Le Monde
Philippe Val dément s’être excusé auprès de Nadine Morano pour une chronique de Sophia Aram
January 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Après une passe d’armes entre la secrétaire d’Etat et l’humoriste, le patron de France Inter a affirmé qu’il n’avait pas téléphoné à Mme Morano pour s’excuser. Read More Read More →
French Q&A
Do you have any tips about buying a run-down property requiring renovation in France?
September 14, 2011 · 6 Comments
They’re dead cheap if you look. Anything from 20,000 euros upwards with land. I’m in a good position whereby I can run my business from any country, so quite fancy taking on a project of renovation a property in France whilst continuing to run my business at the same time. Have you done this? Any tips? Thank you. Read More →
French News
FRANCE: Sarkozy ‘playing politics’ with more jury trials, magistrates claim
January 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The use of juries in French criminal courts is to be extended from the beginning of January. Magistrates say that they support the greater use of juries, but claim that there is a strong political motivation behind the decision. Read More Read More →
French Life
Changes to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) System
May 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You may probably have already received, or will be receiving in the near future, a letter and application form from the Overseas Healthcare Team of the UK Pensions Service entitled: “About the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from 1 May 2010”. Here, experts from Exclusive Healthcare explain the changes… Read More Read More →
French Law
A New Deal for End Users? Lessons From a French Innovation in the Regulation of Interoperability
January 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
[Article published in the William and Mary Law Review] In 2007, France created the Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures (l’Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques or ARMT), an independent regulatory agency charged with promoting the interoperability of digital media distributed with embedded “technical protection measures” (TPM), also known as “digital rights management” technologies (DRM). ARMT was established in part to rectify what French lawmakers perceived as an imbalance in the rights of copyright owners and end users created when the European Copyright... [Read the full story]
Charles Bremmer
French babies go retro
September 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Say au revoir to Léo and Océane. Say bonjour to Louis and Camille. The first two names have fallen from favour, dropping out of the top 20 given to French babies over the past year. Louis and Camille, names that… Read More Read More →
French News
FRANCE: Sarkozy ‘playing politics’ with more jury trials, magistrates claim
The use of juries in French criminal courts is to be extended from the beginning of January. Magistrates say that they support the greater use of juries, but claim that there is a strong political motivation behind the decision. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: Sarkozy ‘playing politics’ with more jury trials, magistrates claim]FRANCE: France makes it harder to become French
France will be making it harder for foreigners to seek French citizenship as of January. Critics say the new requirements, which include tough language tests and allegiance to “French values”, are an electoral ploy that panders to the far right. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: France makes it harder to become French]FRANCE: France won’t arrest former war crimes court official
France has said on Monday it would not arrest Florence Hartmann, the ex-spokeswoman to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia who has been convicted for disclosing confidential decisions during the trial of Slobodan Milosevic. Read More
[Continue reading: FRANCE: France won’t arrest former war crimes court official]FRANCE: Turkey recalls Paris envoy as lawmakers back genocide bill
France’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill making it illegal to deny a genocide, including the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Turkey, which denies the genocide, has withdrawn its Paris ambassador and frozen military ties. Read More
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French Q&A
Do you have any tips about buying a run-down property requiring renovation in France?
They’re dead cheap if you look. Anything from 20,000 euros upwards with land. I’m...
Buying shutters and don't know which louvre size to go with?
I am buying shutters and have mostly medium sized windows in my house. I originally...
Tips for Traveling to and within France; Things to Do There?
Due to our military committments, my friend and I cannot specifically plan out a...
Does France really send the foreign legion to battle first?
I have heard from foreigners and read on a couple websites that France does not send...
In France do restaurants open on bank holidays?
We are going to France soon and apparently there is a bank holiday on the Saturday...
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French Life
Changes to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) System
You may probably have already received, or will be receiving in the near future,...
Complementary Health Insurance – "Contrats Responsables"
Outside the insurance industry itself, health insurance policies that are defined...
Almost 13,000 British nationals live in Poitou-Charentes
The British represent nearly a third of all foreigners living in Poitou-Charentes...
Ways Of Learning To Speak French
For most people, speaking French is nothing but a dream. Let’s face it, the...
Learning To Speak French Via Online Courses
Learning to speak French is something that many people find exciting. It is indeed...
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