Natural Magick Cindy Guilbert of St Laurent de Cerdans in the Vallespir talks about her book on easily found herbs, Natural Magick. I made a change of direction in mid-life and I…
Soul partners Boy meets girl in cool jazz club and, well, the rest is history……. If you live anywhere around the Maureillas/Ceret/St Jean/Le Boulou triangle (okay, so it’s a triangle of four sides – but…
Having trouble choosing your fish supper? Port Vendres Fish market, or the fish counters of major supermarkets as well as most fish shops will certainly have a few of the following fish….
Follow us on Facebook We have finally given in to progress and opened a FB group for Facebookers! There is a button to click on on the homepage of the website. Watch…
Opération Pièces jaunes The Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France has organised a yearly fundraiser since 1990. Opération Pièces jaunes (loose copper/change) aims to raise funds to finance projects and equipment within the…
Early retirees may no longer be entitled to free and subsidized health care in France, according to a recent announcement by the DHS. The new ruling, expected to come into force from April…
Police please me, oh yeah…… A new ‘code de déontologie’ (code of ethics) for the police directs them to show more respect for both public and suspected criminals by using ‘vous’ rather than…
Take a look at a new web site tool available in the section ‘particuliers’ of www.impots.gouv.fr (Rechercher des transactions immobilières) which allows you to estimate the value of your property. For the moment,…
This year ends with the introduction of this new information sharing system which covers eight offences: drink driving, driving under the influence of drugs, speeding, running a red light, not wearing a seatbelt, motorcyclists…
Rise in minimum salary in France The minimum wage in France, le SMIC, (Salaire minimum de croissance) will go up by 1,1 % from 1st January 2014. The new minimum wage will be…