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Burqa letters: the debate rages on

Readers react to Abdullah Saeed?s letter in September?s Connexion defending the burqa and warning against a ban

Médecin traitant: choosing your GP

Your GP is the foundation of most of your healthcare and it is much easier to chose one while in good health

Buying as a couple – how do we do it?

The legal steps you need to take when buying a house in France will vary depending on your martial status

SOS fundraiser at ambassador's

Six top-selling English-speaking authors at fundraiser for SOS Help at the British ambassador’s residence in Paris

Villepin 'victim of abuse of power'

FORMER 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…

Second-hand books at ?1 in Angers

Ellia, the English-language bookshop in Angers, is holding its next second-hand book sale on October 10

Postal workers in national walk-out

POSTAL 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…

Dawn raid on Calais ?Jungle?

POLICE 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 …

Trial begins for ex-PM Villepin

FORMER 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, …

Mopping-up starts after huge storms

CLEAR-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…