We talk you through what to do if you are the closest relative of someone who has died in France and need to take care of the legal formalities and funeral arrangements.
Today, we think of a charity as an organisation which supplies money or goods (Les Restos du Coeur), skills or training (Médecins sans frontières), to those in need and, in English, this is the predominant meaning of the word.
Covid and flu lurk in the wings. It is easy to make an appointment on line and even to consult some doctors and specialists via video call, which could be more practical and reassuring for some.
Starting a business in France is more straight-forward than it used to be and Macron is promising to make it even easier. This is our guide to the different types of business and what they…
Watch out for another scam involving spam calls.
A scam to be aware of, particularly if you have French speaking kids!
Sauv’Life- an app that could be a matter of life or death will guide volunteers in the viccinty to administer emergency first aid to heart attack sufferers
‘Wangiri’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘one (ring) and cut’.
His hidden accomplice managed to get our two rucksack/handbags whilst he bamboozled us with horrific tales of the sparks flying from our rear end in loud Spanish and we thanked him prolifically for his time! What a mess.
A reminder from our local gendarmeries on just some of the scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.