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Abbey of Fontenay
The Abbey of Fontenay Our visit today takes us in the past to the best preserved of all the Cistercian abbeys, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage. Like the sister abbeys, Fontenay is located in a very secluded place. Saint Bernard de Claivaux, the founder […]
?500 note may go in fraud law
THE ?500 note should be scrapped to cut down on fraud, MPs have suggested.
The measure is one of 30 in a report by a cross-party group of MPs, presented to the National Assembly today.
“France shou…
Report finds 2,000 women wear burqa
ABOUT 2,000 women in France wear full Muslim dress in public according to the Interior Ministry ? six times more than police had estimated.
The figures are contained in a confidential report on the …
?1,000 tax on each mobile phone mast
MOBILE phone antennae and electricity pylons may be taxed as the government looks for ways to boost its budget after the business-based taxe professionnelle is scrapped.
Almost 50,000 phone masts acr…
Unions call for strikes in October
SIX unions are calling for a day of protest action on October 7.
The move is in connection with a worldwide day of action for ?decent work,? being called for by the International Trade Union Confed…
Income tax cut to offset eco charge
HOUSEHOLDS could benefit from a cut in income tax to compensate for a new levy on carbon emissions from next year.
Prime Minister François Fillon said a tax reduction was ?one of the preferred opti…
150,000 could be dodging French tax
TAX-PAYERS in France who have bank accounts in other countries have been urged to come clean about them to the tax authorities.
Budget minister Eric Woerth believes between 100,000 and 150,000 people…
VAT-cut restaurant attacked by rivals
A RESTAURANT owner claims his rivals subjected him to a campaign of bullying for passing a VAT cut on to his customers.
Philippe Brusa, who runs a sushi restaurant in Thonon-les-Bains in the Haute-Sa…
Row over number of swine flu cases
SWINE flu is growing in France at a rate of 20,000 new cases each week, according to unofficial figures that have not been endorsed by the French government.
The Groupes Régionaux d?Observation de …
Cigarette prices rise next month
CIGARETTE prices are due to rise 6% next month – making an average price of ?5.60 a packet from October 5.
It is the first price rise for two years and has come directly from tobacco manufacturers w…