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articles and videos looking at the history of French colonialism
A collection of articles about the European Union - D-Day Normandy - History of WWII
A collection of articles about the European Union - History of Wars (WWI, WWII)
Europe and China - economic ties, international relations
A collection of articles questioning whether or not - the lessons of WWI been forgotten? History of Wars (WWI, WWII)
AI startups and innovation in Europe
European Football (Soccer) - business and culture of sports
European Colonial History in Africa, Asia and the Americas
a collection of articles and videos about Mont Blanc
Walking, Hiking, Camping - in the European Alps
Walking, Hiking - in Spain and France
a collection of articles about France, Culture and Religion
A collection of articles about Paris and Cities in France
A collection of articles about travel in France
A collection of articles about Paris and Cities in France
a collection of articles and videos about Learning French - Language
History of France - Napoleon and the French Revolution
France - history, culture, geography
a collection of articles and videos about Train travel in Europe
A collection of articles about travel in France
travel in Europe
history of Paris - underground, Catacombs
a collection of articles about France, Culture and Language
articles and videos looking at the history of French colonialism
France - history, wars, WWI, WWII
France - culture, food and wine
Railway Journeys: Experience Europe through its railways, combining efficiency with panoramic views. Discover the ease of train travel across the continent, from network navigation to optimal rail pass use.
France - energy, nuclear
France - geopolitical strategy, global leadership and ambition
France - and the European Union (EU)

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Europeans are becoming less free to say what they think

Free speech debate in Europe and the DSA Digital Services Act. It’s becoming dangerous to anger minority groups and politicians | Europe (2025)


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The Olympics and The new geography of Paris

Reshaping the French capital and its banlieues | Europe (2024)


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Why the French are drinking less wine

French wine. A younger generation is rejecting old Mediterranean habits | Europe (2024)


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Investment policy: Why German bosses are heaping unexpected praise on France

Rivals on the Rhine. It is not how things used to be | Europe (2023)


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Europe can’t decide how to unplug from China

We calculate the continent’s exposure to China | International How should Europe handle China? The continent is trying to decide. After decades ... (2023)


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The battle for Europe’s economic soul | The Economist

Policymakers in Brussels ready their response to America’s protectionism | Finance & economics (2023)


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Nuclear energy united Europe. Now it is dividing the club | The Economist

France says it is green. Germany says it isn’t. France will win | Europe (2021)


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How did Europe become the richest part of the world? | Aeon Essays

In a time of great powers and empires, just one region of the world experienced extraordinary economic growth. How? How and why did the modern w... (2021)


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'Woke' American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say - The New York Times

Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French iden... (2021)


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"Lupin" feeds Netflix viewers' foreign-series frenzy - Marketplace

Netflix said in its earnings report last week that "Lupin" is set to rack up 70 million views in its first month, a new record. (2021)


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Charlemagne - Scrapping vetoes won’t help European foreign policy

The EU should heed the lesson of “The Princess and the Pea” (2020)


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Charlemagne - The revenge of strategic yogurt | Europe

How the EU started speaking French when it comes to the economy (2020)


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5 obscure pagan festivals around the world

Paganism is experiencing a global revival as more people are reconnecting with nature. Here are five traditional ancient celebrations around the wo... (2020)


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Saclay sacré - How France created a university to rival MIT

After years of pooh-poohing global college rankings The University of Paris-Saclay, officially launched this year, merges some 20 higher-educati... (2020)


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Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business. That’s About to Change. - The New York Times

News organizations have long hoped that tech platforms would pay them for news. Now regulators abroad are moving to make that happen. (2020)


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6 Stops on the Hunt for the Holy Grail

Tracing history’s most elusive holy relic will lead you to these real places.  While the Holy Grail is generally thought of as mythology, some b... (2017)


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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chamb... (2017)


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France proposes upload filter law, “forgets” user rights (2019)

When the European Union adopted the new copyright directive, including its infamous Article 17, the upload filtering provision, it gave Member Stat... (2019)


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France and Germany agree to block Facebook's Libra - Reuters

France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said on Friday. (2019)


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The croissant, breakfast of rebels | The Economist - 1843

Few baked goods inspire such bitter partisanship. And don’t even think about trying to make them at home "Everyone knows the croissant story, do... (2019)


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Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the Eiffel Tower - CityLab

The most famous space in the city is set to get a pedestrian-friendly redesign that will create the city’s largest garden by 2024. (2019)


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New Ideas for Paris’s Outdated Infrastructure - CityLab

'Reinvent Paris II' Is for a Post-Car Future. After a criticized first installment, the city's design competition has a wider talent pool and a fai... (2019)


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Check Out the Cheaper, Greener Future of France’s High-Speed Trains - CityLab

Take a look at the trains that will modernize France’s rail fleet and prepare the national provider to take on its first-ever competitors. (2019)


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In France, Comic Books Are Serious Business - The New York Times

At the Angoulême International Comics Festival, there was a sense that the best days for comic books may be yet to come — in the French-speaking wo... (2019)


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How France redistributes more from rich to poor than Sweden - The Economist

More égalité than you might think WHEN EMMANUEL MACRON launches his promised “great national debate” on January 15th, he hopes to show a willing... (2019)


