Crispian Balmer

Position: Chief Correspondent, France
Crispian Balmer is Reuters' Chief Correspondent in Paris. He joined Reuters in London in 1991 and was then posted to Spain and Italy before moving to France in 2007. He has reported from more than 20 countries during his journalistic career, covering everything from Hurricane Katrina to the Tsunami and the Balkans conflict.

Articles

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Pope tells artists beauty can be a path to God November 21, 03:13pm EST 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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France frets about the right to rap

Should rappers be able to sing whatever they like in the name of art and should politicians be able to stop them taking to the stage? The question of censorship has jumped back to the fore in France with ...  Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Criticise Italy at your peril!

Attacks on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the British press have hit an especially raw nerve as he hosts this year's G8 summit and some Italian newspapers have had enough. The summit has come ...  Full Article | Comments [8] 

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Newlook Royal facing oldstyle defeat

French Socialist Segolene Royal has unveiled a chic, dishevelled new look, but the surprise makeover is unlikely to prevent her from suffering a fresh election defeat. Royal came second in last year's ...  Full Article | Comments [1]