This blog will report regularly on the development of the Mediterranean Media Center (MMC) in Nice, France. For information, please contact Terry Maguire tmaguire@newspaper.com. We welcome comments from all!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Croatian Presidential Election Heads for January Runoff - NYTimes.com
A number of close Mediterranean elections.
Greek Presidential Vote Fails in Parliament — Live Blog - MoneyBeat - WSJ
We surely need a Greek revival.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
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.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
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.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Algeria, Dependent on Oil, Feels Pinch as Prices Decline - NYTimes.com
Impact throughout the Mediterranean?
Turkey's Erdogan 'closely following' legal case against rival cleric | Reuters
Difficult to find the truth here.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
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.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Cette Niçoise qui multiplie les téléréalités | Nice | Nice-Matin
One might say something about preventing their spread!
Monday, December 15, 2014
La Briqueterie : une librairie s'ouvre rue Jules Gilly - Le Blog du Vieux-Nice
Always nice to see a new bookstore!
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?
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.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Israel’s Natural Gas Supply Offers Lifeline for Peace - NYTimes.com
It ought to be viewed as a regional resource.
BBC News - Turkey arrests: Raids target Gulen-linked critics of Erdogan
No one and no idea seems safe in Turkey.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
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.
Friday, December 12, 2014
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.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Trash talk: 269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans | Reuters
How bad is it in the Mediterranean?
Senior Palestinian official dies after clash with Israeli forces in West Bank - The Washington Post
I hope this does not explode.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Maroc, le royaume émergent à l’avant-garde de l’EurAfrique
We are still so far behind in our understanding.
Israël connaît son « plus grand désastre écologique »
Other disasters around the Mediterranean in comparison?
Monday, December 08, 2014
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!
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Facing Rights Accusations, Israel Opens Gaza Inquiries - NYTimes.com
I sure hope the truth emerges from all of this.
Saturday, December 06, 2014
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?
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?
Friday, December 05, 2014
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.)
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Richard Branson's Virgin Empire to Offer Cruises on the High Seas - NYTimes.com
Serving the Mediterranean?
The Consolations of Italy - NYTimes.com
We need to respect what makes places unique or at least different.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Protection des océans: le combat part de Monaco | Monaco | Nice-Matin
Let's hope the Mediterranean got proper billing!
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Monday, December 01, 2014
Les 5 infos à retenir de la journée | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
I am not sure.....
"- La nouvelle Une de Nice-Matin
Nice-Matin a dévoilé ce lundi sa nouvelle Une, plus aérée avec un logo qui retrouve sa place en haut. Dès demain, les lecteurs pourront feuilleter le premier numéro d'un quotidien qui ouvre "une nouvelle page de son histoire", selon les mots du nouveau président du directoire, Robert Namias.
Vous pourrez y retrouver en exclusivité la première interview de Jérôme Kerviel après sa sortie de prison."
"- La nouvelle Une de Nice-Matin
Nice-Matin a dévoilé ce lundi sa nouvelle Une, plus aérée avec un logo qui retrouve sa place en haut. Dès demain, les lecteurs pourront feuilleter le premier numéro d'un quotidien qui ouvre "une nouvelle page de son histoire", selon les mots du nouveau président du directoire, Robert Namias.
Vous pourrez y retrouver en exclusivité la première interview de Jérôme Kerviel après sa sortie de prison."
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.
Straining to Make Room for Refugees as the War in Syria Floods the World - NYTimes.com
Too much Mediterranean exodus, understandable.