Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Repost from the archives (Oct 2013) EEV: Recently Compromised or exposed Code names, Operations, Software and facilities. The list is in no particular order and is being updated frequently. These are just the discoveries from… Read More ›
France
Hillary Clinton’s E-mail From Sid “France’s client & Qaddafi’s gold” – Unclassified (FOIA)
PDF FILE HERE: C05779612 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. *2014-20439 Doc No. C05779612 Date: 12/31/2015 Sent: To: Saturday, April 2, 201 1 10:44 PM Subject: H: France’s client & Q’s gold. Sid Attachments: hrc memo France’s client &… Read More ›
France admits 2,300 samples of SARS virus are missing / They Claim Harmless
Thursday, 17 April 2014 A routine inventory at a Parisian research body revealed over 2,300 samples of the potentially deadly SARS virus are missing, The Independent reports. The renowned Institute Pasteur in France admitted on Monday that it had misplaced… Read More ›
French debut warship built for Russia
Published: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 12:01 a.m. France says it has no plans to scrap the defense deal. It needs the jobs. The Vladivostock, designed to strengthen Russia’s ability to deploy troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, leaves Saint Nazaire harbor… Read More ›
How Peace Kept WWI Alive
EEV: Excellent article on the coming storm, if things stay their course. The Thirty Years’ War By Jan Fleischhauer On two separate occasions, in 1918 and 1945, the world had to decide what to do with Germany. The second time around,… Read More ›
‘Only’ 1,067 vehicles set ablaze on New Year’s Eve in France
The much lamented tradition of torching cars to mark the arrival of the new year claimed more than 10 per cent fewer vehicles this year A car on fire in Paris Photo: Getty Images By David Chazan, Paris 8:41PM GMT 01… Read More ›
Arms deals fixer Ziad Takieddine refused entry and returned to France
– confessed to paying kick-backs to an aide of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy – Claims late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi paid up to £40m towards Mr Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid Tom Harper Tuesday, 31 December… Read More ›
French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million euros ($1.35 million)
France’s top court on Sunday approved a proposal for companies to pay 75 percent tax on annual salaries exceeding one million euros in line with President Francois Hollande’s drive to limit executive pay at a time of economic hardship. The… Read More ›
The gathering storm: A look back on middle-class Europe’s last carefree Christmas before the onset of World War One
From the following summer, Britain, mainland Europe and a large part of the rest of the world changed for ever ” There are “striking and unsettling parallels”, Emmerson says, with the “geopolitics of the world today”. He does not go… Read More ›
The EU is in denial over the euro – its failed currency
While Britain and the US kickstart their economic recovery, Europe clings to its sinking ship Rarely has the economic gulf that separates the English-speaking world and continental Europe looked quite as wide as it does today. While much of the… Read More ›
NSA Claims Call Spying Reports Are False
1 November 2013 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 08:13:57 +0100 Subject: update From: <xxxxx[at]gmail.com> To: Cryptome <cryptome[at]earthlink.net> In a letter to Dutch Parliament of October 31st [0], the Dutch Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Ronald Plasterk)… Read More ›
Journal withdraws controversial French Monsanto GM study : Even though “no evidence of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of the data.”
Source: Reuters – Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:37 PM Author: Reuters * Hundreds of scientists criticised Seralini’s paper * Journal editor asked to see raw data in investigation * Paper withdrawn due to concerns about sample size * “No evidence… Read More ›
Stealth drone completes successful maiden flight
EEV: Since most clips of the story are being taken from 5 month old reports. We took the liberty of posting a better video of the drone. Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which may help monitor disputed territory, latest example of… Read More ›
Three IKEA France execs charged in spying scandal by using police files
Paris (AFP) Three executives at IKEA France, including the CEO, were charged on Tuesday in connection with allegations the company illegally used police files to spy on staff and customers, a judicial source told AFP. IKEA France’s CEO Stefan Vanoverbeke,… Read More ›
Hollande booed at war dead commemorations in Paris “Red Bonnet Revolt”
11 Nov 2013 Paris (AFP) A solemn event presided over by French President Francois Hollande to remember those who died in World War I turned into a shouting match Monday after protesters booed the unpopular leader. To the anger of others who… Read More ›
Security researcher Cédric ‘Sid’ Blancher dead at 37
Skydiving accident claims Wifitap author By Richard Chirgwin Posted in Security, 12th November 2013 00:59 GMT Security researcher Cédric “Sid” Blancher has reportedly been killed in a skydiving accident in France. At the time of writing, details of the accident remain sketchy…. Read More ›
Spain and France’s intelligence agencies carried out collection of phone records and shared them with NSA, agency says
NSA spy row: France and Spain ‘shared phone data’ with US By Raf Sanchez, Peter Foster in Washington 8:35PM GMT 29 Oct 2013 European intelligence agencies and not American spies were responsible for the mass collection of phone records which… Read More ›
Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and NOT the U.S.? Extraordinary twist in spying saga revealed
Agents said to have intercepted 70 million calls and text messages a month France had previously blamed the United States of America US was first suspected of hacking into Nicolas Sarkozy’s phone in 2012 By Nabila Ramdani PUBLISHED: 11:32 EST,… Read More ›
US spy agency snooped on French citizens: Report ( code-named “US-985D” )
AFP Monday, Oct 21, 2013 PARIS – The US National Security Agency (NSA) secretly recorded millions of phone calls made in France, daily Le Monde reported on Monday, citing documents from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The spy agency taped… Read More ›
Le Pen: EU will collapse like Soviet Union
Thursday, 17 October 2013 The leader of France’s far-Right party has vowed that the European Union would “collapse like the Soviet Union” as she conspired to form what would be the most radical faction yet seen in the European… Read More ›
French Far-Right Candidate Scores Election Win
PARIS October 13, 2013 (AP) A candidate of France’s far-right National Front won a run-off vote in a local election Sunday that drew widespread attention amid signs that the once-shunned anti-immigrant party is gaining strength. Laurent Lopez defeated center-right UMP… Read More ›
Organized screening for prostate cancer does more harm than good
Contact: Kay Roche kay@rochewriting.com ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation Prostate cancer screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used in France despite a lack of evidence showing that it reduces cancer deaths. Now, researchers have shown that men experience… Read More ›
Swiss War Drill simulates invasion by Bankrupt French
Monday, 30 September 2013 Hordes of bankrupt French invade Switzerland to get their hands on their “stolen” money — such is the imaginary scenario cooked up by the Swiss military in simulations revealed over the weekend. Carried out in… Read More ›
French carbon tax to yield 4 bln euros in 2016 – PM
Source: Reuters – Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:53 PM * French PM says carbon tax to be ramped up after 2014 start * Ayrault says zero impact on households from fuel in 2014 * PM also flags nuclear power levy… Read More ›
France: ‘soldier’ Hollande’s popularity hits new low
Cuts, unemployment and deficit as war moves further away 11 September, 19:11 prev next (by Tullio Giannotti) (ANSAmed) – PARIS – As the war against Assad becomes more distant on the horizon, French citizens have to deal with… Read More ›
Say fromage! Agency denies censorship after withdrawing ‘gormless’ picture of Francois Hollande
Agence France Presse transmitted the unflattering picture to clients on Tuesday, then quickly issued a ‘Mandatory Kill’ order Rob Williams Thursday, 5 September 2013 Agence France Presse (AFP), the French press agency, has been forced to deny charges of self-censorship… Read More ›
Good hygiene may be to blame for soaring Alzheimer’s
Modern cities and improved hygiene could be behind rising rates of Alzheimer’s in Britain and the rest of the developed world, scientists have said. Countries where everyone has access to cleaning drinking water, such as the UK and France, have… Read More ›
1 in 4 has alarmingly few intestinal bacteria
Contact: Oluf Pedersen oluf@sund.ku.dk 45-52-39-56-50 University of Copenhagen All people have trillions of bacteria living in their intestines. If you place them on a scale, they weigh around 1.5 kg. Previously, a major part of these ‘blind passengers’ were unknown,… Read More ›
Eli Lilly ‘concerned’ by China bribery allegations
23 Aug 2013 SHANGHAI (AFP) US drugmaker Eli Lilly said it was “deeply concerned” about allegations it bribed Chinese doctors to prescribe its products, the latest accusations of malpractice by foreign firms in the country. A former Eli Lilly sales manager… Read More ›
U.N. stops short of demanding Syria chemical attack probe
Source: Reuters – Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs on Wednesday but stopped short… Read More ›
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ‘king of the party’ at sex soirées, claim French investigators
Disgraced former IMF chief has been charged with ‘aggravated pimping’, along with 12 other people Anne Penketh Wednesday, 7 August 2013 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was the “linchpin” and “party king” of an… Read More ›
Never-before-seen GIANT virus found that’s so unusual it may have come from Mars
The Pandoravirus is one micrometre big – ten times the size of other viruses It is found underwater but is not considered a threat to humans The virus has been spotted off the coast of Chile and in an Australian … Read More ›
How the cost of giving birth in the U.S. has TRIPLED since 1996 to $9,775 – thanks to expensive fees for everything from an epidural to placenta removal
The average cost of a hospital delivery in America is $9,775, the highest in the world In France, delivery costs $3,541, and in the UK it is just $2,641 Many industrialized countries offer flat fees for prenatal care and delivery,… Read More ›
Paper: NSA gets data from UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France
Sunday, 30 June 2013 The NSA has been working with at least seven European other countries to collect personal communications data, according to Wayne Madsen, a former NSA contractor who has come forward because he does not think the… Read More ›
Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth.
