, gave an address at the opening of the 61st Annual DPI/NGO (...)
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