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Watchdog highlights Christmas food shopping ‘scams’ in France
Pastries with palm oil, excess packaging, inflated prices…vote for the worst ‘scam’ in this food watchdog’s annual contest
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Epidemic alerts raised in France: see how your area is affected
Bronchiolitis is bad nationwide while flu indicators are increasing in the north and east
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Cheaper but slower… €10 train fare for Paris to Brussels route
Ticket sales are already open for journeys up to the end of March
August edition of The Connexion now on sale
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The Connexion August edition is now available.
Connexion subscribers will be receiving their copy in the next few days – and it will be on sale in newsagents around France from this weekend.
If you wish to buy a copy in PDF format for download you can do so now at this link – or subscribe today here and you will receive a complimentary pdf of August and immediate access to all the articles online (your print copies will start with the September edition).
Highlights from the August edition include:
News
Macron: Families to be €550 better off
Brexit: Clarity emerges, but divisions remain
‘Buy French’ labeling may hide food scams
French hunters kill 700,000 boar as numbers soar
11 out of 12 kittens born in France die...
Rich get (much) richer in French rich list
Concern over costs of a greener, better educated, healthier France
Britons still No1 foreign buyers
Everyone forgets the French fought at Dunkirk
Forest fires: French firefighters issue blunt butt message
Refunds of French social levies hit by delays
Practical
Carte de séjour: your right despite persistent problem
May I pick fruit from a tree overhanging a French public road?
What are the regulations on collecting for a French charity?
Help paying for work on private septic tank
How do I get French accents with Windows 10?
Autoroutes and péages explained
Do I have to claim exemption from the taxe foncière?
Know your options and the rules for French mortgages
Property Watch: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Features
11 of France’s best unusual museums
Rencontre with a French snail farmer
French gardens to visit in August
French Film-maker who lived with wolves for three years
French country life with Helena Frith-Powell
World’s best gather for French jam-making competition
WWII coffee substitute chicory is now very chic in France
Modern-day Caractacus Potts who built first flying buggy to cross Channel
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