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How France plans to help winemakers over problem of too much red wine
Too much red wine may not seem a problem to some – but the sector is experiencing a crisis of overproduction
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What are the rules on paying in cash in France?
There are limits and exceptions depending on your tax status and the kind of transaction
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EasyJet adds three new France-UK routes, taking total to 50
Flights to and from Nice, Montpellier, and Paris expand summer services
Strike call as staff told to work hours
Council unions in Marseille have called strike action after the city said it would hold them to work their contracted hours and end ‘little deals’ that allowed staff to work less.
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The city’s nearly 12,000 staff are contracted to work 1,567 hours a year – less than the national legal 1,607 hours – but they are still second in the national absenteeism league, with an extra 36.8 days off sick.
