Beware of this cheese scam that is rampant in the markets
Selling farmhouse cheeses in markets attracts scammers. Indeed, these products are the object of a vast network of dishonest merchants, who try to fool holidaymakers discovering a region, reveals 60 million consumers. The cheeses...
Summer holidays 2022: nearly one in two French people will not leave
This year, the summer vacation started Thursday, July 7, after school. A date that surprised many parents, surprised that their children were not released on a Friday evening, like every holiday period. The explanation...
Bloctel: the obligations of professionals for canvassing by telephone
In order to develop their commercial activity, a large number of professionals use cold calling. A practice that poisons the lives of many French people and which sometimes gives rise to scams. This is...
Wedding gift: how much money to give to the bride and groom?
Wedding season is in full swing. According to an INSEE study published in February 2021, nearly 60% of unions celebrated in 2019 took place between June and September.“Only 10% of marriages took place during...
Tamagotchi, Game Boy, Nokia 3310… What are these cult objects from the 2000s worth...
In history, the 2000s hold a special place. At the time, everything seemed possible… and easy. “”The 2000s is a mix of the extravagance of the 1980s and futuristic delusions linked to all the...
FranceConnect scam: this phone number to be wary of
In addition to attacking bank accounts and personal training accounts (CPF), telephone scammers are also looking to obtain your FranceConnect credentials. The online service, which provides access to various public services (taxes, Caf, Ameli,...
More and more telephone scams… despite Bloctel
Over 60% in two years: this is the impressive increase in unwanted calls suffered by French consumers. The figures provided by the operator Orange show that the phenomenon of spam and telephone scams has...
Mosquitoes: the trick of the weed to relieve a bite
Every summer, it's the same story: mosquitoes, wasps and flies come together to ruin our holidays.These flying insects don't just invade us: they can also be dangerous, like the tiger mosquito, which can transmit...
Everything you need to remember from the Covid bill, definitively adopted yesterday
“We are no longer in a health emergency, but we keep a certain number of tools as a precaution”, recently explained François Braun, the Minister of Health, who passed through the set of France...
Tamagotchi, Gameboy, Nokia 3310… What are these cult objects from the 2000s worth today?
In history, the 2000s hold a special place. At the time, everything seemed possible… and easy. “”The 2000s is a mix of the extravagance of the 1980s and futuristic delusions linked to all the...
Bloctel: telephone canvassing soon to be supervised?
The government wants to tackle illegal sales canvassing, which leads to personal training account (CPF) scams or even the signing of energy contracts at excessive prices. In the line of sight, canvassing by email...
“Annoying”, stingy… What image do the French give of themselves abroad?
In 2022, the French want to escape more than ever. After two years marked by the pandemic and restrictions, this year the holidays seem unmissable.Thus, according to an Opinionway survey carried out for the...
Summer weather 2022: a new heat wave expected in August
France is barely recovering from the heat wave which hit many departments in mid-July. But that respite could be short-lived. According to forecasters, a new episode of strong heat could take place from the...
“Annoying”, stingy… What image do the French really give abroad?
In 2022, the French want to escape more than ever. After two years marked by the pandemic and restrictions, this year the holidays seem unmissable.Thus, according to an Opinionway survey carried out for the...
TESTIMONY. “I am an au pair granny to make ends meet”
About twenty years ago, Brigitte Cassigneul's life changed dramatically, on the verge of retirement. Her husband suddenly dies. “I was 59 years old, she confides to us. As he was also my employer, I...
Fires: will your stay at the campsite or Airbnb be reimbursed?
The two extraordinary fires that have been ravaging the Gironde for more than a week are still not fixed. More than 20,000 hectares have already gone up in smoke and thousands of people have...
Holidays: what kind of tan are you at the beach?
You've dreamed of it all year round: the scorching sun, the warm sand, the azure water and the sound of the surf... On vacation, the beach remains one of the favorite activities of the...
Naturism: do you have the right to sunbathe naked in your garden or on...
When the weather is nice and warm, we only want to go and perfect our tan in the sun, whether we are on vacation by the sea, or simply at home.At home, the most...
What would France without Russian gas look like next winter?
Energy policy. Since the start of the war in Ukraine and the choice to sanction Russia, the countries of the European Union have faced a sharp drop in deliveries of Russian gas, on which...
It’s official: this famous stamp disappears
Do you like stamps? Do not hope, in this case, to come across the famous red stamp sold at 1.43 euros by La Poste. The company, let France Info know on its site, has...
