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France’s top literary prize in 2025 awarded to author Laurent Mauvignier
Author receives just €10 in prize money under the rules of the Prix Goncourt
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Stepchildren: French MPs approve higher inheritance tax allowance
The pre-tax allowance is greater than before, but there are conditions
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Wizz Air trials ‘budget business’ seats on routes
Guaranteed empty middle seat and quicker boarding are perks on ticket aimed at professionals
SNCF ‘nudges’ clients to behave better
The SNCF is trialling ways to ‘nudge’ users towards better behaviour in stations .
This includes signage telling people they lose calories by using stairs (to minimise anger on days when escalators break down), putting up ‘dead end’ signs to stop people causing a squash by going the ‘wrong’ way down underground passages or ones saying a tree will be planted each time they validate their Navigo pass... “We’re not lying,” the SNCF’s regional head insisted to RTL radio.
