Jake Cigainero
Stories By

Jake Cigainero

Thursday

Union members gather in front of a Paris courthouse on May 6, as several former senior employees of the then-named company France Télécom go on trial for alleged "moral harassment," a decade after a series of suicides occurred at the firm between 2008 and 2009. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A Decade Ago, Suicides Rocked A French Telecom Firm. Now Its Execs Stand Trial

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/724476109/724479879" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Saturday

French Telecom Executives On Trial Over 'Moral Harassment'

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/722389755/722389756" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Saturday

Massive Crowds Protest Against Algerian President Bouteflika

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/701838142/708315815" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Thursday

Police Believe They Have Shot Dead Gunman In Strasbourg Christmas Market Shooting

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/676534656/676534657" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Wednesday

3 People Are Dead After A Shooting At A Christmas Market In France

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/675987889/675987890" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Monday

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a special address to the nation on Monday, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide "yellow vest" (gilet jaune) protests. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

French President Macron Makes Concessions To 'Yellow Vest' Protesters

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/675382720/675382721" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Monday

Tuesday

A square near Lisbon's port, where ships once unloaded slaves. Beatriz Gomes Dias and Djass, her anti-racism association, want to erect a memorial to colonial slaves at the site. Jake Cigainero for NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Jake Cigainero for NPR

Black Portuguese Plan A Memorial To Honor Enslaved Ancestors

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/660540715/661103367" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Thursday

Portugal Explores The Dark Side Of Its Colonial Past

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/656455247/656455248" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Wednesday

Macron Comments On Video Showing His Bodyguard Beating A Protester

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/632183452/632183456" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Tuesday

Paris Art Pop-Up Offers Migrants Community And Creativity Amid Time Of Uncertainty

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/615263494/615263495" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Sunday

While in the process of a major renovation, the museum in Southern France dedicated to artist Étienne Terrus — whose self-portrait at the museum appears here — discovered that 82 of its paintings are fakes. Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images

French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/606919098/606932522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Monday

French Tourism Industry Rebounds After Terrorist Attacks

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/541969331/541969332" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Wednesday

French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron addresses voters during a political meeting on April 17 in Paris. NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
NurPhoto via Getty Images

French Presidential Candidate Macron Takes Page From American Political Playbook

Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/524652243/524654704" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript