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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
France’s best bathing beaches named
390 French beaches representing 173 communes – three more than last year – have been awarded the Pavillon Bleu 2017 flag for clean water and other environmental criteria.
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur is the best represented region with 58 beaches, followed by Occitanie with 53. Communes pay a fee for their beaches to be assessed, on a sliding scale based on population.