Do you know the meaning of these 10 outdated regional expressions?
Not so easy to find. The French language is rich in phrases, expressions and metaphors, each more extravagant than the next. Thus, in the best known, we find the expression “raining ropes”, to say...
TESTIMONY. I witnessed a murder when I was 12
Horror spares no one, not even the most innocent souls. Léna* is only a teenager when she is confronted with a real crime scene, a few steps from her home. For Planet, the now...
The 20 cities in France where there are the most single people
To love or not to love, that is the question! The summer period is often the time for meetings, love, and flirtations. As La Dépêche indicates, an Opinionway poll reveals that 82% of French...
Shortage of mustard: a video accuses Carrefour of stocking up
The Carrefour group was implicated in a video posted on Twitter showing many pallets of mustard stored in a warehouse. The person filming ensures that these are pallets intended for Carrefour stores, but that...
Swim briefs, cigarettes and rituals… What does the French holidaymaker look like from abroad?
Summer has arrived and the holidays have already begun for many French people. Among them, a certain number hastened to reach the coasts to finally be able to rest on the sand, under a...
Seventh wave: departments less vaccinated than the average
Barbecues, the beach, good times with family or friends... Summer is now on. It's vacation and travel season. However, the Covid-19 did not take a vacation. On the contrary, it is particularly active and...
Storm Beasts: 8 Simple Tips to Get Rid of Them
They sting you and stick to your skin as soon as the weather gets heavy. These little black beasts, called thrips, are particularly annoying. They are tiny insects with elongated bodies and wings fringed...
Fires: cities ban fireworks on July 14
In the Cévennes, the fire which ravaged more than 650 hectares on July 9, 2022, is fixed but not completely under control. The high temperatures announced for the next few weeks have authorities fearing...
Pensions: Édouard Philippe comes out of his reserve
On the subject of pensions, the former Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, does not cut corners: "collectively, we have a capacity that is absolutely fascinating to tell us stories and not to look at the...
Loiret: a policewoman hit by a driver
A roadside check gone wrong. A 25-year-old policewoman was hit by a two-wheeler on Saturday July 9, 2022 in the evening in Loiret. In Amilly, near Montargis, the emotion is still palpable, the representative...
Seventh wave: the departments still far from the state of emergency
The least we can say is that the situation is hardly encouraging. The summer, it seems, could prove to be marked by a strong epidemic upsurge. The number of new daily cases of coronavirus...
Bicarbonate: all the tips for getting rid of bad odors at home
Star of household products, baking soda is, as Leroy Merlin points out, a real “magic powder”. Able to descale any surface or to suck up odors from the ashtray, this white powder is one...
“Oui Pub”: which are the 15 cities that will test the device from February?
No more advertising waste! It's a small revolution in your mailboxes. From February 2023, in 15 communities selected on application, the State will experiment with the principle of “Oui Pub”, a small sticker to...
EuroMillions: what is the best day to play?
230 million euros. This is the gargantuan sum that will win whoever succeeds in finding the correct EuroMillions numbers on July 12, 2022. Never has a jackpot been so high and many French people...
Summer heat wave 2022: a heat peak expected this Wednesday
A huge heat wave is hitting France this week of July 14. In the most pessimistic scenario, the 40°C mark could be exceeded in several regions as early as the start of next week....
Making Love Outdoors: What’s Allowed and What’s Forbidden
Nearly one in two couples has already made love outdoors, according to figures from Catherine Troadec, sexologist, in the columns of Actu.fr. In the backseat of a car, on the hot sand of a...
Holidays by the sea: why you should always take a little talcum powder to...
A towel, sunglasses, some sunscreen and a pair of flip flops. You are ready for a beautiful day at the beach! While it is very practical to go to the sea with the bare...
Holidays by the sea: can we find sharks along the French coast?
D-3 before the start of the holidays! Whether we are preparing hiking shoes or sunscreen, everyone plans their things to bask in the pill during the summer break. But there is always this fear,...
Covid-19: the departments where the intensive care units are filling up
France is facing a seventh wave of Covid-19. Since the end of May 2022, the epidemic figures have gradually started to rise again to reach 71,144 new cases per day on average as of...
10 unusual facts that happened in a supermarket
News stories can be intense, exciting, terrifying and sometimes even comical. Indeed, some of them look so surreal that they could almost make us smile. This is particularly the case with this man who...