ON THE ROAD IN FRANCE Changes in driving laws operational from 1st July 2016 include…… ☛ the banning of all headphones and earpieces for listening to music (already banned – hands free devices which…
Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.
The only 100 % catalophone radio station in northern Catalonia is celebrating its 35th birthday this month and the Perpignan-based station is undergoing a complete makeover. Founding creator and director, Pere Manzanares, is handing the baton to journalist Albert Noguer, who will implement widespread changes in a bid to increase listener numbers
With summer just around the corner, many of us will be digging out our trainers and dusting the cobwebs from the bikes that have hibernated in the garage over the winter. Despite the occasional gust of wind *wink wink*, the beautiful cycle paths and trails of our region are a popular attraction to both runners and cyclists alike.
This week the New Chemin de Fauvism in Collioure was presented to the local press. Jacques Manya, the mayor of Collioure, Denise Snodgrass the Culture minister, France 3 and a number of photographers and reporters were shown the new Reproductions of the works of Matisse and Derain from the legendary summer of 1905.
Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.
The new Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region has come second in France in the Pavillon Bleu awards for the cleanliness of its lakes and beaches, just behind Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur . Fifty two beaches have been awarded the increasingly…
Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.
If you fancy trying some wine that has been submerged 5m below the surface for 5 months, then get yourself to Canet on the 15th May. About 240 bottles were left in a secret location by 8 wine makers of the “Galets Roulés” region around Perpignan, who claim that the pressure and darkness at that depth provide the perfect conditions for maturing the wine.
This first phase in the renaming, launched this week, “permet à chacune et à chacun de proposer un nom et nourrir ainsi la réflexion du «Comité du Nom de la Région», puis de l’Assemblée régionale”. (loosely translated as ‘allows everyone to suggest a name)