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Bergerac airport: Ryanair withdrawal decision will have ‘limited effect’
The low-cost carrier will end flights from October 26, 2025, for the winter season
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Eight questions about call for a total France blockade in September
Understanding the mystery movement calling for boycotts and acts of civil disobedience across the country
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UK flights hit as Ryanair pulls out of three French airports this winter
The low-cost carrier says it is stopping flights to Bergerac, Brive and Strasbourg in response to France’s recent tax rise on airline flight tickets
Cigarette firms face cheat claim on tar tests
As cigarette prices rise to €8 a pack, it raises suspicions
Tobacco giants have been accused of cheating nicotine and tar tests meaning smokers are inhaling five times as much nicotine and up to 10 times as much tar as thought.
Anti-smoking group Comité National Contre le Tabagisme said its tests had shown that tiny holes in cigarette filters “falsified results” by allowing more air to pass when used on a test machine than when covered by a smoker’s fingers or lips.
It has started legal action in Paris against Philip Morris, British American, Japan Tobacco and Imperial Brands saying they are tricking “smokers who think they are smoking one packet a day but are actually smoking the equivalent of two to 10 packets”.
Tobacco is blamed for 75,000 deaths a year from cancer and cardiovascular problems in France. The industry has faced measures to cut smoking, including the introduction of plain packs and a series of price rises ending in €10 packets by 2020.