Hands up if the vocabulary and acronyms associated with the French Education System leave you standing outside the classroom door!
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.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.
Fancy a trip over the border to Barcelona? Well now it’s easier and more affordable than ever before with buses from Flixbus and trains from Renfe
School holidays in France are organised according to three “holiday zones”, A, B and C, in order to manage the flow of French holidaymakers.
Despite widespread relief that the predicted electoral victory for the extreme right did not materialise, they made substantial gains, and there are choppy waters ahead for France.
A new scam with the more pricey parcels goes as follows.
Over 80s in Spain (and France) need to return a completed life certificate or their UK state pension could be halted
The 2024 French presidential election will be held on 10th April and 24th May.