4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1000+ words) France’s ongoing drought crisis continues to disrupt daily life, as 64,000 people remain without access to tap water. This is the number of people “who still need to be supplied by tanker trucks or bottled water for drinking, cooking, and washing,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1136+ words) Petrol prices in France are now at all-time highs as the tensions in the Middle East continue to impact prices. Average prices of €2.12 per litre for SP95-E10 were recorded on Wednesday (September 9), the highest ever, according to Radio France estimations based…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (715+ words) Strong winds forecast in north and storms in south as cooler weather arrives Persistent rain and winds reaching nearly 100km/h will impact northern France today, as heightened heatwave alerts officially end in the south. The disturbance, already moving in from…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (519+ words) City plans to treat dangerously hot homes as unfit for habitation, giving tenants new protections against heatwave overheating Lyon has become the first city in France to call for excessive indoor heat to be considered when assessing whether a home…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (757+ words) Petrol and diesel prices remain above €2 per litre Petrol car owners in France are now spending almost three times as much on fuel each month as electric car owners spend on energy, according to an analysis by Roole Data. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (687+ words) France has changed the world map used by its foreign ministry after the UN backed efforts to make maps more accurately reflect the size of continents. France has abandoned the Mercator projection for its official diplomatic maps, adopting the Eckert…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1106+ words) Amidst ongoing postage issues between the US and France, heightened costs have targeted an unlikely product – French magazines. US customs authorities started considering magazines and newspapers as "goods" this summer, leading to more duties and formalities, according to La Poste....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (515+ words) A British man living in France crashed his car into the terrace of café in a commune in Tarn-et-Garonne on September 2, injuring several people. The incident took place in Dieupentale, near Montauban, when the electric car, left the car park…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (895+ words) Ouigo, TER, Intercités, TGV Inoui, TGV Lyria and Eurostar are all included in SNCF's September sale SNCF is relaunching its ‘Jours Traincroyables’ (Incredible Train Days) campaign, now in its fourth edition, running from September 2 to 23. Over this period, SNCF says…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (761+ words) CEO makes pledge as government promises to extend aid TotalEnergies will keep its cap on petrol and diesel prices at its French forecourts for as long as the conflict in the Middle East continues, the company's chief executive has confirmed,…...