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Yellow-flowered aquatic plant common in French gardens is illegal to plant
Once established, it spreads rapidly in water systems, with even small fragments capable of forming new plants
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Check this before buying French property in a flood zone
One in four people – some 18 million – now live in an area at risk of flooding
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Rome airports call for pause to EES checks this summer amid growing queues
Airports fear being overwhelmed by passenger numbers
French News in Brief in March 2021
Annual winter ban on tenant evictions is extended, Eiffel Tower to be painted in golden hue for 2024 Paris Olympics and more
Winter evictions ban extended to summer
The annual winter ban on tenant evictions is extended from March 31 to June 1 as pandemic economic effects have seen eviction warnings doubled.
It is a government move to “keep vulnerable people in their homes”. It will also repay landlords for unpaid rent.
Eiffel Tower goes gold for Olympics
New paintwork for the Eiffel Tower will give it a golden hue for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Workers are scraping off 19 coats of old paint to get rid of today’s Eiffel Tower brown and replace it with yellow brown. When built in 1889, it was red.
Filling station prices give cost per 100km
Signs in some filling stations are being updated to add the price per 100km for top-selling cars alongside the present €/litre pricing. The aim is to give drivers information that is also relevant to electric, natural gas and hydrogen motors.
Google fined over its own hotel rankings
France has fined Google €1.1million for “misleading” practices in using its own criteria to rate hotels instead of the standard tourism agency stars.
It has reverted to presenting official ratings, but still allows users to give their own grading.
