The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French researchers win 'funny Nobel' for investigating whether cats are both solid and liquid Can cats be both solid and liquid? A French researcher who delved into this conundrum has been honoured with an Ig Nobel prize - an alternative award honouring research that 'first makes people laugh, then makes them think'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170915/french-researchers-win-funny-nobel-for-investigating-whether-cats-are-both-solid-and-liquid Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:43:40 +0200 french-researchers-win-funny-nobel-for-investigating-whether-cats-are-both-solid-and-liquid Sartre's 'Non to Nobel prize came too late' A letter sent by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1964 declining the Nobel Prize for Literature came too late to avert one of the biggest debacles in its history, Swedish media reported Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150103/sartres-non-to-nobel-prize-came-too-late Sat, 03 Jan 2015 16:05:48 +0100 sartres-non-to-nobel-prize-came-too-late Nobel Prize: Six things to know about Jean Tirole French economist Jean Tirole picks up his Nobel Prize for Economics on Wednesday, a victory that French PM Manuel Valls said "thumbed the nose at French bashing". Here's six things to know about the economist everyone is talking about. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141013/six-thingsto-know-about-nobel-winner-jean-tirole Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:13:00 +0200 six-thingsto-know-about-nobel-winner-jean-tirole Nobel economist urges France to follow Sweden Jean Tirole, the French economist who won this year's Nobel Economics Prize, became the latest to urge his country to carry out reforms to kick-start the economy. It came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel chided France for not doing enough to reduce its deficit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141208/nobel-economist-tells-france-to-follow-germany Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:29:00 +0100 nobel-economist-tells-france-to-follow-germany France's Jean Tirole wins Nobel Economics Prize The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to French Economist Jean Tirole on Monday "for his analysis of market power and regulation". The win comes after Tirole's compatriot Patrick Modiano picked up the Nobel Prize for Literature last week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141013/nobel-economics-jean-tirole-france Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:11:00 +0200 nobel-economics-jean-tirole-france