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France Plans Congestion Pricing for Big Cities - CityLab

A new bill would let cities charge drivers for using the road. Will local governments jump at the chance? (2018)


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French travel startup Evaneos raises $81 million to fuel international expansion | VentureBeat

Online travel marketplace Evaneos announced it has raised $81 million in venture capital as the Paris-based company seeks to push outside Europe. (2018)


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Eco-friendly open-air urinals cause uproar in Paris — CNN

An attempt by officials in Paris to tackle public urination by installing open-air urinals, or "uritrottoirs," has outraged some residents of the F... (2018)


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Why Europe’s train network needs more, not less, competition - The Economist

TRAINS are not quite the third rail of European politics. But they are still causing lots of angst. France has already endured three months of stri... (2018)


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Europe's first solar panel recycling plant opens in France | Reuters

French water and waste group Veolia has opened what it says is Europe's first recycling plant for solar panels and aims to build more as thousands ... (2018)


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European Travel Skills with Rick Steves

Rick Steves European Travel Talk | Rick Steves shares the essential skills for smart European travel: itinerary planning, packing light, getting ca... (2023)


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Can France Fix Its Debt Problem?

Faced with rising populism and legislative gridlock, efforts to shrink France’s famous social safety net have hit a wall. We explore what could be ... (2025)


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ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BACKPACKING AROUND EUROPE | what it costs, budget travel tips, how to find hostels

Here is my complete how to guide on backpacking around Europe! I go over transportation options, how to find accommodation, budget travel tips to m... (2024)


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I Live On $53/Day In Renne, France | Relocated

In 2015 Kesi Irvin, 31, quit her full-time job as a financial analyst on Wall Street to travel the world. After three years of traveling she decide... (2024)


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The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


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France’s Pension Reforms: Why Is There So Much Opposition? | WSJ

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government invoked a special provision called Article 49 Thursday to push through a controversial pensions overh... (2023)


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French Alps and Lyon

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | After exploring the proud cuisine capital of Lyon — which, at least in its own mind, rivals Paris — we head for ... (2023)


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France plans for hegemony. France and the EU, relations with Russia, China and the USA

Macron wants to give the #EU a military face and gather the con... (2023)


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France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa

France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa (2023)


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Why didn't Vichy France join the Axis? (Short Animated Documentary)

When France fell to Germany (and Italy if you're feeling generous) it mostly became a client state of Berlin. Despite this France never tried to jo... (2023)


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Basque Country - Northern Spain, Southern France

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | The homeland of the proud and resilient Basque people is split between France and Spain. From our San Sebastián ... (2023)


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Chamonix, One of the Most Beautiful Places in France, Breathtaking Old Town & Mont Blanc

Chamonix, One of the Most Beautiful Places in France, Breathtaking Old Town & Mont Blanc For more than 100 years, the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Valle... (2023)


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French Riviera: Uniquely Chic

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | In this program, we follow in the footsteps of 19th-century aristocrats along Nice's Promenade des Anglais. Then... (2023)


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Suez Crisis 1956 (All Parts)

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud... (2023)


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Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain and Portugal 1808

In 1808, Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the Fren... (2023)


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INSIDE MONT SAINT MICHEL Medieval Village Normandy France

Mont Saint-Michel, this magical island topped with a medieval skyscraper has been a holy place sin... (2023)


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Why 1/3rd of France is Almost Empty

Why 1/3rd of France is Almost Empty (2022)


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Rick Steves Best of the Alps

In his new one-hour special, join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure, with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, majestic glaciers, and unforgett... (2022)


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Counting to 100 in French with a NYC Cabbie

"THERE'S FOUR NUMBERS, FOR JUST ONE NUMBER" SCHOOL FRIENDLY VERSION: https://youtu.be/vx2Ru0J6I9Q Cool Camera Guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tri... (2019)


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Why France produces the most World Cup players

France has had the most native players and coaches in the last 4 World Cups… and their dominance has been on the rise. Players like Kylian Mbappe a... (2018)


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Turning Point of history: D day Juno Beach

Examines Canada's role on June 6th, 1944 and the advance through Normandy, France. (2018)


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France's Geographic Challenge STRATFORvideo

YouTube 2012; Stratfor explains how France's natural geographic barriers have helped protect the country at all points along its border except one:... (2017)


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Geography Now! France

YouTube: 2016: Look, I tried my best to pronounce everything correctly. Oh and Jaques Brel was actually Belgian, NOT French, my mistake. ENJOY! (2017)


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How Did France Become Military Superpower (Bigger than Russia)

🌍 After the Soviet Union's fall, geopolitics changed, but Europe's reliance on Russian energy backfired! France's self-sufficiency in energy and ar... (2024)


Podcast

Part 2: The French Rebellion - The New York Times - 2019

Next in our series “The Battle for Europe,” we meet a group of Yellow Vest protesters in France. They say their living standards have been in decli... (2019)


Podcast

French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged : NPR

The gallery dedicated to the work of artist Étienne Terrus underwent a six-figure renovation only to find that 82 of its paintings are fakes... (2018)


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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids

France generates two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, making it the country’s dominant power source. (2026)


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