Author Archives: Angelique Chrisafis
19th March, 2013
Cypriots shocked at raid on savings
LARNACA (Cyprus): Under the palm trees of Larnaca’s waterfront promenade, George Kyprou was staring out to sea and scratching his head.
LARNACA (Cyprus): Under the palm trees of Larnaca’s waterfront promenade, George Kyprou was staring out to sea and scratching his head.
15th January, 2013
High stakes in ‘Hollande’s war’
FRANCE'S sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali marks a crossroads. Until now, the Socialist president, Francois Hollande, who had positioned himself as an anti-warmongerer with the early withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, had been planning a more
FRANCE'S sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali marks a crossroads. Until now, the Socialist president, Francois Hollande, who had positioned himself as an anti-warmongerer with the early withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, had been planning a more
8th January, 2013
Weight-loss drug linked to deaths
PARIS, Jan 7: A weight-loss drug believed to have killed hundreds in France’s biggest ever pharmaceutical scandal has sparked fresh controversy as victims complain of delays in state compensation and a major
PARIS, Jan 7: A weight-loss drug believed to have killed hundreds in France’s biggest ever pharmaceutical scandal has sparked fresh controversy as victims complain of delays in state compensation and a major
21st December, 2012
End of the world: village plans quiet night
PARIS: While there are those who fear that Friday will bring about the end of the world, presaged by the end of the ancient Mayan calendar, in the French village of Bugarach — the only place apparently set to escape the
PARIS: While there are those who fear that Friday will bring about the end of the world, presaged by the end of the ancient Mayan calendar, in the French village of Bugarach — the only place apparently set to escape the
3rd November, 2012
Why Hollande’s popularity nosedived
WHEN François Hollande became French president in May, he kept his old mobile phone number so old friends could still reach him to give their frank views. The first Socialist party president in 17 years may be
WHEN François Hollande became French president in May, he kept his old mobile phone number so old friends could still reach him to give their frank views. The first Socialist party president in 17 years may be
19th August, 2012
France for Chinese
SEATED on a red velvet banquettes in the Brasserie de la Poste in Montargis, a modest provincial town south of Paris, is the Shanghai-born doctor Peiwen Wang, an expert in Chinese tourists’ tastes in France.
SEATED on a red velvet banquettes in the Brasserie de la Poste in Montargis, a modest provincial town south of Paris, is the Shanghai-born doctor Peiwen Wang, an expert in Chinese tourists’ tastes in France.
4th August, 2012
Paris’s car-free riverside plan
IT’S the latest battle in Paris’s war on the car: a pedestrian ‘reconquest’ of the banks of the Seine.
IT’S the latest battle in Paris’s war on the car: a pedestrian ‘reconquest’ of the banks of the Seine.
8th July, 2012
Hollande soaks the rich
SINCE its revolution France has had a reputation for loving to hate the rich. But it has always boasted mega-wealthy business leaders, global brands, moneyed aristocratic families and designer luxury. Now it
SINCE its revolution France has had a reputation for loving to hate the rich. But it has always boasted mega-wealthy business leaders, global brands, moneyed aristocratic families and designer luxury. Now it
8th June, 2012
Hollande’s ‘normal’ tag starts to grate
IT is one of the most successful branding exercises in French politics, but François Hollande’s self-styled image as President Normal, Mr Normal and a Normal Guy is starting to grate on some French journalists, who have called for a moratorium on the word ‘normal’.
IT is one of the most successful branding exercises in French politics, but François Hollande’s self-styled image as President Normal, Mr Normal and a Normal Guy is starting to grate on some French journalists, who have called for a moratorium on the word ‘normal’.
8th May, 2012
The new first lady
IF François Hollande has styled himself as Mr Normal — recently photographed buying fruit compote in a Paris supermarket and saying he would continue to do so after he’s elected “if the fridge is empty” — his partner, Valérie Trierweiler, could revolutionise the unofficial role of France’s first lady.
IF François Hollande has styled himself as Mr Normal — recently photographed buying fruit compote in a Paris supermarket and saying he would continue to do so after he’s elected “if the fridge is empty” — his partner, Valérie Trierweiler, could revolutionise the unofficial role of France’s first lady.
14th April, 2012
Euro crisis becomes election issue in France
PARIS: Fears of a renewed eurozone crisis and France’s spiralling public debt are overshadowing the presidential race, with the Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to scare the markets to secure re-election
PARIS: Fears of a renewed eurozone crisis and France’s spiralling public debt are overshadowing the presidential race, with the Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to scare the markets to secure re-election
8th April, 2012
Squeezing the super-rich
QUAINT, discreet and perfectly manicured, Marnes-la-Coquette has 1,700 residents, including scores of millionaires, who backed the right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy in the last presidential election. Surrounded by parkland, the village nudges the leafy suburbs west of Paris favoured by bankers, ageing pop
QUAINT, discreet and perfectly manicured, Marnes-la-Coquette has 1,700 residents, including scores of millionaires, who backed the right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy in the last presidential election. Surrounded by parkland, the village nudges the leafy suburbs west of Paris favoured by bankers, ageing pop
9th March, 2012
Sarkozy plays race card
NICOLAS Sarkozy has declared there are too many foreigners in France, deliberately using extreme-right rhetoric to regain ground in his difficult re-election battle.
NICOLAS Sarkozy has declared there are too many foreigners in France, deliberately using extreme-right rhetoric to regain ground in his difficult re-election battle.
17th February, 2012
Sarkozy to run for second term
PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy formally declared on Wednesday night that he will run for a second term as president of France later this year.Sarkozy appeared live on the evening news of the private TV channel TF1 to kick off a difficult re-election battle, saying not to run would
PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy formally declared on Wednesday night that he will run for a second term as president of France later this year.Sarkozy appeared live on the evening news of the private TV channel TF1 to kick off a difficult re-election battle, saying not to run would
13th February, 2012
How Sarkozy became a toxic brand
NEAR the rusting, abandoned steelworks perched on a hill overlooking the forlorn north-eastern town of Gandrange, trade unionists put up a gravestone inscribed: “Here lie the broken promises of Nicolas Sarkozy.”
NEAR the rusting, abandoned steelworks perched on a hill overlooking the forlorn north-eastern town of Gandrange, trade unionists put up a gravestone inscribed: “Here lie the broken promises of Nicolas Sarkozy.”
8th February, 2012
Africans’ ‘ill-gotten wealth’
AT 42, Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one of Paris’s most expensive streets, looms a five-storey private mansion complete with disco, spa room, hair salon, gold- and jewel-encrusted taps, lift, pastel pink
AT 42, Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one of Paris’s most expensive streets, looms a five-storey private mansion complete with disco, spa room, hair salon, gold- and jewel-encrusted taps, lift, pastel pink
28th January, 2012
Left unveils manifesto
FRAN ç OIS Hollande, the leftwing frontrunner in the French presidential race, has vowed to make the rich pay the highest price to help drag France out of its economic crisis, while promising to pump more money
FRAN ç OIS Hollande, the leftwing frontrunner in the French presidential race, has vowed to make the rich pay the highest price to help drag France out of its economic crisis, while promising to pump more money
