Tag: Bastille Day
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...
Fiji protesters call for freedom and justice in the Pacific –...
Asia Pacific Report
The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...
The French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes – but most...
ANALYSIS: By Claire Rioult, Monash University and Romain Fathi, Flinders University
For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of...
Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander
RNZ Pacific
A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years...
France’s Bastille Day parade takes place in shadow of covid pandemic
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The traditional parade on France's national day returns today after a one-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic, reports France 24.
European...