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The Salon de l’Agriculture is back from Saturday, February 22nd to Sunday, March 1st, 2020 at the Parc des Expos de Paris Porte de Versailles. A new edition that will delight farmers as well as the urban people that we are, more and more visitors come to the show every year. This year, the theme
By Reuters Paris The leading union at Paris public transport firm RATP has called for a new strike on Monday Feb. 17, the first day of debate in parliament on the French government’s pension reform plan. The Paris public transport system was brought to a virtual standstill for a six-week period from early December 2019
By Jim France The State Secretary for Disabled Persons in France, Sophie Cluzel, has expressed her support for the creation of sex assistants for disabled persons. We are living in times of “right to” (right to the child, right to work, right to housing…), the question of the right to a fulfilled sexuality, especially for
By RFI France’s government said Sunday it would begin repatriating French nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, ground zero of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, by the middle of this week. Following an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers late Sunday, Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said French citizens could leave the city on a direct flight
By: The local France on Friday became the first European country to confirm cases of coronavirus, the deadly respiratory illness that first broke out in China and is rapidly spreading. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happening in France? French health minister Agnès Buzyn on Friday said that three cases of coronavirus have been
Winter sales in France starts today, Wednesday January 8th and will last until Tuesday February 4th. There are however regional exceptions to this rule. In the départements of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges the sales have already started, as they run from January 2nd until Wednesday 29th. This is to avoid competition with the neighboring
You thought the French food fest was over now that Christmas and New Year’s Eve was behind us? Think again. With the arrival of January comes a national obsession with the galette des rois – the “king cake.” If you’re in France, you’ve probably noticed this scrumptious-looking cake, usually topped with a golden paper crown, in your
EMERGENCY NUMBERS 18: Emergencies: This number connects to the fire brigade (Sapeurs Pompiers) but they also deal with medical emergencies and should be the first port of call in life-threatening situations 15: Samu (for other urgent medical call-outs) 17: Police / Gendarmes 112: Universal European Emergency Services number – works from all phones including mobiles
What are mutuelles? France’s mutuelles are non-profit organisations which have been in operation in the country for at least 150 years. Their main purpose is to ensure social welfare but not just through additional health cover, also in terms of pensions, disability benefits and other forms of cover. Mutuelles abide by the code de mutualité, which
Summer time in France was very hot this year, with temperatures going to above 40 degrees in some towns especially in the south of France. However, it’s certainly feeling like autumn as the nights now start to get darker much quicker. This means it’s soon time for the clocks to change like we do every