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Interview: health fee for Americans on 'visitor' visas is ‘only fair’, says French politician behind plan
Liv Rowland talks to the man who made proposal to introduce new minimum health charge for foreign non-workers who come on long-stay visas, François Gernigon
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Photos: sledging in Montmartre and snowball fights as snow falls on Paris
Some 4cm fell over weekend
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The ski season is now back underway in France
High-altitude resorts in Alps welcome their first skiers after spell of snow and sub-zero temperatures
Mairie relents over ban on baby’s name
A couple have been told they can name their newborn son as they wish, despite having first been told the name – Fañch – was banned as the tilde ‘ñ’ in the accent was not on the French official list.
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The ban by Quimper, the ‘capital of Breton culture’, left the couple ‘sad and angry’ as Fañch is a Breton name. Protests sparked a mairie rethink.
