IF you are scratching your head when it comes to understanding the French tax system, the Dordogne authorities are opening their doors once again.
Officials from the Direction des services fiscaux are to hold two English-language presentations, in the morning and afternoon, on May 5.
WITHIN a day or so of each other the BBC and French television opened up their archives on the internet, with differing degrees of success.
The BBC’s programme catalogue unfortunately only has written details of shows and news items, no actual clips to watch.
A CAMPAIGN has been launched across Europe to raise awareness of the danger to humans of tick borne diseases.
Many people who head to France know that their pets face real danger if bitten by a tick, but few know that the bugs can cause terrible illness to them as well.
THE possibility of working within French agriculture is an attractive proposition for many British farmers.
Farming in France is seen as a vitally important part of the economy even though the numbers actually working in the sector are falling.
LAST year Tracey Smith started her National Downshifting Week campaign from her farmhouse in the south west of France.
This week sees the start of her second seven-day drive to get people to think more about their lives, but this time she has swapped the Lot and Garonne for West Dorset, yet the message is still the same.
I RECENTLY received an email from a reader of the site asking me about selling their French property themselves.
The first thing to remember is that the sale will still have to go through a notaire, and there are some other legal considerations (see Selling your French property).
IF you are busy reading up on moving to France the range of titles on offer can be quite overpowering.
You will find those written by ex-pats who have moved out to a tumbledown farmhouse, or pages of useful facts and figures from a journalist who has clearly spent many hours at the laptop.
THE tale of The Little Prince enjoys its 60th birthday this month and the book’s popularity looks set to continue for many more years.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful story of the adventures of a young prince, who travels around the Universe and the characters he meets, was published in April 1946.
AS the battle over the future direction of France takes place in Paris, I thought it worth looking at one of the key reasons for the problems, unemployment figures, in other parts of the country.
Like many European countries France is seeing the importance of heavy industry and agriculture diminish, being replaced by the service sector.
TRAVELLING by rail around France can be a great way to see the many regions of the country.
And you will also arrive in different towns and cities rested and ready to head off to explore, instead of looking to de-stress after being stuck in a car all day.