Aaitabar 23 Magh 2065  -  Sunday 05 February 2012

A strong local body...

As Nepal is deciding on a new system of governance and is going through a critical phase of the constitution writing processes, the way France achieved a strong local governance system with significant devolution of powers, elected local executives with real powers and responsibilities and regional governance, although in a different context, may be of interest to Nepal.

France has recently announced a local government reform to simplify and reduce the territorial architecture and stop the stacking of structures, and the entanglement of skills and competition between institutions that leads to overlapping between the responsibilities and jurisdiction of its many territorial entities...( Jean-Charles Demarquis )

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Music Museum of Nepal & Alliance Francaise is organising a film festival on folk music

Music Museum of Nepal in support with Alliance Francaise in Kathmandu is organising the first ever International folk Music Film Festival 2011.

At a press meet that took place on July 11 at AFK, Tripureshwor, it was announced that the festival with the theme ‘Music for Life, Music for survival’ will be held from November 25 to 27 and the screening will take place at Nach Ghar, Jamal and Nepal Folk Music Instrument Museum, Tripureshwor...( THT )

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French band Betty argo & their english songs...

Though named after a Swedish woman, Betty Argo is a French Indie pop band. The band came into existence when singer Lena Roucaute and composer Arnaud Cabibel came together 10 years ago and played mainly acoustic.

“Betty Argo was this woman we knew and she had this knack for making sad people happy,” said Cabibel who also plays the guitar...( THT )

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Toys from France bring joy to refugee children in Nepal

Conditions might be relatively tough in eastern Nepal's Beldangi refugee camp, but for the past week or so the children there have been walking around with big happy faces.

The secret of their happiness lay in 41 large boxes that arrived in the camp earlier this month after being sent all the way from France's Quai Branly Museum, which specializes in primitive and indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas...

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France reiterates support for peace efforts in Nepal

France today reiterated support for Nepal’s efforts to achieve peace, stability and prosperity.

Delivering a message on the eve of French national day, July 14, French ambassador Jean-Charles Demarquis said, “At this crucial period of the democratic evolution of Nepal, France is more than ever at its side.”...( THT )

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France likely to increase its interests in Republican Nepal

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It is well understood that the power equation in world affairs is no longer remain the same, as it used to be during the cold war era.
Due to this very fact that many ‘power’ countries have been losing their influence over countries, once regarded and understood to be under their domain; which in no longer remain a guarded secret.

It was a big hope, not only for the French People but for most of the countries of former non aligned bloc that President Nicholas Sarkozy will provide a dynamic leadership to France and will bring a sort of balance to unipolarity-driven world affairs.

But due to the changing power dynamics in the world as well as internal challenges, France is still trailing to maintain its position as a power center of the world...( Keshav Raj Jha )

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Conference in French Senate for 60th anniversary of France Nepal relation

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On Thursday, 27th of November 2008, a half-day long symposium dedicated to the France Nepal Relations was organised at the Monnerville Hall of the French Senate, Luxembourg Palace in Paris.

The symposium was organised by France Nepal Media (Paris) in collaboration with the France – Nepal Amity group of the French Senate, the Embassy of Nepal in France, )” Societies and cultures in the Himalayas” team of the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, French government-funded research organisation) and Nepal Tourism Board representative office in France...

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