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Cannes got off to a sweet start with Wes Anderson's competition opener "Moonrise Kingdom", an ode to young love that got me rethinking my growing aversion to the director.
 
Cannes Do (You can lead a horticulture…)
The 65th Cannes Film Festival opens Wednesday. To predict a winner, one need often look no further than the president of the jury. This year it is the Palme d'Or winner from 2001, the Italian Nanni Moretti.
 
Two recent official reports have dampened the economic mood on both sides of the Atlantic: U.S. Department of Labor data shows the U.S. job market is slowing down, while the European Commission’s spring economic outlook predicts rising unemployment.
 
Having now just about recovered from the excitement of covering the French elections, I would like to point out that France’s new president, François Hollande, did not actually win as many votes as it may appear. Find out why...
 
A veritable army of flags – flags from other political parties, pro-peace flags, gay rights flags, even the national flags of other countries (!) – streamed into the Place de la Bastille on Sunday. An invasion? Paté went to investigate.
 
The French left is still celebrating - but when the hangovers kick in, so will the legacy of a divisive campaign, and the tough subjects that were often forgotten. I take a look both forwards and back.
 
How closer U.S.-Russian cooperation can make it much easier to solve some of the world's most pressing security problems.
 
Victoria has a job she says she can no longer admit to. The reason for France's financial woes, the big bad wolf that voters want to see eaten alive… Victoria is a banker. I went to find out what she thinks of the election.
 
Is it only in France that an exhibition about immigration can get such a sexy title? Probably. Katerina Vittozzi went to Paris' Museum of Immigration to see what 'J'ai Deux Amours' was all about...
 
Here’ s a stat that might interest you: according to a recent poll by Le Monde, Marine Le Pen is the most favoured candidate among voters between 18-24, with 26% of the vote.
 
In the front row for all things fashion
 
In a new video statement, by US-born al Shabaab militant Abu Mansoor al Amriki said his life was threatened by fellow militants. But does that point to divisions in the Somali Islamist group’s ranks or that al Amriki is just an insufferable blowhard?
 
The Algerian War is one of those historical episodes that everyone seems to talk about in France – but only in a way that skims the surface. France and Algeria are at pains to come to grips with a painful shared history.
 
Russian press review - between rage and dispair (Russian Elections Chronicles)
Three days before the election and the Russian media is torn between doom, gloom, resignation and barely veiled threats…. Read our media review to find out why.
 
Head in the Sandbox (The Tech Files)
Dive into a world of extraordinary ideas. Sandbox is a community of innovators and entrepreneurs, where everyone’s aged under thirty. When it comes to vision, the sky’s the limit. What’s more, they all rather like each other.
 
The candidate for the Front de Gauche won't be the next president. But while he's happy to weigh on the Socialist party's agenda, his real concern is convincing working-class voters not to be wooed by the far Right.
 
Publishing the first interview with Anne Sinclair since the arrest of her husband in May, French magazine Elle has sparked outcry among some French women, who describe her as both a “victim” and an “accomplice” for standing by her shamed partner.
 
There's a veritable abundance of blogs about Paris - its nightlife, museums, restaurants, music scene. And Brits seem to have cracked the magical formula for blogging success.
 
Rioting in the UK and France: driving factors (Vue d'ailleurs: French Politics, Culture and Society)
The riots that shook England in 2011 are beginning to fade from memory, but the causes won’t disappear as quickly. The UK should look to France, where the anger and frustration that erupted in 2005 still simmers below the surface
 
As some of us mark the start of a new year, it remains to be seen whether it will herald an improvement in global press freedom. 2011 saw a 16% increase in the number of journalists killed and a surge in arrests compared to 2010.
 
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews think they are the exclusive owners of Judaism. It's up to the Israeli authorities and the majority of their compatriots to tell them they're wrong.
 
Naughty or nice, the French want beaucoup treats for Christmas. While we don’t know exactly what’s on their wish lists, here are some of the best-sold and most-watched of 2011.
 
In whatever state Europe eventually emerges from its credit crisis, its constituents will need to realign themselves with the parts of the world that are growing. Increasingly, that’s Africa.
 
Holiday Spirit in Paris (Scout Paris)
Paris sparkles during the holiday season with pretty decorations displayed in stores and throughout the festive streets of the city.
 
True life is elsewhere, as the Czech novelist Milan Kundera says. While everyone is looking for his final destination, for the wealthy Chinese, there is one common direction - Out of China.
 
On Friday, November 25th a group of activists lodged a war-crime and crime against humanity complaint against President Felipe Calderon, top government officials and the most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman...
 
SomeFINK different (An Eveling in Paris)
SomeFINK different - the DJ turned singer-songwriter 'Fink' aka Fin Greenall is in the studio to talk about his new album 'Perfect Darkness.
 
We live in hope (Iran, the Paradox)
Today - Monday, 10 October 2011 is the 9th World Day to raise awareness on the inhumanity of the death penalty throughout the entire process, from sentence to execution.
 
In France, food says it all (The Flipside of Paris)
Paris is a city that loves food. In fact, it loves food so much it often crops up as either a topic of conversation or a form of expression. There are a myriad ways of bandying fruit laced idioms or meaty insults to describe people and things...
 
Markets are pushing innovation in the emerging world, they could be pushing innovation in the developed world.
 
Photos from the gorgeous window displays that celebrate the beauty of spring at Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores in Paris!
 
[AUDIO] China's Religious Revival (China Talking Points)
Is China facing a "morality crisis?" In the face of growing economic inequity, more and more people are turning to religion on the mainland. We explore this important trend on the China Talking Points podcast.
 
A chat with HBO on their brand new sports special