Tourists who enjoy buying artisanal products at local markets during their vacation may be at higher risk than they think. Recent incidents in France have led to five people being hospitalized after consuming homemade canned food, suspected to cause botulism.
The Grande America cargo ship that sank earlier this week in the Bay of Biscay is still leaking oil. According to the media, the French authorities have 325 km west of La Rochelle a…
The protests of the so-called Yellow Hesjes in France have brought in considerably fewer people on Saturday than in previous weeks. The Ministry of the Interior counted on...
At the British Gatwick airport, since Wednesday evening, air traffic has been largely silent, following repeated reports that drones flew near the airport. Aircraft already on the...
The French authorities seized a plane from the budget airline Ryanair at Bordeaux airport. The aircraft was about to leave 149 passengers on board Thursday to London.
Short but heavy showers have caused damage to grape plants in vineyards near Bordeaux. Especially vineyards around Blaye and Bourg but also some in the Haut-Médoc are affected, French media reports.
David Goodall, the oldest scientist in Australia, no longer wants to live and flies to Switzerland this week to put an end to his life. Goodall says he has no other choice because his quality of life has deteriorated. 'It is a pity that I have become so old.'
An inventor in Bordeaux has developed an 'isothermal igloo' where homeless people can seek shelter. French media reported Monday that the 'igloo' was designed and built by Geoffroy de Reynal. His structure is called 'iglou' and is 2 meters by 1.20 meters on the ground. It has a semi-circular roof.
The French maker of luxury goods Hermès booked a lot more sales in the third quarter, mainly due to a strong demand for pepper leather handbags.
A game of petanque is completely discharged near the French Bordeaux. One player ran a knife stitch, another different fracture. Two men were detained.
The French environmental vignette Crit'Air is mandatory from 1 July for anyone who wants to drive around the country in the mileuzones. If you do not have a vignette, you can apply for a quicker one. That can take up to ten days.
A 55-year-old French woman has kept her mother's death secret for years by keeping the body in a freezer, which has moved a couple of times. All the time, the pension fund made a good 1982 euro every month. The freezer was not connected to the grid, but was sealed and covered in the back of the house of the house where the suspect lived for a year. The folded body of the elderly was mummified.
Alain Juppé is no presidential candidate as Francois Fillon had given up on giving. The now 71-year-old mayor of Bordeaux strongly denied Monday that he aspires behalf of their party Les Républicains to want to compete with, among others, Le Pen and Macron.
In the southwest of France is Saturday in 250,000 households power failed because of a violent storm. That is especially the department of Charente-Maritime stricken, French media reported. In the Bordeaux region the power supply broke down in many places by fallen trees or power poles. working energetically to the recovery.
The French police in Bordeaux after a wild chase arrested a robber, as it appeared after his arrest, also suspected of beheading in Paris.
In a major pileup in France on Tuesday at least five deaths. That report several French media. In the accident on the highway in the Vendée involved more than fifty vehicles.
A 18 year old woman in the French Bordeaux recently a man who wanted to rape her killed. This she did with her stiletto heel. The man was in a coma for some time and died this week from his injuries.
The center-right party Les Républicains holds Sunday and exactly one week later elections for the French presidential election next year. It is the first time that the party holding such elections and to vote to all French people in over 10,000 polling stations. The winner of this selection is likely to be the next president of the country.
A sheep was going berserk, has near the southern French city of Bordeaux attacked a 94-year-old man and knocked down. The Sud Ouest newspaper reported Tuesday that the man was deceased from his injuries.
Holidaymakers on the move must have the patience to Spain. New and existing border control concerns after the attacks in Nice for massive traffic jams to and from France. Especially holidaymakers en route between France and Spain should schedule plenty of extra travel time.
The fan zones, areas outside the stadiums where many fans to watch the matches of the European Championship is Monday at 20.30 held a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the massacre Sunday in Florida. This is the president of the association of the ten cities where fan zones are arranged, said the Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppe Monday, according to French media.
The fuel shortage at petrol stations in France will continue for days noticeable after buckling of the most fuel depots. AA reports that in response to the removal of barriers raised by protesters Friday.
French police have arrested a gang that stole large quantities of wine in the Bordeaux region. French media reported Friday that five suspects stuck because of the theft. According to Justice thieves in March near Bordeaux for 400,000 euros quality wines, 'grand crus' stolen.
French road, this week conducted by the trade union action against the new labor law.
Police in Paris have arrested 27 people after overnight riots with large groups of masked youths in the city center. The riots followed a day of demonstrations against reforms of French labor law, which it also came to violent confrontations.
In various towns in France is Thursday came to violent clashes between demonstrators and police. Opponents of the new Labour according to French media took to the streets in include Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and Rennes.
Four days after the bus crash with 43 deaths, French President François Hollande commemorated the victims. The commemoration began Tuesday morning with a minute of silence in Petit-Palais northeast of Bordeaux.
The French authorities Saturday began with the identification of the victims of serious bus accident on Friday, which certainly 43 people were killed. The studies probably take several weeks, reported the radio station France Info.
The dramatic collision between a truck and bus Friday in France also claimed the life of a child. Rescue workers found in the truck's cab the body of a boy, according to French media. The death toll from the conflict thus comes to 43.
The driver of the bus who flew Friday in the French Puisseguin after a collision with a lorry on fire, was unharmed. He suffered only minor injuries. That the Mayor of Puisseguin said Friday.
