Michael Shapiro, the director of the High Museum of Art, received France’s highest cultural honor, from François Delattre, the French ambassador, during a ceremony in Atlanta on May 27. Mr....
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More than 200 people attended the French-American Chamber of Commerce's Passport to France gala at the Piedmont Driving Club.
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French Chamber Gala Highlights Joint Ventures, Friendships
Successful joint ventures between French and U.S. firms were highlighted as evidence of the countries’ strong ties at the French-American Chamber of Commerce‘s annual gala May 20. Signed in Paris...
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Italian Community to Celebrate 150th National Day
Italy's honorary consulate general in Atlanta is to host a celebration of the nation's 150th anniversary next month. Italy became a unified republic on June 2, 1861, when states along...
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JapanFest Gains New Purpose in 25th Year
Editor's note: To read more on how Georgia's Japanese community reacted to the earthquake and tsunami, visit www.globalatlanta.com/japanreport. In 24 years hosting JapanFest in Atlanta, organizers only once considered canceling...
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Society Raises $250,000 for Japan Relief
This story is part of GlobalAtlanta's exclusive Japan special issue. Click here to read more. Less than two months after an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, the main organization promoting...
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Chinese Governor Blown Away by ‘Gone With the Wind’
Zhou Qiang, the governor and Communist Party chief of central China's Hunan province, had less than a day to spend in Atlanta in February. Some of that time was tied...
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UGA Honors Journalists for Courage in North Korean Ordeal
The University of Georgia presented Euna Lee and Laura Ling, two reporters taken captive by North Korea during a reporting trip, with an award for journalistic courage on April 20....
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Latin American Association Holds Awards Luncheon
There was no disguising the antipathy that the 400 attendees of the Latin American Association’s 22nd Annual Companeros Awards Luncheon held for the immigration reform legislation recently passed by the...
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Southeast Succumbs to Royal Wedding Fever
As vice consul at the British Consulate General in Atlanta, Amanda Trice has been busy these days preparing for the Royal Wedding reception to be held the evening of April...