A friend of mine told me that no one uses garçon these days to call out to waiters. Why not?
Read MoreReaders react to Abdullah Saeed?s letter in September?s Connexion defending the burqa and warning against a ban
Read MoreTax and National Insurance complications arise when your workplace is the UK but your home is in France
Read MoreEllia, the English-language bookshop in Angers, is holding its next second-hand book sale on October 10
Read MoreSix top-selling English-speaking authors at fundraiser for SOS Help at the British ambassador’s residence in Paris
Read MorePOLICE made a dawn raid today on the ?Jungle? ? a wooded area near to the port of Calais where until recently an estimated 700 ? 800 immigrants were camping out.
Immigration Minister Eric Besson …
Read MoreFORMER prime minister Dominique de Villepin has accused Nicolas Sarkozy of ?an abuse of power? as what some are calling the political trial of the decade kicks off in Paris.
Villepin said he believ…
Read MorePOSTAL workers are striking across France today over plans to open up La Poste ? a move which unions fear will lead to privatisation.
However, although five unions have called the strike it is not c…
Read MoreFORMER PM Dominique de Villepin goes on trial today, charged with defaming President Sarkozy.
Villepin is the most high-profile figure among five defendants and is accused of involvement in a smear, …
Read MoreCLEAR-UP operations have started after violent rainstorms in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Alpes-Maritimes saw mudslides, rivers bursting their banks and cars swept away.
Hundreds of firefighters an…
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