Posts Tagged ‘france’

USA / France: agreement for the transfer of six of the seven French Guantanamo

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The United States recently agreed to return to France six of the seven French prisoners at the U.S. base at Guantanamo (Cuba) and not four as planned, it was learned Wednesday from a source familiar with the matter.
If the seventh has not yet been decided, the source said. The terms “technical” back - transport conditions [...]

France wishes to see the “all-out mobilization” against terrorism

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The French Minister of Home Affairs Dominique de Villepin wants “an all-out mobilization” against terrorism both internally and with all partners in France, European countries and the United States.
“There is a threat, there are risks” terrorist, recognized Mr. de Villepin on Wednesday night to France-Inter, against which it wants to establish “mobilization at all levels [...]

The teaching of French for the first time in 7 high schools in Beijing next semester

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Yesterday afternoon, the Education Committee of Beijing and the Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action of the Embassy of France in China have jointly signed an agreement on non-formal education in French, whereby 7 secondary schools in Beijing will provide French courses to students the first year of graduate beginning in September.
These 7 high schools [...]

The French Minister of Culture announced the highlights of the Year of France in China

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
The French Minister of Culture Donnedieu de Vabres Monday detailed the major events of the Year of France in China, which will begin October 10 with a concert by Jean-Michel Jarre in the Forbidden City.
“The grand concert of Jean Michel Jarre in the Forbidden City, the only equivalent in some sort of Versailles in the [...]

Mr. Barnier stressed the “strategic partnership” France / China

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Michel Barnier on Monday stressed the importance of “strategic partnership” between France and China by presenting the events to mark the Year of France in China.
The visit of President Hu Jintao in January in Paris, and one that will President Jacques Chirac in October, the same year, providing “a [...]

France-China: The two countries welcomed the bilateral cultural exchange

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
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France and China Saturday welcomed cultural exchanges Franco-Chinese, who, according to both parties contribute to the development of strategic partnership between their two countries.
The Year of China, the cultural event inaugurated last October in France, won a great success, “Chirac said during a meeting with Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of [...]

Chirac: “Huge success” for the Year of China in France

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French President Jacques Chirac on Saturday welcomed the “great success” events of the China Year in France which ended Friday, receiving Mr. Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of Political Bureau Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party.
The meeting between Mr. Chirac and Mr. Li Changchun, who was accompanied by Chinese Minister of Culture Sun [...]

400 prints of Chinese farmers will be exhibited in France

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Altogether 400 prints made by Chinese farmers will be exposed in early July in the city of Toulouse in France, according to a local official of the city of Chongqing.
This exhibition will be part of the China Year in France, said Gui Huanyong, director of the Academy of printmaking farmers Qijiang District in Chongqing Municipality [...]

Week by Guangdong’s cultural France

March 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Guangdong Cultural Week, organized by the Department of Culture of Guangdong province, the Foreign Affairs Office and Information Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, held from 18 to 20 in Marseille in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur. The Delegation of the Cultural Week, composed of 70 members, is part June 15 in [...]

Fireworks Chinese Versailles, crowning of the Year of China

March 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The completion of the “Year of China in France”, which allowed the French to discover ten months the diversity of Chinese culture through some 370 events will be celebrated July 2 in the gardens of the castle Versailles by a fireworks display offered by China, organizers said.
The launch of the fireworks will start from 22.30 [...]