Despite a decline in tobacco sales quantities related to the lockdown in 2020, French government revenue from tobacco duties is expected to increase by 10%. A decrease in tobacco sales volume Because of the confinement caused by the novel coronavirus, cross-border tobacco sales have been
Greenpeace, which conducted a survey on school canteens in France, called for action to serve more vegetarian menus in schools, for the benefit of children and the climate. Community efforts More and more public and private schools are serving a vegetarian menu per week to
This is what a survey by the BVA institute for RTL radio and Orange shows. Women are more supportive of uniforms at school in France than men. Wearing uniforms at school is a topic of great conversation While young girls are protesting against the “proper
A man living in the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region) parked his car in a car park of the Indigo company in Paris for four hours. Because of a computer bug, the ticket displayed an enormous amount of 170,932 euros. An enormous amount Roland, 62, a
This quarterly increase in public debt is the highest since the national statistics institute INSEE published this index. A first in 25 years The French public debt increased by 114.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of June, according to the figure
A further fall in unemployment, for the fourth consecutive month, was recorded in August in France. – 4,3% in August The 4.3% drop in the number of jobseekers in August is explained, as in previous months, by the transfer of unemployed people from category A
A few weeks after the start of the school year, thousands of pupils are contaminated by the coronavirus in France. Over 1,000 classes have been closed. Nearly 20 schools closed According to the latest data from the French Education Ministry, which were stopped at midday
Inequalities in living standards have also increased the poverty gap between the wealthiest and poorest households. In 2018, France had some 9.3 million people considered as poor, or 14.8% of the population, according to last figures published Wednesday, September 9th by the National Institute of
A 60-year-old man was bitten in his sleep by a spider, causing necrosis of his hand. The man’s misadventure could be the biggest nightmare for arachnophobes. Which person with a deep-rooted fear of spiders has never had an unpleasant dream in which a little eight-legged
If the government’s promises are kept, there should soon be 6,500 spaces to house women and children who are victims of violence. The State will create one thousand additional accommodation places for victims of domestic violence besides the 1,000 already planned previously, Prime Minister Jean