10.06.2013 – Video releases Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko, Research… Read More ›
Corruption probe moves closer to IMF chief as aide charged
12 Jun 2013 PARIS (AFP) Stephane Richard, the head of telecoms company Orange and a former aide to IMF chief Christine Lagarde, was charged Wednesday in a corruption probe related to Lagarde’s time as France’s finance minister. In… Read More ›
“Suspicious” death in France after medicine alert: ! Diuretic furosemide may contain the sedative zopiclone !
Source: Reuters – Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:33 PM Author: Reuters (Adds Teva statement, ANSM inspection plan) MARSEILLE/PARIS, June 9 (Reuters) – French police are investigating the death of a 92-year-old man as “suspicious” after he was given medicine that… Read More ›
Hollande tells Japanese business leaders eurozone crisis is over
By MALCOLM FOSTER Politics Jun. 09, 2013 – 06:34AM JST ( 7 ) French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during his lecture in Tokyo, Saturday.AP Photo/Koji Sasahara TOKYO — French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday… Read More ›
EU official wants criminal penalties for joining Syrian fighting
Source: Reuters – Wed, 5 Jun 2013 07:18 PM Author: Reuters BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) – European countries should make it a criminal offence to fight in foreign rebellions or receive jihadist training overseas, the EU’s counter-terrorism chief said… Read More ›
IMF chief Lagarde to face questioning over payout “Prosecutors suspect Lagarde of embezzling public funds “
Christine Lagarde Photo: EPA International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde is due to appear before magistrates in France investigating her role in a large payout to a businessman and politician following a dispute, a court spokesman said. The 57-year-old… Read More ›
Taxes in France top 100% of Income
Sunday, 19 May 2013 More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level… Read More ›
François Hollande calls for ‘European political union’ within two years; Calls for a more federal Europe
John Lichfield Thursday, 16 May 2013 A beleagured President François Hollande went on the offensive today calling for an “economic government” for the Eurozone and “political union” in Europe within two years. Stung by accusations that he has been too… Read More ›
France ends Austerity measures
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici says French austerity measures are at an end, instead opting for growth. This further complicates the strained relationship between the eurozone’s two largest economies. “We’re witnessing the end of the dogma… Read More ›
‘I give the euro medium-term only a limited chance of survival’ – Merkel’s advisor
© Photo: SXC.hu In an interview for Die Welt, the Chairman of the Council of Scientific Advisors to the German Ministry of Finance Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad proposed a compromise between austerity and the desire of the European countries… Read More ›
Obama’s pick for ambassador to France ‘turned down the job because of his ties to a Russian $100 million illegal poker and money-laundering ring’
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 11:54 EST, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:54 EST, 26 April 2013 President Obama’s top pick for ambassador to France was never offered the job because of his possible ties to an alleged Russian money-laundering ring,… Read More ›
Sarkozy gave Obamas $40,000 worth of gifts in just one year
Friday, 26 April 2013 Former French President and pop singer wife Carla Bruni gave America’s first couple more than $40,000 worth of gifts in a single year, it emerged today. Presents included a designer Hermes golf bag and… Read More ›
Spain’s jobless rate soars to a record high of 27.16 per cent
In nearly two million homes, every adult is out of work – with no end of recession in sight Alasdair Fotheringham Thursday, 25 April 2013 For the first time since modern statistics began, Spain reached the landmark figure of more… Read More ›
French railway company SNCF accused of banning black and Asian employees during visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres
Alistair Dawber Tuesday, 16 April 2013 A race row has broken out in France over claims that the state railway company, SNCF, made effort to ensure that Israeli President Shimon Peres did not meet black or Asian employees in… Read More ›
Self-medication in animals much more widespread than believed
Contact: Jim Erickson ericksn@umich.edu 734-647-1842 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—It’s been known for decades that animals such as chimpanzees seek out medicinal herbs to treat their diseases. But in recent years, the list of animal pharmacists has grown much longer,… Read More ›
France ups the ante in EU tax evasion battle after scandal: Budget minister tried to hide 15 million Euros
07 Apr 2013 PARIS (AFP) France said Sunday it was looking to tighten Europe-wide measures against tax evasion as it scrambles to contain a fraud scandal that has rocked President Francois Hollande’s government. The move comes as Jerome Cahuzac — the former… Read More ›
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