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More comprehensive insurance required for electric scooters

Laura McLellan 13/10/2022 4 Comments

A decree dated 23rd October 2019 defined the electric scooter as a “motorised land vehicles”, which means the driver must be covered by civil liability in (Article L211-1 of the Insurance Code).

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Government authorises lunch break for automatic water heaters this winter

Laura McLellan 13/10/2022 0 Comments

Energy providers can switch off the automatic boiler heating function from 12pm to 2pm during the winter months, but you can override the cut manually!

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Gran Jonquera Outlet & Shopping

Laura McLellan 01/10/2022 0 Comments

In need of some retail therapy? We’ve got just the place: the Gran Jonquera shopping centre, just the other side of the Spanish border.

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Festival Jazzèbre, Pyrénées-Orientales

Kate 19/09/2022 1 Comment

Jazz has long ago shaken off its “old fogey” image! The annual Jazzèbre festival embraces inclusivity and outreach — not only in Perpignan, but in communes throughout the P-O.

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Confinements : Torguet in Turbo

Kate 11/09/2022 0 Comments

The present exhibition at the Chateau Royal of Collioure consists of large format paintings by Vincent Torguet, a jeweller by profession.

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P-O Life’s pilates initiation with Fit 66

Laura McLellan 31/08/2022 0 Comments

There are many perks to working chez P-O Life, but one of our favs is sampling the wares provided by our partners. This week, we were invited by the lovely Wendy, personal trainer and Pilates instructor at Fit 66, to join one of her weekly classes.

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Patrick Jude Feixes i llaques exhibition, Chateau Royal, Collioure

Laura McLellan 24/08/2022 0 Comments

A geometric puzzle of improbable shapes. Such is Patrick Jude’s vision of the vine-sculpted terraces of his native Banyuls sur Mer.

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Archeological Dig Reveals Perpignan in the Middle Ages

Laura McLellan 15/08/2022 0 Comments

Recent excavations carried out by the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP) have unearthed a treasure trove of artefacts that should now make it possible for historians to reconstitute the medieval Jewish quarter of Perpignan

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Down my way: off the beaten track in Perpignan

Kate 15/08/2022 2 Comments

At first sight, it seems a rather down-at-heel thoroughfare, with its treeless pavements and some sad, shuttered premises. But that is not the whole story. 

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L’Estartit: Spain’s Best Kept Secret. Shhhhhh.

Kate 05/08/2022 1 Comment

L’Estartit is a small fishing village in the Baix Empordà region, Girona province of Catalonia, Spain. The name dates back to 1517 when the blessing of the first chapel took place.

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