The 10 most popular villages in France: here is the ranking in pictures
"In April, don't bare yourself with a thread; in May, do what you please", as the popular saying goes. With the arrival of spring and the return of good weather, the mild temperatures (still...
Karam Zahalka – Taking his father’s company into a new direction
Family-owned businesses have been considered the core of the economy and have enjoyed a stellar reputation for many years. In addition, they have a status that is often an advantage for them. It is...
Shortage of gasoline: the departments where the situation remains tense
To protest against the pension reform, several staff and unions continue to block refineries and depots across France. On April 7, 2023, the day before the Easter weekend, around 5% of petrol stations were...
Garage sales: how to know the dates of those near you?
The return of fine weather also announces that of flea markets. From the end of March, the first garage sales of the year took place. The spring season is now well underway and should...
Private radar cars: the 9 models in circulation
Since March 13, 2013 and the commissioning of the first "new generation mobile" radar, a lot has changed. Two years later, the government made the choice to gradually entrust the driving of radar cars...
Tax scam: the fake email you will receive
Tax return season has begun, and like every year, tax scams return with it. Indeed, on April 13, 2023, the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP) will open the site dedicated to the declaration...
Drug shortages: 5 questions on the government’s “critical” list
For several months, France has been experiencing major drug supply problems. On the website of the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM), a list presents the medicines concerned by a “supply tension” but also by...
Anti-waste label: all brands concerned
As announced in early March by the Secretary of State to the Minister for Ecological Transition, Bérangère Couillard, supermarkets have shown their interest in the famous anti-waste law. An independent certifying body associated with...
Pension reform: the retirement age calendar according to your date of birth
April 6, 2023 marks the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform. After the meeting of the inter-union with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, all sectors of the public service remain determined. Indeed, for...
Scratch games: the new device to identify minors
If you are used to going to the tobacconist to collect your daily flash ticket, you must have noticed the presence of minors. According to a survey carried out in 2022 by the Société...
Fuel shortage: the 28 departments most affected over the Easter weekend
April 6, 2023 marks the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform. The day before, the inter-union met Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Matignon. This meeting is described as a "failure" by the...
Fuel shortage: the departments spared for the Easter weekend
Thursday April 6, 2023 will mark the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform. All sectors of the public service are on strike and intend to continue to demonstrate. Thus, the CGT filed...
April 6 strike: the disruptions to be expected in each sector
"Say no an eleventh time to this unjust and brutal reform". At the end of the meeting at Matignon with the Prime Minister, the inter-union does not mince its words and reaffirms its opposition...
Tiger mosquito: the departments on alert with the return of sunny days
After the record number of dengue fever cases in 2022, the public authorities are worried at the beginning of April. Foci of implantation of the tiger mosquito have already been detected in certain regions....
Shortage of medicines: the latest announcements from François Braun
The treasure hunt. For several months, many French people have been forced to go around pharmacies, looking for the last boxes of drugs available, while more and more references are approaching the shortage in...
Pollen alert: the 34 departments concerned by a “high” alert
Like every year, the pollen is making a comeback with the arrival of the first buds. However, in recent years, the pollen rate has increased with rising temperatures, a consequence of global warming. The...
End of life: euthanasia and assisted suicide soon to be legalized?
Since December 2022, 184 French people have been drawn from among the adult population to form the "Citizen's Convention on the end of life". This initiative was set up at the request of Prime...
Metinvest Owner Rinat Akhmetov Says Ukraine ‘Is Headed Toward Victory’
From the very moment Russia placed boots on the ground in its vicious invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Ukraine’s richest person, billionaire businessman Rinat Akhmetov, promised to stand by his fellow citizens...
Compulsory universal national service: towards a launch at the start of the 2024 school...
Abandonment or postponement? According to information from our colleagues at L'Opinion, the compulsory national universal service (SNU) for 16-year-olds will ultimately not be part of the military programming law. The latter will be presented...
Covid-19: the map of the few departments in the green
In France, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh heavily on the population. Since its appearance in March 2020, the virus has infected more than 8 million people and caused more than 150,000 deaths. Despite...
PV: the 5 fines that can now be paid in installments
Since March 6, some fine payment methods have changed. Indeed, this date marks the start of an experimental phase involving the National Agency for the Automated Processing of Offenses (Antai), the Ministry of Justice...
