Launched in early June, the StopCovid France app has been downloaded 2.3 million times, according to the Health General Directorate (DGS) on Wednesday 19 August. However, only 72 alerts have been sent since then. The app has not been as successful as expected StopCovid is
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron to the summer residence of Fort de Brégançon, in the Var department (southeastern France) on Thursday, August 20. They openly showed the unity between the two countries. Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron stand together
Despite the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in France, the Minister of National Education has swept aside any postponement of the start of the new school year, scheduled for Tuesday, September 1. The mask will be made compulsory for middle and high school students. With
The study on animal welfare was carried out by the IFOP institute for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, coinciding with the citizens’ initiative on the “referendum for animals”. A sign of the growing concern of the French people for animal welfare. The campaign to hold a
The Tour de France director, Christian Prudhomme, announced that the “podium-girls” will no longer hand over the jerseys at the end of each stage. The tradition was considered sexist by women’s rights advocates. For decades, women have been handing out different jerseys at the end
Families are seeing their average budget for the new school year 2020 in France jump by 6.2% compared to last year, according to a study by The Confederation Union of Families (Confédération syndicale des familles – CSF) released on Tuesday, August 18. This is an
To address the drought in France, the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, announced on Friday the opening of the compensation system for climatic “calamities” and tax relief. The French government will allow the opening of the “disaster” compensation scheme to farmers and stockbreeders who are
The French national railway recorded a number of passengers only 15% lower than a normal summer, according to Alain Krakovitch, the director of Voyages SNCF, quoted by the newspaper L’Opinion. The French National Railway Company (SNCF) feared a disastrous summer. But it eventually managed to
Self-employed professionals and small businesses in France “having started their activity no later than 2019,” will be able to apply for a spacing of taxes. This is good news for small businesses affected by the crisis. The Ministry of the Economy confirmed on Monday, August
Independent French newsagents, badly shaken by the health crisis and the troubles of the former press distribution group Presstalis, are to receive an “exceptional aid” of at least 1,500 euros, according to a decree published in mid-August in the Government Gazette. The aim is to