Following French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit in 2008, relations have improved.

* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )

* 1913 – Jean Fournet, French conductor ( d. 2008 )

* 1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor ( d. 2008 )

In July 2008, the French Constitution was amended adding article 75-1, stating les langues régionales appartiennent au patrimoine de la France ( the regional languages belong to the heritage of France ).

* The Class ( 2008 film ) ( Entre les murs ), a prize-winning French film

Beginning with Sans Soleil, he developed a deep interest in digital technology, which led to his film Level 5 ( 1996 ) and Immemory ( 1998, 2008 ), an interactive multimedia CD-ROM, produced for the Centre Pompidou ( French language version ) and from Exact Change ( English version ).

Awareness and prevention campaign poster in Cayenne, French Guiana, 2008

Claude Piron ( 26 February 1931 – 22 January 2008 ) was a psychologist and a translator for the United Nations ( from Chinese, English, Russian and Spanish into French ) from 1956 to 1961.

2008 ( available in French ).

The design of the European flag was displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris to celebrate the French presidency of the EU in the second half of 2008.

In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the first French-language performance to be so honored.

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d ' Or, the first French victory at the festival in 21 years.

The 2008 rural comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch ' tis drew an audience of more than 20 million, the first French film to do so.

The word " forest " comes from Middle English forest, from Old French forest ( also forès ) " forest, vast expanse covered by trees "; first introduced in English as the word for wild land set aside for hunting without the necessity in definition for the existence of trees ( James 1981 ; Muir 2000, 2008 ).

A Concise History of the French Revolution ( 2008 )

As of 2008, around 10, 000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the French military is also stationed there.

Henri also created many graphic works on his typewriter: the typewriter poems ( also known as dactylopoèmes ) feature in international art collections such as those of Francesco Conz in Verona, the Morra Foundation in Naples and Ruth and Marvin Sackner in Miami, and have been the subject of Australian, British and French retrospectives ( Aquaviva 2008 ).

A Concise History of the French Revolution ( 2008 )

* 1913 – Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician ( d. 2008 )

* 1914 – Pearl Witherington French secret agent ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Philippe Khorsand, French actor ( b. 1948 )

* 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( b. 1936 )