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?500 million boost for young jobless

YOUNG jobseekers are to benefit from a ?500 million scheme to help them move into employment.

Under-25s will be eligible for the Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA) welfare-to-work scheme if they hav…

Mayor attacks Grand Paris plan

MAYOR Of Paris Bertrand Delanoë has demanded that the government withdraw current plans for developing Le Grand Paris (Greater Paris).

The idea involves schemes to consolidate the wider Paris area a…

Aspa – latest info and queries

Connexion has had a lot of interest in this benefit since we first wrote about it in January – here are some of the details involved

Changes after new telecom suicide

A FRANCE Telecom worker threw himself from a motorway bridge to become the 24th employee to commit suicide in the past 19 months.

The 51-year-old man, who was married with two children, left a note b…

Le Pen: Polanski not above the law

THE FRONT National has attacked its political rivals for coming out in support of the arrested film director Roman Polanski.

The 76-year-old Polish-born Polanski, who has French citizenship, was arre…

New law on private school funding

A NEW law on private school funding is a further erosion of the principle of the secular state, opposition politicians claim.

Parliament has passed a law retaining a controversial 2004 rule that mair…

SFR loses right to trademark 'texto'

THE FRENCH word texto is a part of everyday language and cannot be reserved as a trademark, a court has ruled.

Mobile phone giant SFR has been trying to sue a company in Marseille since early 2008 ov…

Thousands protest over deadly algae

SEVERAL thousand protestors gathered on the beach at Hillion in Brittany to demand action over the noxious green algae that has piled up along the Côtes-d?Armor.

Their call came as prosecutors said…

Record budget deficit announced

JOB cuts in the civil service, increasing the cost of hospital stays and reducing the amount of cash back vehicle owners receive for a car-scrapping scheme are among the measures to reduce France?s r…

UK fuel allowance -are you eligible?

British citizens who were living in the UK when they turned 60 may be able to claim winter fuel allowance even while in France.