DFDS/LD Lines ready to start new Calais-Dover route
The new Dover-Calais route will start operation as from the 17 February, 2012. Two ships flying the French flag will be added on the Dover Strait.
SE France electricity warning and more news headlines
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CATCH up with some of the news headlines from France.
Merkel, Sarkozy to discuss fiscal coordination
French and German officials say their leaders will discuss economic coordination in the European Union and escalating violence in Syria when they meet for annual talks on Monday.
French railways hand over WWII dossiers to holocaust museums
France’s state-run railway, the SNCF, has handed over digital copies of its archives for the World War II period to three Holocaust museums. Nearly 100,000 Jews were deported by rail to Nazi death camps while France was under German occupation.
French bookshops have novel plan to fight VAT rise
Booksellers hint at a possible 'labelling strike' where they would simply refuse to stick new price tags on books.
French minister slammed for ‘unequal civilisations’ comment
France’s Interior Minister Claude Gueant has drawn angry criticism from opposition members after suggesting in a speech to a right-wing student group that all civilisations are “not of equal value”.
Brittany from the 1920s on the Travel Film Archive
LOSE yourself in yesteryear with the Travel Film Archive, which includes clips of life in France from decades ago.
The website offers a collection of films from around the world, but a search of those from France reveals, for example, one of life in Brittany from the 1920s, as well as other regions.
Some of the clips are also available on YouTube, but be warned you could end up browsing around the world from the comfort of your home if you are not careful.
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New comparison tool shines a light on airline fees and charges
The CAA has published a summary of the optional charges levied by the top airlines in the UK in one, easy-to-use price comparison document. Information on the cost of taking hold luggage on board, having an in-flight meal and reserving specific seats is all included, as well as a range of other optional charges that airlines may apply.
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3.5 million French people badly housed, Google fined and more
A LOOK over some of the headlines from France.
French court upholds Scientology fraud conviction
A French appeals court on Thursday upheld the Church of Scientology's 2009 fraud conviction on charges it pressured members into paying large sums for questionable remedies.
French court fines Google maps for unfair trading
A French court has found Google guilty of abusing its monopoly position by offering Google Maps free of charge.
French chef takes on country's rise in junk food
A leading French chef has warned that 70 per cent of the country's restaurant food is now 'industrial fodder' as he launched a Jamie Oliver-style crusade against junk food.
Nadine Morano, Nicolas Sarkozy's super-sniper, takes on all comers
The tweet-happy, much-mocked junior minister is the last woman standing in the frontline for the unpopular president.
Nicolas Sarkozy 'spent £30,000 of taxpayers' money to repatriate son from Ukraine'
Nicolas Sarkozy spent almost £30,000 of French taxpayers' money to repatriate his son from Ukraine on a military jet after he fell ill with food poisoning, it was claimed.
François Hollande showered with flour during speech
FRENCH presidential hopeful François Hollande was showered with flour during a speech on housing in Paris after a woman in the audience threw a bag at him. Hollande was visibly shocked but resumed his speech.
Le grand froid arrives in France
With Météo France predicting temperatures of -15C in the east of the country by the end of the week, I'm sure many have been stocking up the wood pile and making sure there is plenty of food in the cupboard.
Here in Loubejac, in the south of the Dordogne, the weather forecast is talking of temperatures of -10C, but when the cold northerly wind is taken in to account we are looking at -18C being predicted for the morning of Friday.
So it looks like my weekend football match will be called off, and instead the soup will be on, the candles ready in case of power cuts and an eye kept on the sky for signs of snow.
A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Dordogne
Taking place on Friday February 3, starting at 8.30pm, actors and marionettes will tell the tale of Shakespeare's mystical world of woodland fairies and young love.
Atmospheric music and lighting will bring the work of L’Atelier Théâtre 24 to life in a performance suitable for young and old.
Tickets are priced €5 for adults, and €3 for children.
French tax in 2012
2011 was the year of increased austerity measures including exceptional tax increases across the board. Regrettably, there may be more to come in 2012 and beyond. Whilst investment opportunities will still be available tax mitigation has rarely been more important.
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- DFDS/LD Lines ready to start new Calais-Dover route
- SE France electricity warning and more news headlines
- Brittany from the 1920s on the Travel Film Archive
- Visit websites of This French Life advertisers
- New comparison tool shines a light on airline fees and charges
- 3.5 million French people badly housed, Google fined and more
- François Hollande showered with flour during speech
- Le grand froid arrives in France
- A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Dordogne
- French tax in 2012
