A very sensitive situation. Blocked on the floor of his small apartment for months, a 300-kilos man living in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France), will finally be transported by a specialised service. Suffering from morbid obesity, Alain, 52 years old, has fallen without being able to
Emmanuel Macron was recently in Lebanon, standing at the bedside of Beirut wounded by two explosions. Before him, several French presidents had been there. There is a history of a strong relationship between the two countries. “Lebanon is not alone.” The comment of Emmanuel Macron
From Romania, Poland, Morocco and Thailand, thousands of people flock to Western Europe each year to help farmers harvest precious crops, often paid low wages for long, backbreaking days of work. The migrant labourers’ often poor work conditions are a point of recurring controversy, but
The Ministry of Agriculture’s statistics department, Agreste, forecasts that soft wheat production is likely to fall by almost 25% in 2020, because of weather. Producers are asking the government for an “emergency plan”. Wheat harvests are expected to be disappointing this year. According to Agreste’s
Covid-19 not only changed the way we shop or take public transport. For singles, it has redefined the way of seduction. A survey conducted by Ifop for the Pornhub website, and published by Le Parisien, reveals the tremendous changes that those who are looking for
Europe is sitting on a wealth of data that is the 21st century equivalent of a precious metal mine during the gold rush. But instead of exploiting it themselves Europeans may be allowing American tech giants to gain control of all the excavation equipment, some
From January 1, 2021, the price of the standard green stamp will be over 1 euro. The French postal service La Poste justifies the price increase by “the acceleration of the decline in mail volumes”. This is a milestone. In 2021, there will no longer
Many workers’ lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink and other industries hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector. From employees making a comfortable living, to others just scraping
Endangered species face a higher risk of poaching as the coronavirus crisis reaches local communities, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned. Emergency EU funding Six million euros (7 million dollars) of emergency EU funding will be made available to bolster conservation,
The public television channels France 4 and France Ô were supposed to stop broadcasting on Sunday, August 9, but were given a slight grace period. The future of France 4 and France Ô seemed clear-cut: the two channels were due to go off the air