France’s highest court, the Constitutional Council, upheld a law on Friday banning the construction of new cockfighting arenas, ruffling the feathers of some supporters of the controversial sport, France 24 reports. While a law against animal cruelty prohibits cockfighting in most of France, it is allowed in the country’s northern... Read more →
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Tyres set alight by MyFerryLink strikers on motorway into Calais
Striking MyFerryLink workers have set tyres alight on the motorway into Calais this morning bringing traffic to a halt. Striking French ferry workers block Calais port route with huge fire | World news | The Guardian http://t.co/Sh2bY8EMUF— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) July 31, 2015 Ferry workers are protesting over plans to... Read more →
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Falling energy costs see inflation hold steady, but fears over job prospects
If you found a few extra euros in your pocket over the past month that's because falling energy costs meant inflation held steady in the eurozone in July. Figures from Eurostat show that energy prices fell 5.6%, compared with a 5.1% drop in June. But food, alcohol and tobacco prices... Read more →
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More sniffer dogs, more fencing to be sent to Calais
More sniffer dogs and more fencing are to be sent to Calais to try and deal with the migrant problems affecting transport across the Channel. In a statement after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, David Cameron said the situation was “unacceptable” and that he would be speaking... Read more →
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Google says 'non' to French demand to expand right to be forgotten worldwide
Google has rejected the French data protection authority’s demand that it censor search results worldwide in order to comply with the European Court of Justice’s so-called right to be forgotten ruling, reports the Guardian. And Google's own Global Privacy Counsel, Peter Fleischer, has outlined the search engine's legal issues with... Read more →
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Volcano begins to stir on island of Réunion
Authorities have said that an active volcano on the French island of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, may soon see an eruption and have evacuated people from the immediate area. On the Facebook page of the Le Piton de la Fournaise mountain centre, a message from the prefecture is advising... Read more →
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Olive trees in Corsica face a fight against disease
Mobilisé pour lutter c/ bactérie Xylella. A Bonifacio, au côté des services de contrôle au débarquement d'un ferry. pic.twitter.com/dRCN0SzOZU— Stéphane Le Foll (@SLeFoll) July 29, 2015 Visitors to the port of Bonifacio, in Corsica, are being checked by health inspectors to try and halt the spread of an infection that... Read more →
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Cost of a stamp set to rise from 1 January
IT is going to get a little more expensive to send a letter from 1 January, 2016, as the price of a stamp is set to rise by 3.6% Europe 1 reports on a statement from La Poste that says the standard red stamp will go up from 76 to... Read more →
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‘Is this really Europe?’: refugees in Calais speak of desperate conditions
A resident of the camp cleans his hands with water from a chemical container. Thom Davies, Author provided By Thom Davies, University of Birmingham; Arshad Isakjee, University of Birmingham, and Surindar Dhesi, University of Birmingham AS THE SUN SETS on Calais, a new barbed wire fence glints in the evening... Read more →
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Wreckage found on Reunion to be tested for missing Malaysia plane link
A piece of air plane wing found on the French island of Reunion, in the western Indian Ocean, is believed to be a part unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year. Read more →
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