REPORTERS sans Frontières has launched a website called WeFightCensorship (WeFC) on which it will post content that has been censored or banned or has given rise to reprisals against its creator. This website’s aim is to make censorship obsolete. It is an unprecedented initiative that will enable Reporters Without Borders... Read more →
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Numbers enjoying daily glass of wine on slide
THE number of French people who enjoy a glass of wine each day has fallen to less than one in five, a study has found. Research for the Vinitech exhibition found that in 2010 just 17% of people drank wine on a daily basis, down from 21% five years earlier.... Read more →
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Is this the end of alcohol breathalyser rule?
Effectiveness of acohol breathalyser law questioned by French interior minister Read more →
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Warmer weather threatens Périgord truffles
INCREASINGLY warm and dry summers pose a threat to the Périgord black truffle, claim scientists who have studied declining harvests. A team from the Swiss Federal Research Institute said that in Périgord and in Spain's Aragon region the amount harvested fell at around the same pace from 1970 to 2006,... Read more →
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New home sales and building starts tumble
OFFICIAL figures from the Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable et de l'Energie, show that the number of new build property sales in France fell nearly 25% in the third quarter of 2012. There was also a fall of 21% in the number of house building starts and a 6.9%... Read more →
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France Passion lets you discover hidden France
WITH winter just around the corner, may be you are thinking about what to do next year come spring when you have a chance to explore France. If you are the owner of a motorhome or campervan, or are able to hire one, then the France Passion initiative enables holidaymakers... Read more →
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British people moving to France falls more than 50%
THE number of British people moving to France long-term has more than halved from the heady days of 2004 to 2005. Research published by the Home Office shows that at the peak the number emigrating to France from the UK was around 45,000 a year. However, for 2010 the figures... Read more →
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News stops: Teargas used to clear airport protest camp
HERE is a look over some of the news headlines from France. French protesters destroy imported GM soya A group of environmental activists destroyed a cargo of genetically modified soya in the French port of Lorient on Friday, hoping to highlight the presence of GM products in the food chain.... Read more →
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Looking beyond the French headlines with the BBC
TWO journalists at the BBC have taken a step away from the day-to-day political and economic headlines in France, to look at some more off the beaten track stories. Kirsty Lang and Lucy Ash offer up a series of cultural snapshots, called On The French Fringe, that looks at subjects... Read more →
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Discover the Cordouan lighthouse online
Fil'gouv TAKE a virtual tour around the Cordouan lighthouse, found at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, without having to cross the stormy seas. Le phare de Cordouan website lets you scroll around the lighthouse, first lit in 1611, from both inside and out and in a click or two... Read more →
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