Departments with a notable fall in sales were Charente Maritime (-22%), Gironde (-23%) and Pyrénées-Orientales (-23%).
The British Ambassador to France, Menna Rawlings, shares her festive thoughts on French-British relations in the December Embassy newsletter, Voisins Voices.
Since Monday 2nd December, foreign tourists must provide operators of hotels, campsites and car rental services with information such as their identity, gender, home address, telephone number and means of payment, including expiry date of the card.
Last year, numerous cases of individuals posing as calendar sellers to gain entry to homes were reported to the gendarmes.
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A simple reference point for keeping track of who’s striking when and how you may be affected.
In addition to being an advertiser supporting this dynamic and vibrant magazine, Spectrum advisers – Philip, Sue and Derek – have agreed with P-O Life to produce articles on a quarterly basis. For our first article, we are going back to basics and providing an overview of some French bank accounts.
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!
Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
A sobering winter message from the local gendarmes reminds people, particularly the elderly, to be on their guard against scammers and con artists.