Are you aware that there are plenty of electricity suppliers to choose from, nearly all cheaper than the former state-owned EDF who are still the biggest electricity supplier on the market?
A sobering winter message from the local gendarmes reminds people, particularly the elderly, to be on their guard against scammers and con artists.
From 12 October 2025 the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) began to record most non-EU visitors to the Schengen area (passport data + photo; first-time entrants also give fingerprints).
Applying for a carte de séjour in France
Nothing new, but continuing to do the rounds…
UPDATE Exchanging a UK driving licence for a French one – do you need to do it and how is it done? Find out more here.
Crit’Air Criteria – in order to reduce urban pollution, petrol cars, vans and motorhomes first-registered before 1997 and diesels prior to 2001 are banned in certain areas of several major towns, with more to follow.
The UK ETA is a mandadory travel authorization issued by the UK to nationals of countries who are exempt from obtaining a UK visa.
Summer is a great time to be in the P-O but it does also seem to bring out ill-intentioned people trying to ‘arnaquer’ (take advantage of) others.
French inheritance laws and taxes are radically different from those in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries…..