EDF scams EDF is warning once again against fraudulent emails and SMS which are being sent to customers. They are set up by hackers seeking access to your personal information in order to steal…
Air France September Strikes? September 23rd 2014As the Air France pilot strike enters its second week, expected to be extended until at least Friday, making it the longest strike in 16 years, a…
Any of these exotic chaps around this year? If you see or hear of them, do please let us know on info@anglophone-direct.com Dalmation Pelican in Saint Cyprien Report and photos by kind permission…
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY….. Watch out for the new 10 euros note, which should be in circulation from 23rd September 2014 The BCC (Banque centrale européenne) suggests that you compare new and old…
by Colin Lamont I expected September in Roussillon to be about grapes; I knew we were booked on a wine-tasting course in L’Hérault; and I hoped there would be a wine fête or three to…
Witty, funny, poignant, inspired, exceptional, evocative of a little-known region of France that is close to paradise, they will have you yearning to visit, to wonder, to venerate, to die in.
More tea Vicar? It seems that drinking tea reduces the risk of dying from non-heart related causes by 24%! When compared with coffee drinkers, a survey carried out by the Hôpital Européen Georges…
VAT (TVA) at 10% instead of 20% Don’t miss out on it! Reduced rate VAT for your renovation projects. Did you know that most renovation and building works and materials for renovation are subject to VAT (TVA)…
VILLAGE FESTIVALS with Norman Longworth (Taken from the one-day-to-be-published ‘Conflent Tales’) Here in the Conflent we know a thing or two about celebrating. We seem to do little else. May is the month…
AND HERE IS THE NEWS…. a weekly update of the local news WITH CAROLINE HILL Death of Christian Bourquin – The funeral of the president of the Languedoc-Region took place in Millas on…