Phnom Penh Post - Tiger film
French film director Jean-Jaques Annaud will begin shooting a feature in Cambodia
in September. The director of Name of the Rose, Seven Years in Tibet and The Bear
said his Cambodian film would feature tigers in the main roles. An open air screening
of The Bear will be held at Wat Botum April 27 at 7pm.
Ethnic group ‘disappointed’ to be denied French visas to attend courtEleven people at the centre of a case involving seven indigenous Bunong villages in Mondulkiri province pursuing legal action in France have expressed disappointment after the French embassy in Phnom Penh denied their visa applications to attend court. A press release said the 11 included a
EBA withdrawal provides ‘opportunity for growth’Economic analyst Khoun Bunny said on Tuesday that the loss of the EU’s preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement could be a golden opportunity for Cambodia to show it deserved to be ranked sixth on the list of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Government
Malaysia MP accused of ‘influencing law’Malaysian Member of Parliament (MP) Larry Sng arrived in Siem Reap early on Wednesday, in what was slammed by one NGO as efforts by Kuala Lumpur to “influence Cambodian law”. The Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh requested on January 30 “cooperation from the Ministry of Foreign
Ministries begin measures to offset EU’s EBA decision In the wake of the EU’s controversial announcement this week that it has begun the withdrawal process for Cambodia’s Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential agreement, government ministries and political analysts continued to share their reactions and economic mitigation plans in preparation for the