Croatian Presidential Election Heads for January Runoff - NYTimes.com

A number of close Mediterranean elections.

Al-Jazeera Journalists Await Appeal After 1 Year in Egyptian Jail

How difficult this must be.

Greek Presidential Vote Fails in Parliament — Live Blog - MoneyBeat - WSJ

We surely need a Greek revival.

Rescue Underway for Hundreds Trapped on Burning Ferry

Must be incredibly challenging.

Comment la France peut profiter de la nouvelle vague numérique

Hmmm.

Fictions "made in France", pas si belle la vie

Elsewhere in the Mediterranean?

‘Irène,’ by Pierre Lemaitre, a French Crime Novel - NYTimes.com

Ok, I guess.

Libye : nouveaux assassinats de chrétiens à Syrte

Bad development.

Turquie: libération d'un mineur écroué pour 'insulte au président'

That's disconcerting.

Tunisia Wins Again - NYTimes.com

Great!

EN IMAGES. Une Femen s'invite dans la crèche de la place Saint-Pierre à Rome

So it goes.

Proche-Orient: Feu vert à la construction de 380 logements à Jérusalem-Est - Monde - tdg.ch

These are surely not the bricks of peace.

Sony revient sur sa décision et autorise une sortie "limitée" de "The Interview" | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

I wonder how all of this is being received around the Mediterranean and where it may wind up being shown.

Les salariés d'Amazon débutent une grève, la direction rassurante avant Noël | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Hmm.

DIAPO. L'oursin, un délice rare sur la Côte d'Azur | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Welcome.

Un réseau de trafic de scooters volés démantelé entre Nice et la Tunisie | Nice | Nice-Matin

Mediterranean mischief.

Le maigre bilan de la présidence italienne de l'UE

Hmm.

C’est la Tunisie qui gagne !: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com

Let's hope so.

Algérie : le chef djihadiste responsable de la mort de Gourdel tué - Afrik.com : l'actualité de l'Afrique noire et du Maghreb - Le quotidien panafricain

Somehow this does not seem to be a big accomplishment.

Jordan Executes 11 After 8-Year Moratorium - NYTimes.com

Elsewhere in the Mediterranean?

L'éviction de Zemmour d'iTÉLÉ suscite la polémique | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

One can only imagine!

What Will Israel Become? - NYTimes.com

Is disintegrated an option?

Algeria, Dependent on Oil, Feels Pinch as Prices Decline - NYTimes.com

Impact throughout the Mediterranean?

Tunisia

An important choice to be made.

Why Turkey’s president wants to revive the language of the Ottoman Empire - The Washington Post

Study more.

Prostitutes want Tunisia's red light districts to get back in business | Public Radio International

Hmm.

Le musée océanographique de Monaco se met à l'heure de vos vacances | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Nice.

Pourquoi la crise grecque est loin d'être achevée

Sad.

The Embattled Dream of Palestine - NYTimes.com

One word for the problem - Israel.

Turkey's Erdogan 'closely following' legal case against rival cleric | Reuters

Difficult to find the truth here.

14ème édition du Festival International du Film de Marrakech - Culture - Télématin - France 2

Neat.

Disparition de Pathé - Culture - Télématin - France 2

Interesting.

Italie: la sortie de l'euro soumise à une pétition

Hmmm.

SNCM : Bruxelles autorise le transfert de la délégation de service public "en plusieurs lots" | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Keep following.

Eric Ciotti à la tête de la commission d'enquête à l'Assemblée sur les filières djihadistes | Nice | Nice-Matin

I can imagine no prisoners being taken by him.

Michel Drucker enregistre vendredi à bord du Charles-de-Gaulle | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Neat.

Aidez Nice-Matin à gagner le concours du meilleur projet participatif 2014 | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

I don't quite get it.

France Télévisions prévoit un quasi-retour à l'équilibre en 2015

Lower deficits are good I guess.

Netflix en France: le match va vraiment commencer

Rest of Mediterranean?

Corruption: l'Italie a perdu 300 milliards d'euros en 20 ans

That will get your attention.

Turkey Promotes Religious Schools, Often Defying Parents - NYTimes.com

This is not good.

BBC News - Greece president vote inconclusive after first round

This cannot be good news.

