BEE keepers across south west France will be keeping a keen eye out over the next few weeks as the beginning of spring prompts the dreaded Asian hornet, or Vespa velutina, to make its nests. Queen hornets will start producing workers very soon to build the large football shaped nests,... Read more →
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Printemps des Poètes takes place across France
LOVERS of poetry are sure to find something of interest at this year's Printemps des Poètes, which runs from the 5 to 18 March, 2012. Although the festival is based in Paris, there are many events and talks taking place across France and you can begin your search by region... Read more →
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Snowdrops at dawn in the Dordogne
FINALLY that spring feeling is in the air, with snowdrops beneath the cherry tree and the smallest of green shoots on the bushes. There is an air of change, of cleansing and moving forward that only the spring can bring as ideas and thoughts take shape, waiting to be grasped.... Read more →
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Remi Ochlik: I expected to see horrible things. Yes, I was afraid
Remi Ochlik, 28, who has been killed in Homs alongside the veteran war reporter Marie Colvin, was an award-winning French photojournalist, considered one of the biggest talents of a new generation of photographer-reporters. Last month he won a World Press Photo award for Battle for Libya, his series from the... Read more →
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Websites to help with petrol and fuel prices
YIKES! The price of petrol is heading to record levels again in France, and I'm sure some are still recovering from paying for extra heating fuel after cold snap. Unfortunately petrol prices are flirting with the €1.60 a litre barrier, and domestic fuel is around the €1 a litre level.... Read more →
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Beautiful but frosty morning in Loubejac
AT this time of year a frosty morning often means a clear blue sky later in the day, this brings out the occasional butterfly and in the distance I've heard the cranes heading north, a sign that spring is just around the corner. Read more →
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Coach crash death, Iran stops oil sales and more
Un accident de car fait un mort dans la Marne par BFMTV CATCH up with some of the news headlines from France. British teacher dies in school coach crash in France A British man has died after a coach bringing Worcestershire pupils home from a skiing trip crashed in France.... Read more →
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Nicolas Sarkozy: how a once popular president became a toxic brand
France's election hangs on the record-breaking unpopularity of a politician who once set out to transform the country via www.guardian.co.uk Read more →
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Icy morning walk around Loubejac
IT has struggled to get above freezing across most of France this past week, here in the south of the Dordogne morning temperatures of -9C have almost become the norm. But with the snow and ice meaning little traffic on the road, the school bus has not run for the... Read more →
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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. via www.dfdsseaways.co.uk Read more →
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