Trouble is brewing on the beautiful Somme estuary, the largest in northern France, over the burgeoning population of seals which are vying with local fishermen over fish stocks. Continue reading…
Tag Archives: France
Postcard from…Paris
An Eiffel Tower lollipop, a baguette bag with a shoulder strap and a tandem Vélib’ rental bike. These are just some of the innovative objects at an unusual exhibition, Lost in Paris, which aims to connect design with tourism. Continue reading…
French budget breaks promise on tax rises
The French government has unveiled its 2014 budget which breaks an earlier promise to halt rising taxes for the French, weighed down by one of the highest tax burdens in the world. Continue reading…
WMD concerns at heart of French policy
What a difference a decade makes.
In 2003, the French were derided in some quarters as “cheese eating surrender
monkeys” after Jacques Chirac opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq. Now, 10
years later, they are out on a limb in completely the opposite direction on Syria. Continue reading…
Postcard from… Ile de Bréhat
It’s a wind-whipped ferry crossing to the Ile de Bréhat off the northern Breton coast and the captain warns the passengers to allow extra time for their journey back to the mainland… Continue reading
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