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French rail strike June 10: how to find out about affected services
Action may impact TER, TGV, Intercités, Transilien and RER trains
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France’s D-Day events and commemorations 2026
Celebrations include official remembrance ceremonies, historic exhibitions and 1940s-themed dances
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Pyrénées Orientales residents to cast vote on name change
Three options are being submitted although a popular fourth has been controversially removed
Raising awareness of air pollution
A new agreement concerning monitoring pollutant levels has been signed
France is to measure 90 air polluting substances and pesticides from 2018 onwards, in a bid to raise the public’s awareness of the quality of the air.
A new agreement to monitor levels of pollutants, pesticides and fine particles in the air has been signed between air quality surveillance organisation Atmo France and food and environment safety agency Anses.