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Listen: Stag bellowing season to begin in French forests
Every year, nature-lovers gather to listen out for the sound and even compete to imitate it best. A 500-hour livestream is available of the bellowing season on TV this year
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French hunting season 2025-2026 dates by department and species
Organised hunts are set locally and Sundays tend to be the busiest day
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10% of France’s green energy wasted in first half of 2025
Problem attributed to the intermittent nature of solar and wind power
Crit’air sticker price reduces
Other cities are set to do likewise
Prices for the pollution rating Crit’air sticker for vehicles has been reduced from €4.18 to €3.62. Covering six categories from Green for electric vehicles to Grey for vehicles with Euro 2 pollution ratings, the stickers allow councils to ban vehicles during pollution peaks.
Paris has the most restrictive measures, a weekday ban on Grey and non-classified cars, while Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Toulouse have other options. Foreign vehicles also need a sticker. See tinyurl.com/y86vpjhd.