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The government is reported to be considering a tax for overseas investors buying UK properties, in a move to stop house prices rushing out of reach of homebuyers. Sky News claims that the chancellor, George Osborne, is "actively investigating" charging capital gains tax (CGT) when foreign buyers sell UK homes,... Read more →
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IT is feared that one of the most famous names in French retail, La Redoute, will lay off around 700 staff as its owner looks to sell the business. Kering, the business group that owns La Redoute, has not confirmed any possible lay-offs but said discussions about a sale had... Read more →
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Four Frenchmen kidnapped in Niger three years ago have arrived back in Paris after being released. President Francois Hollande welcomed them home at a military airfield. The four were seized by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen in raids targeting French firms operating a uranium mine in September 2010. They were held in the... Read more →
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THE battle over Sunday shopping has taken a step in favour of retailers, and some would say staff, after two DIY stores were granted permission to open their doors. DIY chains Leroy Merlin and Castorama have been successful in court in gaining the right to open for Sunday trading, after... Read more →
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French investigators are trying to unravel the harrowing case of a girl who was found in the boot of a car and who might have been hidden there since birth. A mechanic discovered the naked, malnourished and dehydrated child aged between 15 and 23 months on Friday while the car... Read more →
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NEW rules have come into force on patients' rights to access treatment across EU borders and be reimbursed for it. The Cross-Border Healthcare regulations are intended to ensure patients travelling to another EU country for medical care will enjoy equal treatment with the citizens of the country in which they... Read more →
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Veuillez installer Flash Player pour lire la vidéo Ecotaxe : scène de guérilla rurale dans le Finistère - 26/10/13 à 15h00 HUNDREDS of protesters in masks have set tyres and bales of hay alight on the main RN165 road in Brittany as anger against a proposed eco-tax on HGVs grows... Read more →
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The offer was an attempt to defuse a trans-Atlantic dispute over eavesdropping by the United States that has hurt its relations with Europe and prompted calls to suspend trade talks. Fury over reports that American intelligence had monitored the cellphone of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany spread from there to... Read more →
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THE use of wood as a heating source is proving more and more popular amongst French home owners. Figures from ADEME, the energy ministry, show that 7.4 million homes in France use wood for heating, which compares to 5.9 million in 1999. Half of these homes use wood as their... Read more →
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FOOTBALL clubs from the two top leagues in France will go on strike at the end of November in protest against the government’s plans to impose a 75% tax on earnings over one million euros. The country’s Union of Professional Football Clubs (UCPF) said the strike will affect Ligue 1... Read more →
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