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Warning to dog owners as outbreak of deadly virus recorded in central France
Parvovirus can have a mortality rate of over 90% if untreated and is easily spread
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Know your cheeses and their seasons: which to eat in France in August
Cows’ milk cheeses are popular choice for summer month
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Cooler, then heatwave with highs of 40C: French weekly weather forecast August 4 - 8
Warm Atlantic winds blowing from Spain will cause temperatures to spike, especially in the south-west
No handshake, no citizenship
Refusing to shake the hand of a male prefecture official cost a woman her right to citizenship as she had not “assimilated French republican values”.

The woman, from Algeria but married to a Frenchman, refused because of religious conviction. The prime minister then annulled her citizenship.
An appeal to the Conseil d’Etat failed as it ruled she had not accepted French values.