Pension reform: The inter-union plan for the month of April
On April 6, 2023, a new act of general mobilization against the Social Security reform bill will take place. The intersyndicale calls on millions of French people from all walks of life to join...
Covid-19: the 38 departments still spared
This end of March 2023 marks 3 years since the start of the first confinement linked to the Covid-19 pandemic in France. 9 epidemic waves later, the situation seems to have calmed down, and...
Weeds in front of your home: what does the law say?
Spring is back. In this spring season, the beautiful days arrive, the temperatures rise and nature takes back its rights. The perfect opportunity to do gardening and maintain the lawn and plants at home.For...
Bloctel: the 5 types of canvassing still authorized
On October 13, 2022, a decree was issued by the Ministry of the Economy to regulate cold calling for commercial purposes. The latter has been applied since March 1, 2023. What does it consist...
Burglary: ranking of the most affected cities in 2023
According to the Ministry of the Interior, almost all crimes and misdemeanors will increase in 2022. To carry out this study, the State based itself on the facts of delinquency recorded by the police...
Aging well: the government’s 3 axes on this issue
On September 8, 2022, Emmanuel Macron created a new body called the National Council for Refoundation. Following its founding, various counseling branches were opened in October. Among them, the CNR Santé or the CNR...
Bloctel: is the service free?
Bloctel is the French government's telephone opposition list service. This service replaces the Pacitel list. It entered into force in June 2016 after the Hamon law was passed two years earlier. This service allows...
Artificial intelligence: misleading images of our leaders flood social networks
Emmanuel Macron struggling with CRS, Donald Trump fleeing the police… In recent days, you must have seen funny pictures on social networks featuring public figures in crazy situations. Although very similar, these images are...
Petrol shortage: the 52 departments most affected this week
Since March 7, the sixth day of national and general mobilization against the pension reform, many sectors of the public service have been on strike. Among them are air transport, rail transport and also...
End of the winter break, revaluation of social benefits… Everything that changes on April...
Saturday, April 1 was to mark the end of the systematic printing of receipts. The deadline for the entry into force of this measure is finally pushed back to the end of the summer,...
Covid-19: the 24 departments where mortality is on the rise
Be ready to bring out your best masks because the tenth wave of Covid-19 is approaching. Indeed, the Public Health France site is responsible for listing the key figures related to the Covid-19 epidemic....
Fuel shortage: is your region affected on the weekend of March 25?
Thursday March 23 marked the ninth day of mobilization against the pension reform. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 1.08 million French people were present throughout the territory. The CGT counts on its...
10th wave of Covid-19: the departments where you should put the mask back on
As the ninth wave of covid-19 ended this winter, a new one is expected to appear this spring. Since 2020, Santé Publique France has recorded nine waves of COVID-19 epidemics. However, three years after...
Fuel shortage: the 24 departments most affected this Thursday, March 23
Should we fear a long shortage like this fall? The tanks of the service stations are emptied little by little in many departments, where more than 60% of the establishments are out of stock,...
Time change 2023: why do it at 3 a.m.?
Be prepared to adjust your watches, alarm clocks and other devices that won't automatically switch to daylight saving time. The time change is scheduled for the end of March.If your sleep is precious, mark...
France: discover the town of Gordes, voted “the most beautiful village in the world”
"Cocorico" France shines internationally! The town of Gordes, located in the Luberon, was elected "the most beautiful village in the world" according to the American magazine Travel Leisure. Among a list of 23 small...
Pension reform: which sectors are affected by the general strike of March 23?
Last Thursday, March 16, Elisabeth Borne mobilized article 49.3 of the Constitution to definitively adopt the pension reform without a vote of the Assembly. While the reform still has to go through the Constitutional...
Scams: the 8 organizations most usurped by scammers
According to the National Printing Office (IN Groupe) observatory, 210,000 French people are affected by online identity theft each year. Added to this figure is INSEE data on phishing. As a reminder, phishing includes...
Fuel shortage: departments in difficulty this week
Since March 7, the CGT-Chimie has blocked several refineries preventing the release of fuel. If for the moment, the consequences were not visible, this week, many stations will face new shortages. According to Fig...