POLICE have complained about new rules banning them from having a glass of wine or beer to wash down their meals. The officers’ union SGP-FO said the ruling from the headquarters of the CRS riot police was “heavy-handed,” adding that the Code de Travail allows drinking alcohol – 25cl of wine or a small beer [...]
2010 was the coldest year France has seen in two decades, according to Météo France. Meteorologists say the average temperature was 0.3°C below average between 1971 and 2000, making it the coldest since 1990, on a par with 1996. The temperatures last winter (2009-10) helped to pull down the average: the winter was 1.2°C below [...]
THE INTEREST rate paid on France’s top tax-free savings account, the Livret “A”, will rise next month, the Economy Minister Christine Lagarde has confirmed. The rate, which can be revised only once every three months, is based on an agreed formula linked to French consumer price inflation. New official figures from Insee, published this morning, [...]
FRANCE has confirmed its position as the world’s number one wine producer, after losing the title to Italy for a brief period. A new international study by International Wine and Spirit Research found France produced 419 million cases of wine in 2010, with Italy in second place and Spain third. The report confirms the findings [...]
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