How Calais' 'jungle' migrant camp has now become a mini city - complete with restaurants, a theatre, book shops and free wifi

• More than a dozen shops have opened, along with restaurants, libraries, an information centre and makeshift hotels
• Main strip is the Market where an art gallery, theatre and Eritrean nightclub - which serves beer - are situated
• Camp started as a stopping place for migrants as they waited to be smuggled illegally out of France to Britain
• For more of the latest news from the Calais refugee camp visit www.dailymail.co.uk/refugeecrisis

By JOSH WHITE IN CALAIS FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 23:28 GMT, 6 December 2015 | UPDATED: 14:43 GMT, 7 December 2015

The Les Mées Solar Farm in France

Friday, April 03, 2015

The Les Mées solar farm is located in the rolling hills of La Colle des Mées plateau, in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in southern France. Covering an area of 200 hectares with a total of 112,000 solar modules, the facility is the biggest in France. This solar project, which was conducted by Siemens Energy on a turnkey basis, generates 100MW of clean energy, enough to power 12,000 typical French households.

Free Speech for All - Tự do ngôn luận cho tất cả mọi người

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark and Secretary General of NATO, is Founder and Chairman of Rasmussen Global. read more

 

JAN 13, 2015 4

Free Speech for All

COPENHAGEN – The attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo was an assault on democracy, on freedom, and on the ideals that underpin all free societies. As we face the forces of extremism and terror, we must have the courage to speak up for those ideals and to safeguard the right to say what we believe. But we must also take care to respect the fact that others have the same right.

'We are here to support freedom. We will not be beaten': 3.7MILLION people march across France as world leaders are joined in Paris for moving tribute to 17 terror victims

• An estimated 3.7million gathered in shows of solidarity across France today in tribute to those killed by terrorists
• Unprecedented crowds were seen in Paris where millions walked the capital's streets chanting 'Je suis Charlie'
• British Prime Minister David Cameron linked arms with other world leaders to lead the proceedings this afternoon
• President Francois Hollande began the march, poignantly telling crowds: 'Today, Paris is the capital of the world'
• Elsewhere crowds gathered in major world cities, with famous monuments illuminated in the Tricolor 

By Laurie Hanna and Emily Davies and Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline

Published: 11:37 GMT, 11 January 2015 | Updated: 09:14 GMT, 12 January 2015 

Paris goes dark for Charlie Hebdo

Paris goes dark for Charlie Hebdo: Eiffel Tower's lights are turned off as vigils are held around globe for 12 victims slaughtered by fanatics 

• The famous French landmark plunged into darkness for five minutes at 8pm this evening in a sombre tribute
• Meanwhile thousands of people gathered for a second night of vigils at Republique Square in Paris tonight 
• French President Francois Hollande led the moving tribute to the 12 people murdered in yesterday's terror attack 
• The bell of Notre-Dame cathedral tolled as thousands gathered in the rain to remember the Charlie Hebdo victims
• Fellow journalists held their press cards aloft outside the magazine's Paris office during the minute's silence   

By Gemma Mullin and Darren Boyle for MailOnline

Published: 15:06 GMT, 8 January 2015 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 9 January 2015

France Commemorates Both Revolution and WWI With Bastille Day Parade

By Alex Magdaleno 1 day ago

C'est le quartorze juillet and France is celebrating.

In July 1789, crowds of Parisians stormed the infamous French prison — the Bastille — signifying the beginning of the French Revolution, the end of Louis XVI's reign over France and future independence.

On July 14, 1790, France commemorated the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille with the fête de la fédération, which has now become known as the fête nationale for the French or Bastille Day for foreigners.