"La Grèce doit continuer sur le chemin des réformes"

I hope so.

A Perfect Car for Palermo’s Melting Pot - NYTimes.com

The cars of the Mediterranean.

Cette Niçoise qui multiplie les téléréalités | Nice | Nice-Matin

One might say something about preventing their spread!

Egypt’s Latest Outrage - NYTimes.com

Really troubling.

An Investment Bank Revives Along With Egypt - NYTimes.com

Money in the Mediterranean.

Immigration charts

Lots of them here, including the one today in Le Figaro.

Amazon va-t-il tuer le livre?

Hmmm.

JO 2024 : Rome contre Paris ?

Mediterranean combat.

Les villes où les Français dépensent le plus en ligne

Interesting.

La Briqueterie : une librairie s'ouvre rue Jules Gilly - Le Blog du Vieux-Nice

Always nice to see a new bookstore!

France Arrests 10 People in Suspected Jihadist Network - NYTimes.com

Let's hope they got it right.

A Town, if Not a Painting, Is Restored - NYTimes.com

Certainly getting a lot of attention.

EU Says Turkey’s Arrests of Journalists Violates Values - Bloomberg

I wonder if anything will come of this.

Palestinians Seek U.N. Vote on Israeli Withdrawal From Occupied West Bank - NYTimes.com

What will come of this?

Turkey arrests journalists and executives - CNN.com

A disconcerting set of actions.

Netanyahu rencontre Kerry et rejette le projet palestinien de résolution - Dépêches - El Watan

A man repulsed by so many continues to work hard at enlarging that group.

Israel’s Natural Gas Supply Offers Lifeline for Peace - NYTimes.com

It ought to be viewed as a regional resource.

Still Failing Syria’s Refugees - NYTimes.com

Impossible situation getting worse.

BBC News - Turkey arrests: Raids target Gulen-linked critics of Erdogan

No one and no idea seems safe in Turkey.

'People Are Going To Rebel': Slow Pace Of Rebuilding Frustrates Gazans : Parallels : NPR

In a word, Israel.

Currents: Italy Comes Home, at a Discount - NYTimes.com

Nice to see this.

Une Azuréenne victime d'une fausse annonce sur un site coquin | Blausasc | Nice-Matin

And around the Mediterranean?

L'équipe des Guignols transportait du shit dans la tête de Chirac au Festival de Cannes | Festival de Cannes | Nice-Matin

Not all that surprising I guess.

Trying to Reinvent Italy - NYTimes.com

I hope he makes progress quickly enough.

Egypt Denies Entry to American Scholar Critical of Its Government - NYTimes.com

This is very bad.

L'Algérie ébauche ses réformes et se rapproche de la France

We need to know more about the bilateral Mediterranean ties.

Italie: grève générale contre Renzi qui ne cède pas à la pression - Libération

Italy is still in the woods.

Internet: qui s'en sert dans l'OCDE, et pour quoi?

Need to parse the Mediterranean in this.

Trash talk: 269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans | Reuters

How bad is it in the Mediterranean?

L'hébergeur français OVH va investir près d'un demi-milliard d'euros

Only in France?

Kelvente réinvente le site de petites annonces

Why not cover the whole Mediterranean?

92 milliards d'euros : l'écosystème de l'Internet mobile en Europe

And in the Mediterranean?

Un nombre record de migrants ont péri en Méditerranée en 2014

Devastating.

Senior Palestinian official dies after clash with Israeli forces in West Bank - The Washington Post

I hope this does not explode.

Maroc, le royaume émergent à l’avant-garde de l’EurAfrique

We are still so far behind in our understanding.

Elena Ferrante, Author of Naples Novels, Stays Mysterious - NYTimes.com

Intriguing.

Israël connaît son « plus grand désastre écologique »

Other disasters around the Mediterranean in comparison?

VIDEO. Espagne : Podemos, le parti politique qui monte

Super interesting.

Des santons provençaux fabriqués en Tunisie? | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Mediterrranean at least.

Israel Debates Its Religious and Democratic Identity - NYTimes.com

It deserves all the thought it can get!

Tino Rossi "Méditerranée" - YouTube

Neat!

