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France public transport fares should double, claims report to Transport Ministry
French passenger fares currently cover less than a fifth of the total service cost
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Processionary caterpillars return across France, warn local authorities
Insect has been seen two months earlier than usual in many areas
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EES: Why am I fingerprinted every time at Nice airport?
Phase-in period is continuing and technical improvements are still awaited
28 breeding pairs of rare French tortoise stolen
Thieves have stolen 56 tortue d’Hermann tortoises - 28 breeding pairs - from a Corsica zoo but it is not known if they will be trafficked or freed.
With its black and yellow shell, it is France’s only land tortoise. It is now found only in Var and Corsica and is on the red list of vulnerable species.
