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2 unusual facts about RFI


Antoine Cormery

Antoine Cormery graduated from Centre de formation des journalistes (the national centre for education in journalism) in Paris, 1991, then worked for AFP and RFI, before being hired by Europe 1 radio station by winning the bourse Lauga competition.

Apple III

Apple II cards were compatible but risked violating government RFI regulations, and required Apple III-specific device drivers; BYTE stated that "Apple provides virtually no information on how to write them".


ALLISS

Higher RFI & EMF (electromagnetic) compatibility vs traditional relay stations

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

In 2000, he directed Battù, based on a novel by Aminata Sow Fall which won him the RFI Prize for Cinema at Fespaco in 2001.

Crevalcore train crash

The official inquiry, led by Bologna's public prosecutor Andrea Scarpa, charged 10 people, including Trenitalia CEO Mauro Moretti and the Head of the infrastructure division of RFI Michele Mario Elia, of causing a rail disaster, involuntary homicide and involuntary wounding.

Fair trade coffee

French author and RFI correspondent Jean-Pierre Boris championed this view in his 2005 book Commerce inéquitable.

Fair trade debate

French author and RFI correspondent Jean-Pierre Boris championed this view in his 2005 book Commerce inéquitable.

High tension leads

Radio suppressor type spark plug wires use compressed carbon powder as a conductor, rather than solid metal wire, to reduce radio frequency interference (RFI) produced by the wires, which may cause malfunction of sensitive electronic systems in modern vehicles.

Ishapore Rifle Factory

Military rifles manufactured at Ishapore pre-1949 are stamped "GRI" on the buttsocket, referring to George Rex, Imperator (i.e. King George VI, last Emperor of India), whilst military rifles manufactured post-1948 are stamped "RFI", which stands for Rifle Factory, Ishapore.

Issoudun

The site uses 12 rotary ALLISS antennas fed by 12 transmitters of 500 kW each to transmit shortwave broadcasts by Radio France International (RFI), along with other broadcast services.

Media of Ivory Coast

There are three foreign radio broadcasters that can be received in Ivory Coast on the FM band: RFI (Abidjan and Korhogo), Africa N°1 (Abidjan) and BBC (Abidjan).

Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori

RFI is controlled by the same government group that controls Trenitalia, the incumbent provider of passenger train services in Italy.

Portuguese in Africa

BBC Para África, RFI and RTP África are all media outlets that make a point of presenting Portuguese as an African language aside from its origins in Europe.

Radio France Internationale

However, a report raising questions regarding the French secret services responsibilities in the 1995 death of judge Bernard Borrel in Djibouti, which was broadcast on May 17, 2005, was later removed from RFI's website for undisclosed reasons, possibly due to the intervention of Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh.

The interview was not censored by Jean-Paul Cluzel, RFI's CEO at the time, due to the coordinated intervention of the journalists' trade-unions.

Verasafe

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