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French Bank Savings Accounts
We all know that spending money is much better fun than saving it, but, if you relocate to France on a small income and a pile of capital, then you are going to need to find somewhere to earn interest on your cash.
19 Dec 2006
Urban to Rural Migration in France
A recent study claims that up to 7 million people currently living in towns and cities of France want to relocate to the countryside. Nearly half of those interviewed by IPSOS, the French pollster, expressed a desire to do so within the next few years.
19 Dec 2006
France Closed for Christmas 2006
With Christmas Eve falling this year on a Sunday, it has opened the re-occurring debate about restrictive Sunday opening laws in France.
19 Dec 2006
Huge Health Prescription Fraud in France Uncovered
A major scandal has emerged in France concerning the trafficking of prescription drugs, in which dozens of doctors appear to be implicated.
19 Dec 2006
French Schools To Give Exam Marks for Behaviour
A new system of compulsory school reports has been introduced for pupil behaviour, the results of which will count towards the school-leaving certificate.
01 Dec 2006
French Home Information Packs for Property Sales
Despite the apparent coyness of the British government about introducing house information packs for buyers, the French are going full skelter in the reform process. The new packs are called ‘Dossier de Diagnostic Technique Immobilier’, and bring together three reports that have been around for a number of years, as well as introducing four additional survey reports.
01 Dec 2006
New Controls on Prescription Medicines
With the costs of the health service continuing to spiral, the French government has been removing from the list of prescribed medicines those they do not consider offer good value. In the main, they are ‘branded’ drugs, which are considered expensive to the public purse, often of dubious medical value, and where there exists a cheaper generic alternative.
01 Dec 2006
International Property Buyers Pile into France
Foreign buyers invested approximately €6 billion in French property during 2005, according to a recent report by ‘Credit Foncier’, the French mortgage specialist. This figure is up from €5.4 billion invested in 2004, and an average of €2 billion invested during the period 1994-2000.
01 Dec 2006
'Etre et Avoir' French Parents Lose Court Battle
The parents of those children involved in the internationally acclaimed French film ‘Etre et Avoir’, have lost their claim for a share of the proceeds of the film.
01 Dec 2006
Air France to Launch Low-Cost Airline
Air France is to launch a low-cost French airline, which is scheduled to commence operations in June 2007.
01 Dec 2006
Limousin Safest Region of France
The French Government has released regional crime figures for 2005, which show the Limousin to be the safe haven of France.
15 Nov 2006
Rents in France Show Modest Rises
A recent review of the French residential rental market by FNAIM, the professional body of French estate agents, showed that rental levels of flats went up by 4% in 2005, whilst rents for houses remained stagnant.
15 Nov 2006
French Health Insurer Breaks Ranks
One of the largest French private health insurance companies has decided to offer a 'no claims bonus' for one of its policies, which risks increasing premiums for everyone else.
15 Nov 2006
French Education - Back to Basics at Primary School
The government in France has banned the use of modern teaching methods of French in all primary schools, insisting on a return to a more orthodox teaching of the language.
15 Nov 2006
Property Market Report - A Buyer's Market?
After seven years of continuous growth, a clutch of surveys published within the last month all point to a slow down in the French residential property market, although most pundits remain optimistic about the outlook.
15 Nov 2006
French Tax Break for Energy Conservation
Now is the time to install a new wood burner in your house in France, and get a French tax break of 50% on the purchase price.
15 Nov 2006
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