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Loans available to first-time buyers

Q: What loans and grants are available to first time buyers in France? Is there something extra for buying new build?

Relaunch for rent guarantees

Official scheme to guarantee payments is being rolled out to more people to help improve access to rental accommodation

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…

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 …

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…

SOS fundraiser at ambassador's

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

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

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…

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, …

Giscard hints at affair with Diana

FORMER president Valéry Giscard d?Estaing has dropped a playful hint that he had a romantic liaison with Princess Diana.

The 83-year-old has written a novel called The Princess and the President wh…