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Watchdog highlights Christmas food shopping ‘scams’ in France
Pastries with palm oil, excess packaging, inflated prices…vote for the worst ‘scam’ in this food watchdog’s annual contest
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Epidemic alerts raised in France: see how your area is affected
Bronchiolitis is bad nationwide while flu indicators are increasing in the north and east
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Cheaper but slower… €10 train fare for Paris to Brussels route
Ticket sales are already open for journeys up to the end of March
Sleeping pills to be labelled narcotics
Stilnox sleeping pills will be reclassified as a stupéfiant (narcotic)...
...and subject to strict rules including having to have an ordonnance sécurisée prescription in a hard-to-forge format.
People are said to have been abusing them, taking too many and becoming dependent.