Annonce de la fermeture de l’AITV : Les agents réclament un moratoire

Impact on the Mediterranean?

Greece Parliament Approves Balanced Budget After Years of Recession - NYTimes.com

Progress is good.

Miss Côte d'Azur star des réseaux sociaux... très très loin devant Miss France | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Too much.

Facing Rights Accusations, Israel Opens Gaza Inquiries - NYTimes.com

I sure hope the truth emerges from all of this.

Lebanon hostage families offer condolences to slain soldier's relatives | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR

So many deaths.

Palestinians feel helpless as their homes are destroyed — at Israeli government orders | Public Radio International

Awful

Eric de Montgolfier aux rencontres de Cannes :"Je crois que les gens ont besoin d’avoir peur" | Cannes | Nice-Matin

The fact that he serves on the N-M board is mentioned where?

Samedi dans votre journal: douze pages spéciales sur le combat de Nice-Matin et Var-matin | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Sorry to miss this.

Roularta sur le point de céder L'Express et L'Expansion?

Challenges continue.

An Anniversary Pilgrimage for the Giulietta, Timeless at 60 - NYTimes.com

No other Mediterranean country is distinguished by its automobiles, is it? Is France in second place?

A Refugee Camp Pulsating With Energy: A Dispatch From Shatila - NYTimes.com

I bet it is a good story.

In The Italian Alps, Stradivari's Trees Live On : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

What are the other great woods of the Mediterranean, perhaps starting with olive?

SNCM:"un message très négatif de Bruxelles" - France 3 Côte d’Azur

May be the end of the line.

Charity in France Is Accused of Being a Front for Financing Terrorism in Syria - NYTimes.com

So unfortunate.

Revue de presse du 05/12 - Actu - Télématin - France 2

What's interesting to me about this program is the fundamental reliance on news organizations, primarily printed publications of all sorts, for the material - with full credit. I wonder if this happens generally in the Mediterranean. (It happens in only very limited mentions in the US on morning television - Morning Joe on MSNBC is one of the rare examples, but they give major stories only passing mention compared with the Telematin presentation in a kind of narrative of each.)

Deux "iTunes de l'info" débarquent en France - L'Express

Probably worth a look.

Netflix sera-t-il hégémonique en France en 2018 ?

Elsewhere?

Cybersécurité: le Wi-Fi, porte d'entrée pour les pirates ?

Elsewhere?

Richard Branson's Virgin Empire to Offer Cruises on the High Seas - NYTimes.com

Serving the Mediterranean?

In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli - NYTimes.com

Super.

Radio Free Syria - NYTimes.com

Looks like this will be worth reading.

The Consolations of Italy - NYTimes.com

We need to respect what makes places unique or at least different.

Turkish Police to Get More Search Powers - NYTimes.com

Not the right direction.

Symbolic Vote in France Backs Palestinian State - NYTimes.com

Will be worthy of close attention.

Netanyahu Fires Ministers and Calls for Elections - NYTimes.com

On verra.

A Village Has What All of Italy Wants: The Internet - NYTimes.com

Neat. Others?

Egypt Sentences Nearly 200 to Die in Mass Trial Over Killings of Police - NYTimes.com

Is anyone safe?

Jasmin Bistro To Replace Qdoba On Franklin Street - Chapelboro.com

Nice!

Protection des océans: le combat part de Monaco | Monaco | Nice-Matin

Let's hope the Mediterranean got proper billing!

Netanyahu Fires Centrist Israeli Ministers and Calls for New Elections - NYTimes.com

Sounds significant.

Wife, daughter of Islamic State head detained in Lebanon - The Washington Post

Extraordinary.

Les 5 infos à retenir de la journée | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

I am not sure.....

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Putin, in Defeat, Diverts Pipeline - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

A French Town Reels After Teenage Girl Vanishes, Apparently to Join Jihadists - NYTimes.com

This certainly is distressing.

Sabah, Enduring Star in Arab World Entertainment, Dies at 87 - NYTimes.com

Sounds like quite a figure.

The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey - NYTimes.com

Awful experience.

Straining to Make Room for Refugees as the War in Syria Floods the World - NYTimes.com

Too much Mediterranean exodus, understandable.