15 February 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Bréhat (
French : Île-de-Bréhat;
Breton : Enez Vriad) is an
island and
commune located near
Paimpol , a mile off the northern coast of
Brittany . Administratively, it is a
commune in the
Côtes-d’Armor department in northwestern
France .
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5 February 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Papeete (
Tahitian : Papeʻete; old name: Vaiʻete) is the
capital city of
French Polynesia , an
overseas collectivity of the
French Republic in the
Pacific Ocean . The
commune of Papeete is located on the island of
Tahiti , in the
administrative subdivision of the
Windward Islands , of which Papeete is the administrative capital. Both the
President of French Polynesia and
French High Commissioner reside in Papeete.
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2 February 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Bon appétit
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A macaron or
French macaroon is a sweet
meringue -based
confection made with
egg white ,
icing sugar ,
granulated sugar ,
almond meal , and often
food colouring .
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27 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Marquesas Islands (
French : Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises;
Marquesan : Te Henua ʻEnana (
North Marquesan ) and Te Fenua ʻEnata (
South Marquesan ), both meaning “the land of men”) are a group of
volcanic islands in
French Polynesia , an
overseas collectivity of
France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Their highest point is the peak of
Mount Oave (French: Mont Oave) on
Ua Pou island, at 1,230 m (4,035 ft) above sea level.
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21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle (
Breton : Ar Gerveur; Old Breton: Guedel) is a French
island off the coast of
Brittany in the
département of
Morbihan , and the largest of Brittany’s islands. It is 14 kilometres (7 1⁄2 nautical miles) from the
Quiberon peninsula . Administratively, the island is divided into four
communes :
Bangor ,
Le Palais ,
Locmaria ,
Sauzon . Belle-Île formed a
canton until 2015 when it was merged into the
canton of Quiberon as part of a general overhaul.
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17 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Quiberon (
Breton : Kiberen) is a
commune in the
French department of
Morbihan ,
administrative region of
Brittany , western
France .
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25 December 2024 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: General , European Union , Portrait
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Simone Veil was a French
magistrate ,
Holocaust survivor , and politician who served as
Health Minister in several governments and was
President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing
women’s rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized
abortion , today known as the
Veil Act (French: Loi Veil). From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the
Constitutional Council , France’s highest legal authority.
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22 December 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Bon appétit
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A Yule log or bûche de Noël is a traditional
Christmas cake , often served as a dessert, especially in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Switzerland, Vietnam, and
Quebec , Canada. Variants are also served in the United States, United Kingdom, Cambodia, Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, and Japan. Made of
sponge cake , to resemble a miniature actual
Yule log , it is a form of sweet
roulade .
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19 December 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Deshaies (
Guadeloupean Creole : Déhé) is a
commune in the
French overseas region and
department of
Guadeloupe , in the
Lesser Antilles . It is on the northwest coast of
Basse-Terre Island . The inhabitants are called
Deshaisiens .
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