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France tightens checks on small non-EU parcels, UK magazine deliveries impacted
Attempts made to avoid French tax by delivering via other EU countries
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Bear sighting on Pyrénées hiking trail fuels local tensions
A reintroduction programme for brown bears continues to face opposition
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Reminder: clocks go forward in France this Sunday
One hour of sleep lost but later sunsets to come
University ballot for places continues
Despite complaints from student groups, the ballot system used to set places at in-demand universities has been kept in place after it was published in a low-key announcement.
The Conseil d’Etat is to rule in coming months on whether the ballots are a misuse of power as student groups said 3,500 hopefuls could not get courses they wanted last year.
