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Fréjus Tunnel that connects France and Italy to close this weekend
The tunnel will close for 12 hours and not the 56 hours originally announced
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TotalEnergies opens service station for electric vehicles in Paris
It is the first of its kind in the capital and has ultra-fast charging
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Conductors on French public transport will soon be able to check your address
Move is part of anti-fraud plans to prevent people from giving false information during fines including on SNCF trains
Last supermoon of 2020 visible from France
The last supermoon of the year 2020 will be visible from France tonight (Thursday May 7).
It will start at 12:45 French time today (Thursday May 7) as the moon will already be full, and when the sun goes down around 21:30, the moon will be 362,800km away from the Earth.
This full moon is called flower moon and is considered a “supermoon” because it will be in its full phase and at its perigee, meaning at the closest point to the Earth, at the same time.
The expression flower moon comes from Amerindian culture. The May moon is associated with the growth of flowers.
Contrary to a classic full moon, the supermoon is around 14% bigger and 30% brighter but the difference can be hard to spot to human eye and is best appreciated via a telescope.
The next supermoon will be on April 27, 2021.
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