This French Life

UK Cabinet Office tests online voter registration service for expats

THE UK government is looking to make it easier for expats to register to vote by using an online service. At present UK citizens living... Read more →

Gas drilling Permis de Brive in SW France 'definitively rejected'

THE ecology minister, Philippe Martin, has definitively rejected proposed gas drilling plans that would have covered the departments of Corrèze, Dordogne and the Lot. The... Read more →

Ban on shale gas fracking remains in place

THE Constitutional Council in France has thrown out a case brought by oil company, Schuepbach Energy, that looked to overturn the country's ban on 'fracking',... Read more →

Take a trip around the marché aux cèpes

IT is four o'clock in the afternoon and the church tower in Villefranche du Périgord chimes the hour, but also the opening of the marché... Read more →

French gay marriage laws exclude some foreigners

Frenchwoman Lise and her Polish girlfriend Agnieszka have been together for three years. They were looking forward to getting married after France this year became... Read more →