As the drought (secheresse) continues across the Pyrénées-Orientales, water restrictions have been extended after a prefectoral press release issued on 25th July
We are looking for someone with a bubbly personality, able to communicate in both English and French, to join the P-O Life team.
It might come as a shock to people not familiar with the French system to realise that members of family have a legal duty of care to each other which can have financial implications…
Un inventaire de succession is an estate inventory that lists a person’s furniture, decorative objects, paintings, jewellery and other personal effects. This legal document can be useful, and in some cases mandatory, following the death of a loved one.
Snow chains, snow socks, snow tyres….an update.
Airport News. List of flights between the UK and Ireland to Perpignan, Beziers, Carcassonne, Nimes, Toulouse, Montpellier in Occitania, and South Catalonia – Girona and Barcelona’s El Prat Airport.
National police forces are alerting the public to the fact that emails carrying the logos of the gendarmerie, the ministère de l’Intérieur and the République française are requesting urgent replies with personal data
This time, hackers are posing as airports, publishing posts online, selling off lost and unclaimed luggage for tiny prices. In this day and age of heightened security, we’re sure none of our readers would ever fall for this, but just in case, here are the details.
The latest scam doing the rounds sees fraudsters pose as drivers in distress, asking for help after having broken down. In most cases, the scam is even further disguised by the con artist being accompanied by a woman and children, the perfect family!
Sometimes it’s easier to stay with an unsatisfactory bank, than to research and change to a different one, particularly if you have several accounts. It could be out of the frying pan…