The Winter sales 2019 have been set by the préfecture for a period of 5 weeks starting on Wednesday 9th January at 8h00 until Tuesday 20th February
INSEE, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, will begin the next sample census throughout France from Thursday, January 19th with a selection of approximately 9 million of the population.
A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Today we attended our rendezvous at the sous-préfecture in Perpignan for our carte de séjour. We thought that it might be useful to let you know about our experience.
A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
The fuel tax hikes, which lit the fuse for the action by the ‘gilets jaunes’ are to be suspended for the time being, according to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
If you ever had the feeling that you have spent half your working life just paying tax, you are not far wrong, what with income tax, national insurance/social security, capital gains tax, VAT, council tax, excise duties …
Coming from the French word terre for “soil,” the word terroir originally described the special characteristics of a region, or piece of land, which gave different varieties of wine, coffee and tea their individuality. (Soil, climate, position, regional traditions….)
The word rousquille comes from the Spanish word ‘rosquilla’ meaning ‘little wheel’. Traditionally flavoured with aniseed and orange blossom, this medieval speciality started off with a biscuit texture, but has been developed over the years to become more of a cake than a biscuit.